-In this paper a new way of transporting parts in production systems is described. Based on the fact that in nature the highest speeds are reached at flight, a bio-inspired technical approach for the fast transportation of objects is derived. Objects shall be thrown by a throwing device and are caught again by a catching device. Such a transport approach requires besides proper working throwing and catching devices a high precision object detection mechanism. For object detection a 3D Photonic Mixer Device (PMD) sensor is proposed. By assembling of this sensor on the catching device, it can detect the flying objects on their trajectories like a raptor which is hunting a prey. The technical feasibility of this concept is investigated and possible applications are described.

The operation of electric vehicles from renewable energy systems is an environmentally compatible technology. In general this method however has in practical applications today several significant limitations. In this paper a specific combination of electric vehicles with photovoltaic systems is considered. Electric scooters, which are mainly used for home to work or home to education transports, are operated from a grid connected photovoltaic system. For this application two strategies for a smart charging of the electric scooters are investigated. The results are showing that this application allows already today an operation of electric scooters against fuel scooters with no higher costs and with significant lower CO 2 -ejections.

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