Chair of Mechatronics in Mechanical Engineering

Teaching

• CAD 1
• Automotive mechatronics
• Mechatronics 1
• Mechatronics 2
• Microsystems technology
• Modelling / Simulation
• Process data processing
• Programmable controller
• Robotics
• Simulation of mechatronic systems
• Control engineering

Milling robots: Production with robots - from model to component

Thanks to its very high positioning accuracy, a robot can precisely follow specified geometries. This means that 3D models can be produced from various base materials such as wood, metal or plastic using a given CAD model and a milling head. The advantage of the robot over a "conventional" milling machine is the workspace. As the robot arm can move freely in all directions, the workspace is also 3-dimensional.

Throwing robots: Take up the challenge - "Play against the robot"

Robots can perform tasks around the clock, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without making mistakes and without getting tired or slowing down. To be able to repeat exactly the same process all the time, they need a very high level of repeat accuracy. We show and explain how this works in the time-lapse video. Compete against the robot: Try to hit a wastepaper basket 3 metres away with a ball of paper in ten throws in a row.

Your colleague, the robot - cooperation made easy

For larger or combined work processes, two or more robots can work together in co-operation. To do this, they must either exchange information with each other or receive the required sequence information from a higher-level centre. The basis for this co-operation is a very high level of precision in the positioning of the individual robots, even with a practically infinite number of repetitions. In the video we show how the Kuka robots work together.