Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB
Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB

Fraunhofer IOSB Ettlingen

Approach

 

Fraunhofer IOSB
Gutleuthausstr. 1
76275 Ettlingen, GERMANY
Phone +49 7243 992-0
info-ettlingen@iosb.fraunhofer.de

By train

Take the Deutsche Bahn to Karlsruhe main station. Then take the S-Bahn S1 or S11 towards Ettlingen, Ittersbach or Bad Herrenalb. After approx. 15 min. you reach the stop "Erbprinz" . Take the bus 107 in the direction of Durlach and get off at the stop "Friedhof". The institute is located opposite the bus stop in Gutleuthausstraße 1.

Or you can walk left from the stop "Erbprinz" on "Schillerstrasse" to the second traffic circle. From there you will see the institute building on the right. Walk straight ahead and turn right at the next street "Am Lindscharren". After about 300 m you will find the institute building on the right hand side.

Here you can find the current route plan from Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV).

For train connections please check the website of Deutsche Bahn.

By car

Are you coming from the A5 freeway (E35)?

Then drive towards Karlsruhe and leave the freeway at exit 47 Ettlingen/Bad Herrenalb/Karlsruhe-Rüppurr.

Are you coming via the A8 freeway (E52)?

Then turn onto the A5 (E35/E52) towards Basel at the Karlsruhe junction. Leave the freeway at exit 47 Ettlingen/Bad Herrenalb/Karlsruhe-Rüppurr.

Follow the L561 "Karlsruher Straße" to Ettlingen. After the first traffic circle turn left into the street "Am Lindscharren" and continue straight ahead into "Gutleuthausstraße". After about 300 m you will find the institute building on the right hand side.

By plane

International airports:

  • Frankfurt (150 km), long-distance train station with ICE connection approx. 1 hour to Karlsruhe
  • Stuttgart (80 km)
  • Basel (Switzerland, 200 km)
  • Straßburg (France, 70 km)

 

Regional airport:

  • Baden-Airpark, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (35 km)

About this site

One site of the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation is located in Ettlingen, near Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg. Until 2009, the research institute for optronics and pattern recognition (FOM) of the defense-oriented research company for applied natural sciences (FGAN) was based here. When FGAN and Fraunhofer merged, FOM and the Karslruhe-based institute Fraunhofer IITB together formed Fraunhofer IOSB.

In the five departments at Ettlingen, Laser Technology, Object Recognition, Optronics, Signatures and Scene Analysis, fundamental research is carried out in the fields of warning sensors, the evaluation and interpretation of image sequences, laser sources and laser applications. Based on this, concepts, procedures and systems are developed that also enable the institute to leverage its competence in analysis and evaluation in the defense technology environment.

Accordingly, a large number of state-of-the-art devices and laboratories in the field of electro-optics are available at the Ettlingen site. For example, a wide variety of cameras are in use at the institute, covering the entire wavelength range from ultraviolet to long-wave infrared.

Together with the expertise of the employees, these devices are repeatedly borrowed by external parties (e.g. industry) as part of measurement campaigns. With its approximately 200 employees (as of 2018), the Ettlingen site is also able to tackle larger and longer-term projects. International collaboration is strengthened by collaborations with renowned research institutions abroad. Fraunhofer IOSB has been able to successfully incorporate many of the scientific results into innovative developments in industry and support them through to application maturity.

The greater Karlsruhe area, with its attractive research landscape, offers the necessary environment for scientific exchange beyond one's own areas of responsibility. Within this framework, diploma and doctoral theses are also assigned at the Ettlingen site, and teaching assignments are taken on by scientists.

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