In the acatech HORIZONTE series, the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) investigates important fields of technology that are clearly emerging. The fourth volume examines the ubiquitous topic of artificial intelligence. With vivid illustrations that can be understood by everyone, it...

For the Bavarian mechanical and plant engineering industry, the shift towards electric mobility offers some risks but also a number of opportunities. Above all, it should be solutions from domestic companies that reduce battery costs, enable lightweight constructions, and improve the production of e...

The chair FAPS congratulates Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eva Brandmeier (née Bogner) on her appointment to the University of Applied Sciences Coburg. Prof. Brandmeier will work at the Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering in the area of "Self-Learning Machines". The content focus is on the optimiza...

During the internal FAPS employee training - hands-on introduction to Docker - on 25.06.2020, 14 FAPS employees were familiarised with the basics of Docker (www.docker.com/) and the first own Docker containers were created. The training was offered by Benjamin Lutz and Dominik Kißkalt as an internal...

FORobotics - mobile, ad-hoc cooperating robot teams Mobile robot platforms as individual units capable for flexible deployment show potentials to increase the value adding contribution. In this context, the 28 partner strong joint research project FORobotics of the Bavarian Research Foundation (B...

VIRERO - VIrtual REmote RObotics for Radiometric Sorting Subproject: Immersive and Self-Optimizing Teleoperation System and Autonomous Robot Capabilities (15S9422C) Within the project, robots and radiological measurement technologies will be developed to handle radioactive waste materials tele...

DFG funds project "Additive manufacture of metal-ceramic composites using selective laser melting for power electronic applications". Conventional methods for the production of circuit carriers are usually based on lamination processes with the subsequent usage of subtractive processes such as ch...

The research project E|KPI is funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation. The aim of the project is to evaluate available drive technologies for individual long-distance mobility and to make them comparable. To this end, a comprehensive comparative framework is to be designed and imple...

Starting at 01.06.2020, the Project "Printed Electronics on 3D-substrates (PE3D)", which is promoted by BMBF, aims at the complete additive production of a functional electronic assembly for sensor or radio frequency applications. Compared to conventional production processes, the advantages of Addi...

The paper "A Machine Learning Based Approach To Detect False Calls in SMT Manufacturing" by Nils Thielen, Dominik Werner, Konstantin Schmidt, Reinhardt Seidel, Dr.-Ing. Andreas Reinhardt and Prof. Dr. Jörg Franke was awarded with the "Excellent Paper Award for Young Scientists" by the committee of t...