Institute FAPS is the consortium leader of the recently joint research project E|MPOWER with the partners VIA IMC, Electreon, Risomat and TH-Nürnberg. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, funding code 01MV22020A as part of the „Elektro-Mobil“ ... Weiterlesen

The FAPS start-up ROBOTOP was represented as an exhibitor at the Dies Academicus 2022 with Dr. Eike Wolfram Schäffer and Baris Erdönmez as one of three selected FAU showcase start-ups. With the three selected research-based start-ups, which were represented at the Dies Academicus 2022 of the Friedri... Weiterlesen

Organised by the German Electro and Digital Industry Association (ZVEI), the ODCA was founded with 33 well-known companies and renowned research institutes such as the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, represented here by the FAPS chair. Its goal is the worldwide development of a di... Weiterlesen

At the 23rd Cooperation Forum on Vehicle Wiring Systems at Audi Sportpark Ingolstadt, the staff of the Signal and Power Networking research area presented itself with a booth at the accompanying trade exhibition. This allowed, besides the participation in exciting technical presentations, also an in... Weiterlesen

Rasool Shahsevani started his research activities in the field of robotics and mechatronics in 2015 at Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS), the chair of Prof. Dr. Franke. He is working on his PhD dissertation with the subject of “Universal Robotic Gripper with Multi ... Weiterlesen

From Sept. 28-30, 2022, the members of the Signal and Power Networking research area retreated to the Obere Firstalm at Spitzingsee to discuss the strategic direction of the research area and the lineup of its members. On the first day, the strengths and optimization potential of the team were compa... Weiterlesen

Traceability systems are the key enablers to smart manufacturing, as they provide transparency and structured documentation along with a product’s value generation flow. Especially in the automotive industry, recall costs are growing exponentially with particularly high growth rates for electrified ... Weiterlesen

ROBOTOP GmbH, an FAU/FAPS research spin-off and EXIST-funded start-up, was represented by Dr.-Ing. Eike Wolfram Schäffer and Nicolas Falbesaner as an exhibitor and showcase start-up at the Days of Digital Technologies of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) on 29-30.08.22 ... Weiterlesen

Johanna Vogt joined the research area Home Automation as a research associate on 01.08.2022. Ms. Vogt completed the bachelor’s degree program “Electrical Engineering and Electromobility” at the TH Ingolstadt and the master’s degree program “Electronic and Mechatronic Sy... Weiterlesen

As an integral part of the strategic development of the chair, the strategy meetings of the research sectors Automation Technology (AT) and Engineering Systems (ES) took place again this year at the Jugendbildungshaus Am Knock in Teuschnitz (Upper Franconia). The workshops focused on the implementat... Weiterlesen