Teleworkbench - Teleoperated Platform for Multi-Robot Experiments

MotivationRobots are becoming more commonplace in our daily life. They are now capable of performing different tasks, from simple housekeeping jobs to autonomous driving on the road. Robot development is a highly complex and interdisciplinary process involving algorithm development and hardware design. Moreover, test and validation are required to ...

Duration: 04/2011 - 07/2011

Contact: Hanyi Li

Miniaturized robot BeBot

MotivationMobile robots are getting more attractive, especially the small and resource-efficient ones, as they do not need special laboratory infrastructures. Another requirement for such platforms is the reasonable price and ease for programming. Additionally, they should provide enough computation power for supporting the implementation and the ...

Duration: 01/2006 - 12/2014

SFB 614: Self-Optimizing Concepts and Structures in Mechanical Engineering

Information technology is increasingly penetrating the field of conventional mechanical engineering, and this offers considerable potential for innovation. This is expressed in the term "mechatronics", which was itself formed by conjoining "mechanics" and "electronics". It describes the close interaction between mechanical science, electronics, ...

Duration: 01/2002 - 12/2013

Funded by: DFG