Designing processes and advance them by robotics: In the course “Applied Production Engineering,” students apply lean production in practice. Students gain experience in the Smart Innovation Laboratory of our “Product Creation” workgroup by systematically identifying losses, applying principles of Lean Thinking – and, at the same time, solving challenges of project management under time pressure. The results speak for themselves: The cobot performs, is core element of the new assembly line, KPIs are clearly enhanced – and students did their next step towards practice!