Alwin Oswald Walther was a German mathematician, engineer and professor. He is one of the pioneers of mechanical computing technology in Germany.
Alwin Oswald Walther, Darmstadt 1964 in his Institute for Practical Mathematics
Memorial Journal for Alwin Walther
IBM 650 at Darmstadt (1957)
Technische Universität Darmstadt
The Technische Universität Darmstadt, commonly known as TU Darmstadt, is a research university in the city of Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1877 and received the right to award doctorates in 1899. In 1882, it was the first university in the world to set up a chair in electrical engineering. In 1883, the university founded the first faculty of electrical engineering and introduced the world's first degree course in electrical engineering. In 2004, it became the first German university to be declared as an autonomous university. TU Darmstadt has assumed a pioneering role in Germany. Computer science, electrical engineering, artificial intelligence, mechatronics, business informatics, political science and many more courses were introduced as scientific disciplines in Germany by Darmstadt faculty.
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt
Eagle above the rear main entry to the Robert Piloty Building, nowadays home to the Department of Computer Science. Note the effaced swastika under the eagle
Robot Florian at the DARPA Robotics Challenge 2015
Robot Johnny 05 at the DARPA Robotics Challenge 2015