Projects

Robotik & autonome Systeme

  • Generation of Task Specific Robot Manipulators via Combined Structural and Dimensional Synthesis
    In order to propel the middle and small industries forward, a new method for the development of serial and parallel robots from a specific task is developed. The goal of the project is the automatic and global synthesis of robot structures from the design requirements.
    Team: M. Sc Moritz Schappler
    Year: 2018
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2018 - 2022
  • Haley - Hydraulic snake-like robot for endoscopy
    Endoscopic procedures for diagnostics and therapy are changing medicine sustainably. Two important factors must be fulfilled for a successful intervention: Good maneuverability is necessary to reach areas that are difficult to access. In addition, the intervention in the target area requires high structural stiffness in order to withstand manipulation forces and provide the doctor with a stable working platform. However, today's endoscopes cannot fulfill both requirements at the same time. Either purely rigid or purely flexible endoscopes are used, and stiffenable mechanisms are extremely rare - even in research. As a bridge between flexible and rigid robots, a hydraulically actuated, snake-like endoscope will be investigated in the HALEy project.
    Team: M. Sc. Tim-Lukas Habich
    Year: 2020
    Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
    Duration: 10/2020-04/2023

Medizintechnik & Bildverarbeitung

  • Haley - Hydraulic snake-like robot for endoscopy
    Endoscopic procedures for diagnostics and therapy are changing medicine sustainably. Two important factors must be fulfilled for a successful intervention: Good maneuverability is necessary to reach areas that are difficult to access. In addition, the intervention in the target area requires high structural stiffness in order to withstand manipulation forces and provide the doctor with a stable working platform. However, today's endoscopes cannot fulfill both requirements at the same time. Either purely rigid or purely flexible endoscopes are used, and stiffenable mechanisms are extremely rare - even in research. As a bridge between flexible and rigid robots, a hydraulically actuated, snake-like endoscope will be investigated in the HALEy project.
    Team: M. Sc. Tim-Lukas Habich
    Year: 2020
    Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
    Duration: 10/2020-04/2023