Design, control and optimisation of intelligent mechatronic systems

Model-based design is an essential technology in the design of mechatronic systems. Both the specification of components such as actuators and sensors as well as control synthesis and system testing are based on models. The integration of modelling and simulation is therefore of crucial importance in the development of intelligent mechatronic products.

Va­can­cies in the work­group

„The development of intelligent technical systems is characterized by constantly increasing complexity and a high level of interdisciplinary cooperation.”

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ansgar Trächtler,
Head of the "Control Engineering and Mechatronics" workgroup at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University from Paderborn

Semes­ter­be­ginn

Zu Semesterbeginn noch eine (nicht mehr ganz so neue) Neuigkeit aus dem Lehrstuhl der Digital Humanities: Nora Probst wird auch in diesem Sommersemester die Vertretung der Professur an der Uni Paderborn übernehmen. Wir wünschen allen Studierenden und Lehrenden einen schönen und erfolgreichen Start in das neue Semester!

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Team, pub­lic­a­tions, bach­el­or/mas­ter theses

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Re­search, teach­ing, pro­jects

Re­search

In control design, we deal with the control of non-linear coupled multi-variable systems, with optimal controls, model predictive controls and methods for observer design; the fields of application include driver assistance systems, robotics and intelligent machines.

Research topics

Teach­ing

We are intensively involved in teaching and training students and young academics such as doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and junior professors with the aim of providing them with the skills they need to shape the future.

Courses

Pro­jects

We can provide companies with significant impetus for innovation and for maintaining their competitiveness. There are many approaches to this. They range from the placement of graduates through collaborative projects to contract developments, which we generally carry out via our spin-offs.

Project overview

„How does a tractor manage to pull several tonnes with ease? How do even more tonnes stay in the sky at a height of several kilometres? These were the questions I asked myself. At the time, I didn't know that control engineering combined exactly the things that really interested me about machines.”

Michael Hesse,
Scientists from the "Control Engineering and Mechatronics" workgroup from Paderborn

Föllinger con­trol tech­no­logy

This textbook, founded by Otto Föllinger, was first published in 1972 and has become a standard work on control engineering. It achieves its aim of familiarising the reader with the conceptual system and methodology of control engineering and its application through its systematic structure, good readability and practical relevance. No emphasis is placed on mathematical rigour, but rather on ensuring that the motivation behind the concepts and procedures is clear, that the conclusions can be easily understood and remain as descriptive as possible. Numerous realistic examples confirm the efficiency of the theoretical methods.