{"id":974,"date":"2022-07-07T10:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T08:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/?page_id=974"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:32:31","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/en\/startseite\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide hero-portal is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Research<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"post-description\">The overarching research objective of the Chair of Autonomous Systems and Mechatronics is to develop technical systems that functionally support their users and provide them with a positive experience. To specifically promote user acceptance, human factors and technical requirements are equally considered. Our research approach is outlined in the figure and based on a mixture of methods from engineering and human sciences. We demonstrate our findings on wearable systems such as prostheses or exoskeletons, cognitive systems such as collaborative or humanoid robots, and general applications with tight human-robot interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-dark-theme\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background\" alt=\"Students at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/wp-content\/themes\/FAU-Elemental\/assets\/images\/hero-portal.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center hideParagraph has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"two-columns-one\"><p>The key research questions of the Chair of Autonomous Systems and Mechatronics are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which design, control, and interface implementations support human-machine interaction?<\/li>\n<li>How do human factors influence human-machine interaction and how can they be considered systematically in design?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><br \/><div class=\"two-columns-one last\"><\/p>\n<pre><div class=\"rrze-video rrze-video-container has-text-align-left \">\n<div class=\"youtube-video plyr-videonum-1\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Movie\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Who is...? Professor Philipp Beckerle [FAU Prof]\">\n<meta itemprop=\"director\" content=\"Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg\">\n<meta itemprop=\"provider\" content=\"YouTube\">\n<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y1jCM2E0oSg\/hqdefault.jpg\">\n<meta itemprop=\"version\" content=\"1.0\">\n<div class=\"plyr__video-embed\">\n<iframe\n title=\"Who is...? Professor Philipp Beckerle [FAU Prof]\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/y1jCM2E0oSg?rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1\"\n frameborder=\"0\"\n  allowfullscreen\n  allowtransparency\n  allow=\"autoplay\"\n><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/pre>\n<p>\n<\/div><br \/><div class=\"elements-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;nobackground;border-style: none\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37%;text-align: center\">\n<h4>Components and Control<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37%;text-align: center\">\n<h4>Interfaces and Interaction<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Wearable Systems<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-237 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/03\/linksoben.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/03\/rechtsoben.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Cognitive Systems<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-609 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2021\/08\/2021-06-30_panda_012.jpg 2000w\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 37%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-872 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of two NAO Robots. The robot on the left is waving.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-2048x1419.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-347x240.jpg 347w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-462x320.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/files\/2022\/04\/2021-06-25_nao_029-679x470.jpg 679w\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n\n<section class=\"fau-list-item wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-teaser-grid\" id=\"fau-teaser-grid-bb414f28\" aria-label=\"Content grid\" role=\"region\" data-grid-id=\"fau-teaser-grid-bb414f28\" data-custom-block-id=\"fau-teaser-grid-bb414f28\" data-variant=\"page\" data-category=\"0\" data-tags=\"\" data-author=\"0\" data-year=\"0\" data-month=\"0\" data-day=\"0\" data-posts-per-page=\"6\" data-display-style=\"teaser-grid\" data-teaser-layout=\"3m\" data-order-by=\"date\" data-order=\"DESC\" data-heading-level=\"h4\" data-show-pagination=\"false\" data-pagination-type=\"numbers\" data-nonce=\"d793b1bf69\" data-current-page=\"1\"><ul class=\"fau-teaser-grid teaser-grid layout-3m\" aria-label=\"Content items\" data-variant=\"page\"><li><a class=\"teaser-item-link teaser-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/en\/startseite\/research\/components-and-control\/\"><article class=\"page-teaser\" data-variant=\"page\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/en\/startseite\/research\/components-and-control\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"teaser-title-929\"><div class=\"teaser-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/wp-content\/themes\/FAU-Elemental\/assets\/images\/Default_FAU_Schloss_blau.jpg\" alt=\"Components and Control\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><time datetime=\"2022-07-07 10:27:39\" class=\"date-meta-hidden\" data-created=\"2022-07-07 10:27:39\" data-modified=\"2023-08-17 14:34:31\"><\/time><\/div><div class=\"teaser-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-content\"><div