Berlin, Germany—August 31, 2018—IFA, the
largest tradeshow for consumer electronics and home appliances in Europe, takes place from August 31st
to September 5th this year at Messe Berlin. Industrial Technology
Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s largest and one of the
world’s leading high-tech applied research institutions, for the first time exhibits at this grand event,
in conjunction with its spinoffs ELECLEAN Co. Ltd. and Taiwan Biophotonic Co. (tBPC).
ITRI showcases
smart living-related technologies at Hall 26C/229 at IFA NEXT, a global
innovation hub for researchers, industry professionals, and startups to
exchange ideas. The exhibits include Intelligent Vision System for
Companion Robots, Pesticide Residue Detection Technology and the product HALO,
Intelligent UV Direct Drinking Water Sterilizer, Genki Bot, ELECLEAN Disinfectant
Spray, and tBPC’s Wrist Pulse
Oximeter oCareTM Pro 100.
Mr. Dirk Koslowski, IFA’s Global Brand Manager, was
impressed by ITRI’s tech innovations and remarked that IFA can bring together
the best of the best in terms of technology, media, and potential consumers and
clients, showcasing and highlighting what ITRI and Taiwanese industry stand
for.
“As a locomotive for
Taiwan’s industrial innovation and transformation, ITRI works actively to stay
in step with global trends. IFA, providing insights to such trends in consumer
electronics, presents itself as a stage for world leading companies and
institutions to showcase their innovations. This is the reason ITRI decides to
participate this year,” said Dr. Fang-Chu Chen, ITRI’s Representative of
Western Europe Office. “Aside from ITRI’s technologies, we also invite our
spinoffs, who turn the technologies into products, to jointly exhibit and highlight
ITRI’s capabilities of commercializing the results of technical research. By
participating in IFA, ITRI hopes to demonstrate our determination to link with
the international community,” she added.
To improve food safety, ITRI introduces its Pesticide Residue Detection Technology in Europe for the first
time. This technology, a CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree, features micro
optical spectrum detection and dynamic degradative algorithm. It provides a
solution to household detection of pesticide residues when washing vegetables and
fruits. The detector indicates different
light signals and notifies users when pesticide residues fall within a safety
range during the cleansing process.
ITRI is also showcasing
the world’s first Intelligent UV Direct
Drinking Water Sterilizer, which disinfects household drinking water by
killing 99.9% of bacteria such as E.coli. The sterilizer is about one-third
smaller than traditional UV sterilizing systems and features an instant
switch-on/off function. The UVC LEDs on the sterilizer are activated
automatically only when the water flow is detected, which cuts power usage by
over 50%. This technology is ideal for use in direct drinking water supply and
smart home applications. It can be integrated with water filter systems and is
capable of connecting with IoT networks to manage the safety of direct drinking
water.
ITRI’s Intelligent Vision System (IVS) for
Companion Robot, which attracted enormous excitement when it was shown at
CES early this year, is again a focus of attention. At IFA 2018, the IVS robot
is able to play chess with visitors and hand out gifts. With its 3D vision
recognition and deep learning abilities, the IVS robot perceives objects based
on their size, shape, color, and location, and learns from experience. The
electric grippers used in the robot are developed by HIWIN Technologies Corp. Incorporating with
ITRI’s IVS system, the grippers allow the robot to grip and move objects while
avoiding collisions.