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Current Research Topics in Robotics at IGMR

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This paper gives an overview of current research topics at the Institute of Mechanism Theory, Machine Dynamics and Robotics of RWTH Aachen University. A variety of application areas is introduced, including robotic reconstruction, agile production, additive manufacturing and human-robot collaboration. Each topic offers novel and unique contributions to its field of robotics.

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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank:

The German Research Foundation DFG for the kind support within the Cluster of Excellence “Internet of Production” - Project-ID: 390621612.

The European Union for the kind support within the project “Robots to Re-Construction” - Project-ID: 687593.

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  1. Institute of Mechanism Theory, Machine Dynamics and Robotics, Aachen, Germany

    Burkhard Corves, Mathias Huesing, Nils Mandischer, Markus Schmitz, Amirreza Shahidi, Michael Lorenz & Sami Charaf Eddine

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  1. School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    Chin-Hsing Kuo

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Pei-Chun Lin

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    Terence Essomba

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Corves, B. et al. (2020). Current Research Topics in Robotics at IGMR. In: Kuo, CH., Lin, PC., Essomba, T., Chen, GC. (eds) Robotics and Mechatronics. ISRM 2019. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 78. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30036-4_47

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