For the Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems the year 2021 was full of fascinating and insightful highlights, a variety of new research projects, interesting partnerships, young spin-off companies as well as deserved awards accompanied us throughout the year. With our annual re...

The results of the first phase of the Business Plan Competition Northern Bavaria are known: Along with two other start-ups from FAU, the team oculai is also among the winners. At oculai, everything revolves around a solution for camera-based data collection on construction sites. By means of compute...

Whether in electromobility, in the context of Industry 4.0, in Mars exploration or in assistance systems in automobiles: sensors and measurement technology are the key technologies of modern engineering. The AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement unites all those involved in sensors and measur...

Martin Barth joined the research sector Engineering Systems as a research associate on March 1, 2022. He completed his bachelor's degree in automation technology and robotics and his master's degree in simulation and testing at Coburg University of Applied Sciences. His master thesis dealt with know...

With the Chair of Power Electronics at FAU and over 30 well-known partners from the electrical trade, industry and renowned associations and clusters, the project "Digital Planning and Simulation of Hybrid AC/DC Energy Networks in Automated Production Facilities" (DC|hyPASim) will start on 1 March 2...

Current trends and challenges require the development of smart and holistic quality control systems for crimp contacts. The goal of the AiF-ZIM funded project is the development of an optical inspection system (AOI) for the on-the-fly quality assessment of crimp contacts. The development target is a...

The research area Automated Production Systems was founded in September 2019. The scientific staff active in this area research solutions for the diverse challenges in modern and sustainable value creation and production networks. As part of the further strategic orientation and refinement of the re...

The research project AI4CO2Opt addresses the minimization of energy consumption and consequently CO2 emissions while at the same time optimizing production control. Through the combination of energetic and event-discrete simulation models as well as deeper reinforcement learning processes, different...

Laser direct structuring (LDS) is the outstanding technology for displaying functionalized three-dimensional electronic components. In this context, antenna functions are becoming more and more important due to wireless signal transmission in telecommunication and Kontxt IOT. To evaluate the transmi...

The German Patent and Trademark Office has granted the Chair FAPS a patent for the additive manufacturing of a DCB/DBC (direct copper bonded) ceramic circuit carrier. The core of the patent is the manufacturing process for additive manufacturing of a structured copper lamination on ceramics by means...