The Silicon Valley of robotics
The establishment of the robotics focal point in Schweinfurt is a great opportunity for the city: In close cooperation between industry and science, a unique location for research, development and production of intelligent robot systems is being created here in Germany.
It is already clear today that the gigantic demand for intelligent robots can only be met by industrial mass production. It is foreseeable that, analogous to the automotive industry, a “robomotive industry” will develop with its own ecosystems, which will be similarly large or larger. With the mutation of the car into a robot (the so-called robot car), the robomotive sector will even absorb the automotive sector in the long term.
Robotics - A Technology Perspectivefor Schweinfurt
With the robotics degree program, the THWS opens the door to an exciting and highly topical field of technology. Schweinfurt offers the ideal setting for this. In addition to the generally good study conditions, Schweinfurt is also particularly attractive for robotics students due to the large number of manufacturing companies. Many of the local companies use robots in production and are increasingly focusing on this topic in the course of the digital transformation.
The THWS would like to support this change and leverage synergies in the interaction between university and industry with the robotics degree program. The resulting impulses have the potential to develop Schweinfurt into a beacon of robotics whose visibility extends beyond the borders of Lower Franconia.
Business and science networked
The new Center for Robotics (CERI) aims to closely link research and teaching. In this way, students receive first-hand knowledge and are up to date with the latest developments. In addition, the practical environment supports the teaching of application-oriented content.
n the medium term, the THWS CERI will be located in a purpose-built building that will include lecture halls, laboratories and offices, as well as space for technology transfer and, in particular, a large flexible manufacturing area for the rapid construction of a wide variety of robot scenarios. In addition, all robotics-focused research projects will be relocated to the building.
Direct access to the market
CERI provides the opportunity to verify AI approaches developed and refined in other institutes and centers in robotic systems and to make them suitable for practical use.
Close networking with both local and national industry provides access to potential customers in the market. In this way, developments can be targeted to the diverse needs of companies from a wide range of sectors, e.g. industry, trade or even health.