class=\"content-column\"><h4 class=\"clamp-3\" id=\"teaser-title-929\">Components and Control<\/h4><div class=\"excerpt clamp-3\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Current designs of autonomous and mechatronic systems are no longer based solely on rigid mechanisms but contain specific elastic properties. Through this, safe human-machine and human-robot interaction and significantly reduced energy consumption by exploiting system dynamics are achieved. Both aspects help to meet the requirements of systems operating close to humans, but also raise new [&hellip;]<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Current designs of autonomous and mechatronic systems are no longer based solely on rigid mechanisms but contain specific elastic properties. Through this, safe human-machine and human-robot interaction and significantly reduced energy consumption by exploiting system dynamics are achieved. Both aspects help to meet the requirements of systems operating close to humans, but also raise new [&hellip;]<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"button-teaser\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read more about Components and Control<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"teaser-item-link teaser-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/en\/startseite\/research\/interfaces-and-interaction\/\"><article class=\"page-teaser\" data-variant=\"page\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/en\/startseite\/research\/interfaces-and-interaction\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"teaser-title-950\"><div class=\"teaser-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/wp-content\/themes\/FAU-Elemental\/assets\/images\/Default_FAU_Schloss_blau.jpg\" alt=\"Interfaces and Interaction\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><time datetime=\"2022-07-07 10:30:36\" class=\"date-meta-hidden\" data-created=\"2022-07-07 10:30:36\" data-modified=\"2023-03-30 16:17:53\"><\/time><\/div><div class=\"teaser-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-content\"><div class=\"content-column\"><h4 class=\"clamp-3\" id=\"teaser-title-950\">Interfaces and Interaction<\/h4><div class=\"excerpt clamp-3\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">For intuitive interaction, autonomous and mechatronic systems have to acquire and interpret multimodal sensor data and provide feedback, taking into account the physical abilities of the users. Especially in wearable robotic systems, user interface design is of utmost importance because the system should be perceived as a part of the user\u2019s own body. Therefore, our [&hellip;]<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">For intuitive interaction, autonomous and mechatronic systems have to acquire and interpret multimodal sensor data and provide feedback, taking into account the physical abilities of the users. Especially in wearable robotic systems, user interface design is of utmost importance because the system should be perceived as a part of the user\u2019s own body. Therefore, our [&hellip;]<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"button-teaser\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read more about Interfaces and Interaction<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"teaser-item-link teaser-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/en\/startseite\/research\/human-machine-centered-design-methods\/\"><article class=\"page-teaser\" data-variant=\"page\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/en\/startseite\/research\/human-machine-centered-design-methods\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"teaser-title-938\"><div class=\"teaser-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asm.tf.fau.de\/wp-content\/themes\/FAU-Elemental\/assets\/images\/Default_FAU_Schloss_blau.jpg\" alt=\"Human-Machine-Centered Design Methods\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><time datetime=\"2022-07-07 10:28:58\" class=\"date-meta-hidden\" data-created=\"2022-07-07 10:28:58\" data-modified=\"2023-08-17 14:34:22\"><\/time><\/div><div class=\"teaser-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"teaser-content\"><div class=\"content-column\"><h4 class=\"clamp-3\" id=\"teaser-title-938\">Human-Machine-Centered Design Methods<\/h4><div class=\"excerpt clamp-3\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Human-machine-centered methods are crucial for the development of human-oriented technologies that synergistically interact with their users. Current research indicates that human factors and technical aspects should be equally considered to design efficient solutions that are accepted by users. For this purpose, we combine user and expert studies with established engineering design methods frameworks for human-machine-centered [&hellip;]<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Human-machine-centered methods are crucial for the development of human-oriented technologies that synergistically interact with their users. Current research indicates that human factors and technical aspects should be equally considered to design efficient solutions that are accepted by users. For this purpose, we combine user and expert studies with established engineering design methods frameworks for human-machine-centered [&hellip;]<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"button-teaser\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read more about Human-Machine-Centered Design Methods<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The overarching research objective of the Chair of Autonomous Systems and Mechatronics is to develop technical systems that functionally support their users and provide them with a positive experience. To specifically promote user acceptance, human factors and technical requirements are equally considered. 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