Research

The Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC) consists of three institutes. On these pages research topics of the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics are presented. The research topics of the Institute of System Dynamics and Control and the Institute of Optical Sensor Systems are listed at separate portals.

	3D Perception Advanced robotic systems require visual perception capabilities beyond plain 2D images or proximity sensors. They instead rely on 3D perception in order to enable the holistic perception of their surroundings that is eventually needed for high-level, task-related reasoning.
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	Legged Robots Legged locomotion seems to be a promising, versatile approach for robot mobility in various environments. In order to investigate the capabilities of walking robots, two prototypes have been built at the institute - the DLR Biped and the hexapedal DLR Crawler. Both robots are used as testbeds for the development and evaluation of advanced control and gait algorithms.
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Flying Robots The key research area Flying Robots covers several domains of the DLR Robotics and Mechatronics Center – Aeronautics, Space, Robotics, and Optical Information Systems – in order to exploit synergies in the development of robotics technologies for autonomous flying platforms. The spectrum of our work ranges from low-level control and sensor data processing to mission planning and execution.

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	Intelligente Industrierobotik Die Industrieproduktion der Zukunft verlangt ein enges Zusammenwirken von Informationstechnologien, Automatisierungstechnik, Robotik und Mensch. Die Schaffung eines sicheren gemeinsamen Arbeitsraums stellt hier einen zentralen Forschungsbereich dar.
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Medical Robotics In the last decades robotics and mechatronics have found their way into many medical applications. Especially surgery has shown large potential for the use of robotic systems. The goal in medical robotics is thereby not to replace the surgeon by a robot, but to provide the surgeon with new treatment options to the benefit of the patient. Although this technology is still in its early stages, it will considerably change future surgery.

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	Compliant Robotic Systems To exploit the full potential of lightweight robots with integrated torque sensors, the institute develops novel control concepts for such systems.
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	Telepresence and VR Haptic feedback is a key element towards efficient and intuitive telemanipulation of humanoid robots. Hence, the research in this area does not only focus on novel devices, but also comprises computation, control, display and perception of haptic feedback.
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