Milking robots have been found in the stables of milk-producing agriculture for more than twenty years. They allow farmers to make their daily structure more flexible thanks to the support of the robots. Since the cows themselves go to the robot and are milked there fully automatically, the task of the modern farmer is limited to the control of the technology and the welfare of the animals.

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The goal of Robo-Mate is to develop a user-friendly intelligent cooperative light weight wearable human-robotic exoskeleton for manual handling work in order to reduce musculoskeletal diseases in industrial environments. More information

The ECOSTIPPAIR project is developing an ecological aircraft maintenance system, which will be able to strip various painted/coated surfaces off planes efficiently and gently, without the use of chemicals. The process is up to 85% fully automated. In this way harsh working conditions, which could cause work-related diseases, are avoided over the long term and costly damage to the surface of the aeroplane are avoided. More information

Within the framework of the European Project ECHORD, the experiment JILAS (Jig-Less Airplane Assembly in low volume production by enhanced human robot interaction) was performed at the IMS. The research about cooperation of human worker and industrial robot in an airplane fuselage components assembly task was at the core of the project. More information

In the EU project ARFLEX (Adaptive Robots for Flexible Manufacturing Systems), the IMS supported its industry and research partners in the development of a new and open robot control concept. The aim of the new control concept was to simplify the integration of intelligent sensors in robot applications. More information

The Autonomous Vehicle Emergency Recovery Tool (AVERT) provides a capability rapidly to deploy, extract and remove both blocking and suspect vehicles from vulnerable positions and confined spaces. More information

The IMS realizes together with Graf+Cie AG vision inspection systems for process optimization and quality assurance in the manufacturing of technology components for textile machines.

The aim of the 3D Mosaic project is to promote precision management of orchards by means of a decision support system (DSS) aiming at optimizing efficiency of inputs and at diminishing the environmental footprint of fruit production. More information

SmartWeeder gehört zur nächsten Generation von Unkrautbehandlungssystemen. Unter dem Motto „Let the Machines do the Job“ arbeiten Experten aus Landwirtschaft, Bildverarbeitung, 3D-Datenauswertung und Mechatronik am ambitionierten Ziel „Der elektronische Landwirt“. Mehr Informationen zu diesem Projekt

The aim of the ShoeExpert project was to develop an assistance system for automated acquisition, analysis and classification of shoe and tyre prints. More information

The Rail Clouds project aims at providing a general overview of the possibilities to process 3D point clouds from railway areas. More information

For agricultural surveys, the use of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) as sensor carriers is becoming increasingly attractive. These vehicles can be equipped with multiple sensing de-vices to achieve a high level of autonomy in order to improve productivity and profitability in agriculture. More information

Parkmate is an assistance system used for semi-automatic parking. The systems measures cars and parking-spaces and calculates the optimal trajectory for parking. More information

In the SmartParking project, the IMS developed an automatic parking car that is able to drive autonomously, detect and avoid obstacles and to safely park in a chosen parking space. More information

The Micro Delta project aimed at developing a fast and highly precise robot system. The robot was designed to significantly outperform the precision and speed of current systems and to be cost-effective at the same time. More information

The robot assisted assembly system RAAS was developed to alleviate the assembly of parts that need to be welded together. In this system, the assistant robot grips and positions the parts that need to be connected, afterwards the welds are applied by an experienced welder. More information