On 14th June 2023, Vice Dean Research and Innovation, Prof. Birgit Vogel-Heuser, could welcome a heterogeneous group to the networking event about "Robot Applications". The participants came from four different departments of ED and ranged from PhD students to professors. The aim of the event was to bring ED researchers working in the field of robotics into conversation with each other in a low-threshold manner. Prof. Dr. Johannes Fottner initially emphasized that it would be a mistake to locate the topic of "robots" solely in the field of computer science. Especially at the ED, research on robots is carried out on a wide variety of issues. This was also clearly shown in the eight short presentations: The topics covered modeling and control engineering, the use of robots in logistics, semi-automated creation of asset administration shells, human-robot interactions in everyday life as well as on construction sites, autonomous vehicles, and special robot construction methods.
Presentations:
- Dr. Paul Kotyczka (Department of Engineering Physics and Computation): Modeling and Control for Highly Flexible Robot Structures
- Jingyun Zhao (Department of Mechanical Engineering): A Semi-Automatic Approach for Asset Administration Shell Creation from Heterogeneous Data
- Prof. Klaus Bengler, Annika Boos (Department of Mechanical Engineering): Field testing in social HRI
- Prof. Johannes Betz (Department of Mobility Systems Engineering): Software Development for Autonomous Vehicles
- Prof. Johannes Fottner (Department of Mechanical Engineering): Robotics Applications in Logistics
- Maximilian Schöberl (Department of Mobility Systems Engineering): Use-Case „Cobot: Collaborative Vibratory Plate“
- Prof. Kathrin Dörfler (Department of Architecture): Cooperative Robotic Construction
- Prof. Markus Zimmermann (Department of Mechanical Engineering): Design methods with application to task-specific, low-cost & lightweight robots
All presentations demonstrated that, due to their complexity, the research fields can only be tackled in a multidisciplinary manner. Thus, several starting points for joint projects could be easily identified. They will be specified in a further meeting, which is planned for the end of September 2023.