In the Automation Lab, students have access to a wide range of robots, electronic workstations, measuring equipment, soldering stations and a production line with electro-pneumatic components. This allows them to gain first-hand experience with many of the current issues in automation technology.
To be able to engage with automation processes on a technical level, some foundational knowledge is required. This is why the following topics are taught in the Automation Lab:
To be able to engage with automation processes on a technical level, some foundational knowledge is required. This is why the topics of electrical engineering, electronics, sensor technology, actuator technology, data transmission, and instrumentation and control engineering are taught in the Automation Lab.
Building on these basics, students in the Automation Lab can take advantage of the many possibilities offered by the Learning Factory of our corporate partner Festo. This is a fully automated industrial production line that connects several workstations with conveyor belts. The setup demonstrates essential steps in the production process – from materials being delivered to the final product being picked for dispatch.
Among other things, students use pneumatics, they program the functioning of workstations, integrate additional machines into the production line, eliminate production bottlenecks, and optimize the energy efficiency of the entire production process.
No production line in industry today is conceivable without robots. Robotics is therefore an important part of the content covered in the Industrial Engineering & Management degree program.
The Automation Lab boasts a wide range of robotic systems, from classic 5-axis articulated arm robots to collaborative, mobile robots and humanoid robots. In this lab, students learn about the variety of different robots and their different programming and operating options.
