European Robotics Week 2018 in Augsburg

Every year, the initiators of the European Robotics Week choose a different European city as the venue for the central opening event. The selection criteria are both the situation and its significance in the European robotics community. Augsburg was chosen because the Fuggerstadt, embedded in the economic region of Bavaria, combines tradition and innovation and is home to numerous technology companies.

Augsburg looks back on a long economic and industrial history, combining tradition and technology. It is precisely this combination that forms the basis for the success of numerous regional technology companies such as KUKA. These companies are locally rooted and acting globally successful.

 

From antiquity to modern times to the future - that's what the sponsors of the exhibition "From the Romans to Robotics" can experience very closely.

Opening hours: Friday 10 am – 6 pm, Saturday 10 am – 5 pm, Sunday 10 am – 4 pm

Location: Toskanische Säulenhalle in the Zeughaus (Zeugplatz 4, 86150 Augsburg)

Free entrance

Celebrate the exclusive opening event of the European Robotics Week with high-ranking representatives of politics and industry in the impressive ambiance of the Prince Room. Afterwards there is a guided tour from the town hall to the Säulenhalle, where a historian briefly reports about ancient Augsburg.
The event is open to everyone. Please note, however, that the number of participants is limited.

Admission from 2:30 pm

Location: Fürstenzimmer in town hall (Rathausplatz 2, 86150 Augsburg)

Free entrance

Exciting, playful, quickly learned - at the Open Roberta Lab you can easily program robots and microcontrollers. No matter if you've already programmed or not - with the colorful programming language "NEPO", different systems come to life in your hands, e.g. the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robot.
The event will be held in German unless all participants are English-speaking.

Friday:  12:30 – 1:30 pm,  2 – 3 pm, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Saturday: 10 – 11 am,  11:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2.30 – 3.30 pm (already fully booked)

Location: Heintzzimmer and Reichlesaal in the Zeughaus (Zeugplatz 4, 86150 Augsburg)

Free entrance

Participants must at least be 12 years old.

Please note that the number of participants is limited.

Please register here.

You can program LEGO-EV-3 robots in small groups and optimize both the hardware and software. At the end of the workshop, we let the groups compete against each other in a small competition.

The event will be held in German unless all participants are English-speaking.

Time: 11 am – 12 pm, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, 2:30 – 3.30 pm (already fully booked)

Location: Reichlesaal in the Zeughaus (Zeugplatz 4, 86150 Augsburg)

Free entrance

Participants must at least be 12 years old

Please note that the number of participants is limited

Please register here.

As part of the European Robotics Week, DLR's Center for Lightweight Construction Technology (ZLP) in Augsburg opened its doors. Large robots for large structures: In his introductory lecture, Dr. Michael Vistein explained how aircraft can be built "lightly" using robots and where the challenges lie today and in the future. During the subsequent tour of the ZLP Technology Hall, visitors got to know the world of industrial robotics for aerospace production.

Location: DLR Institute of Structures and Construction Technology / Center for Lightweight Construction Production Technology (Am Technologiezentrum 4, 86159 Augsburg)

 

Pupils of the Bernhard-Strigel-Gymnasium show what their self-made robots are able to do, e.g. playing football.

Time: 12:30 – 1 pm,  1:30 – 2 pm,  2:30 – 3: pm

Location: Furttenbachzimmer in the Zeughaus (Zeugplatz 4, 86150 Augsburg) 

Free entrance

The lecture sheds light on the interdisciplinary field of tension of social human-robot interaction. It provides insights into the development process of social robot platforms - from design aspects to the external appearance of a robot to the transfer of social-psychological approaches to prosocial robot behavior. To illustrate, selected current robot developments from the research of Dr. med. Kühnlenz in the private service sector, as well as collaborative robotics in the context of Industry 4.0, are being presented.

Location: Filmsaal in the Zeughaus (Zeugplatz 4, 86150 Augsburg)

Free entrance

 

The digital transformation poses a particular challenge for medium-sized companies to modernize production systems and adapt them flexibly to varying customer and market requirements. As assistance systems, collaborating robots offer new potentials to improve working conditions and results at workplaces in assembly that have so far been little or not automated. In the lecture, possible applications of assistance systems will be presented on the basis of examples and current research projects.

Location: Filmsaal in the Zeughaus (Zeugplatz 4, 86150 Augsburg)

Free entrance 

Opportunities and taboos: How can robots be used most meaningfully in nursing? Be part of an exciting discussion between experts from research and industry as well as users from the nursing sector.

Location: Filmsaal in the Zeughaus (Zeugplatz 4, 86150 Augsburg)

Free entrance

At the open day at Ergotherapiepraxis Endrass you can see how robotics is used in rehabilitation therapy and how it helps people to learn to walk again. 

Location: Brixenerstr.8 in Lechhausen

Free entrance

Whether with coloured pencils, wax crayons or watercolours: Paint your own robot and win great prizes.

The most creative ideas will be presented at the exhibition in the Tuscan columned hall during the European Robotics Week in Augsburg.

You have the chance to win these great prizes:

- 5 x admission to LEGOLAND Günzburg for you and one friend
- 5 x VIP visit to KUKA for you and a friend
- 5 x KUKA surprise package 

You can find more information here.

Take a look behind the scenes at KUKA. You will gain exclusive insights and learn how our robots are built.

Location: Reception KUKA Development and Technology Center (Zugspitzstraße 140, 86165 Augsburg)

Free entrance

Please note that the number of participants is limited

Please register here.

A revolutionary cooperation creates space for new ideas: MHP, KUKA and Munich Re are pooling their synergies and jointly developed the innovative "SmartFactory as a Service" concept. Immerse yourself in the production of tomorrow.

Location: Atelierstrasse 14, 81671 Munich, Germany

Free entrance

To register, please send an e-mail (incl. name and company) to the following address: smartproduction.systems.de@kuka.com

12 – 13 pm     Tour 01 – English registration via email
1 – 2 pm     Tour 02 – German registration via email
2 – 5 pm      Open visit time. No registration is necessary*

Please take in consideration that children under 14 years old are only allowed under the supervision of an adult due to safety reasons.

* Please note that the number of participants is limited according to safety regulations.

Humans and robots are working ever closer together. The perceptive abilities and dexterity of robots are constantly improving so that robots can perform ever more demanding tasks. Cameras, force and torque sensors coupled with machine learning algorithms open up new possibilities - the first systems are already capable of learning to move and perceive their surroundings. How do these systems work and where does their journey take them?

Location: Reception KUKA Development and Technology Center (Zugspitzstraße 140, 86165 Augsburg, Germany)

Free entrance

Please note that the number of participants is limited

Please register here.

What can a robot do? What does it consist of? And why do we need them at all? Here, the inventors of tomorrow will learn exciting things about robotics from the people who work with genuine robots on a daily basis - our KUKA employees.

Time: 10 – 11 am & 2 – 3 pm

Location: Reception KUKA Development and Technology Center (Zugspitzstraße 140, 86165 Augsburg)

Free entrance

Participants must be between 6 – 12 years old

Please note that the number of participants is limited.

Please register here.

 

 

A journey through space, directly to Mars, to experience what robotics can do. The Augsburg Planetarium and KUKA will take tomorrow's engineers on an exciting journey through space, explaining not only the stars but also what robots have to do with space travel.

Location: Planetarium (Ludwigstrasse 14, 86152 Augsburg)

Free Entrance

Participants must be between 6 – 12 years old.

Please note that the number of participants is limited.

Please register here.