David Kunz joined the research sector Engineering Systems as research associate on January 17, 2022. He graduated in mechanical engineering with a focus on international production engineering and management at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. In his master thesis he worked on deve...

On Jan. 13, 2022, the Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems invited its former and active researchers to the FAPS Academic Award Night (FAAN). Due to the pandemic, the event took place digitally via Zoom and wonder.me. The highlight of the event was the awarding of special acade...

Also at the end of this year, we would like to thank everyone for the great cooperation. Of course, we are looking forward to good collaborations next year as well and hope for a successful year 2022.  Until then, our robots of the laboratory hall in Erlangen would like to share their Christmas s...

In the course of a ceremonial handover, Georg Herold received the certificate for his 40th anniversary of service from the hands of Prof. Jörg Franke. Mr. Herold joined the chair in March 1983 as a qualified electrical technician under the direction of Prof. Klaus Feldmann. His field of activity ...

In the AiF reviewer election, Prof. Jörg Franke is confirmed as a reviewer for industrial collaborative research (IGF) for the field of science in reviewer group 6 Medical Technology and Systems Engineering, subgroup 6.2 Artificial Intelligence and Automation Technology for the term from 01.01.2022 ...

Competence initiative ENERGIEregion Nürnberg e.V. elects new board. At the digital general meeting of the ENERGIEregion Nürnberg e.V. on November 24, 2021, Dr. Michael Fraas, economic and science officer for the city of Nuremberg, confirmed as chairman of the competence and cluster initiative for...

Radar sensors are an essential component in automobiles today. They enable the detection of people and obstacles, as required for (partially) autonomous driving. Alongside cameras, ultrasonic and lidar sensors, radar sensors are therefore of great importance in the automobile of the future. Highest ...

The annual event of the Siemens Research and Innovation Ecosystem (RIE) and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg took place this year as part of a hybrid event series. The event was themed "Factory of the Future" and was held with great involvement of the FAPS. As a prelude, the c...

In the period from 06.10.2021 to 08.10.2021, the annual FAPS leadership training took place once again in the shadow of the Benedictine monastery in Schwarzach am Main. During this event, Prof. Franke and the research area directors focus on questions around the topics of employee leadership, organi...

Under the paradigm of the "Digital Twin", a wide variety of concepts are currently being implemented by companies and scientifically discussed by research institutions, which essentially involve the digital representation of products, processes and resources in order to achieve specific goals. Here,...