Machine learning techniques are increasingly used in monitoring and optimizing industrial production due to recent advances in computing capacities as well as the spread of developer-friendly software libraries. Essential challenges such as high initial manual effort as well as the general data qual...

In order to be able to address research in the two future topics of robotics and medical technology in a more targeted manner and to communicate this to the outside world, the strongly occupied research area of biomechatronics will be split up. At the joint strategy meeting from September 30 - Octob...

FAPS proactively supports the spin-off of the technology-driven startup "ROBOTOP" and thus underlines its role as a startup chair at FAU. In cooperation with the FAU Startup Office and the Chair FAPS, the ROBOTOP team successfully won EXIST-funding. The three master graduates and founders Baris Erdö...

Using advanced sensors, actuators and methods of artificial intelligence (AI), robots are increasingly turning into learning systems that interact with humans, make decisions and take on more complex tasks. As a result, new application potentials are opening up that go beyond the classic application...

After a break of more than one year, the FAPS Activity and Culture Trip (FACT) took place again. The program included an ambitious hiking program with plenty of opportunities for personal exchange. After the pandemic-related drought of face-to-face contact, the FACT was a welcome change from digital...

True to the motto "The most important thing is not to stop asking." by Albert Einstein, the ASIM conference "Simulation in Production and Logistics" (SPL) took place last week as a digital conference. It was hosted by FAU's FAPS Chair and THI's Business School. Scientific conferences are based on le...

In the context of the energy transition, the energy supply structure and the associated protection concept for automated production plants play a significant role. In addition to conventional supply, future-oriented research approaches include the integration of generators and storage systems. In re...

The research project PDA-RobE (process-oriented, continous and automated robotics engineering) started on the 1st of September 2021. The project is funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy (StMWi) and can be assigned to the Information and Communication ...

The Engineering-Systems Department welcomes a new employee as of 15 August 2021. Marvin Schobert studied mechatronics in both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at FAU. He successfully completed his Master's by writing a thesis at FAPS entitled "Development and implementation of a microservice-bas...

Sustainability is the "mega-topic" of this century in all areas of life and the economy. In order to make regions, communities and the economy permanently fit for the future, the transformation to a sustainable way of life will have to succeed. This structural change, which we will have to master in...