Lehrveranstaltungen

Practical course SoSe 2025
Tutor/Contact person: Lukas Karzel, M.Sc.

Successful participants can have the course credited as the “Praktikum Fördertechnik und Logistik” module (32660, 3 ECTS) or receive 8 signatures for their SF-/APMB-internships.

Content The "Industrial Mobile Robotics Lab" course provides an in-depth introduction to mobile robotic systems. Students will work in teams to gain practical experience in operating and controlling mobile robots, a key technology in modern industrial environments. This hands-on course is a collaboration between the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Stuttgart.

For self-study, students will have access to instructional videos covering relevant topics before the course begins. Teams will be formed at each university location, working on either a robot control system or a fleet management system for coordinating multiple mobile robots. The implementation will be based on the VDA 5050 communication interface, which ensures standardized data exchange between system participants.

Students from both universities will meet at a kick-off event at KIT. Throughout the project, teams will collaborate to jointly control a fleet of real industrial mobile robots, culminating in a final event at KIT. A simulation environment will be available to facilitate development and testing before working with physical robots. Apart from the two events at KIT, the course will be held in Stuttgart.

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Python programming and a fundamental understanding of technical logistics are advantageous but not mandatory.

Objective

Hard Skills:

• Introduction to intralogistics systems
• Implementing communication in a multi-robot system using JSON messages as defined in the VDA 5050 via MQTT
• Designing and developing a fleet management system for mobile robots using Python
• Creating a robot control system to execute assigned tasks using Python
• Transitioning solutions from simulation to real industrial mobile robots

Soft Skills:

• Presenting work results
• Collaborating in software development teams

Teaching and Learning Methods

• Video lectures for self-study
• Team-based project work
• Hands-on implementation of robotic systems
• Simulation-based testing before real-world deployment
• Regular team meetings and collaboration across institutions
• Final presentation and evaluation of project results

Participation Criteria and Registration

• The course has a limited number of participants.
• A minimum of participants is required
• Registration on the ILIAS platform:

Time schedule and dates: The course will take place from 14.05.2025 to 02.07.2025

• Online-Kickoff: 14.05.2025 (1 h, Introduction to Ilias course + schedule)
• Kickoff: 21.05.2025 | 14:00 – 17:15
• Consulting hours: TBD (will be announced in the Ilias-course)
• Milestone 1: Individual Presentation and Assessment 06.06.2025
• Introduction to the Karis vehicles: 18.06.2025 | 14:00 – 15:30
• Milestone 2: 25.06.2025 | 14:00 – 17:15 - Concept presentation, planned teamwork, interface definition with other teams
• Final event: 02.07.2025 | 14:00 – 17:15
  Live demonstration of the developed solutions (with poster presentation)

Vortragsseminar im Sommersemester 2025
Betreuer: Jonas Nölcke, M.Sc.

• als Vorleistung der Bachelorarbeit am IFT
• als Vorleistung der Studien-/Forschungsarbeit am IFT

Die Materialien stehen nach dem Theorieteil auf ILIAS zur Verfügung.

Für die erfolgreiche Teilnahme sind folgende Leistungen erforderlich:

• Teilnahme am Theorieteil (Präsenz)
• Vorbereiten eines Kurzvortrags
• Teilnahme an einem der Vortragstermine (Präsenz)
  einschl. Präsentation des eigenen Vortrags
•  Teilnahme an einem Vortrag einer studentischen Arbeit

Ablauf und Termine:

1. Theorieteil (Präsenz): 05.06-2025 | 15:45–17:15 Uhr Uhr, Seminarraum IFT, Holzgartenstraße 15, 70174 Stuttgart, Campus Stadtmitte.
   Es werden die wichtigsten Vortragstechniken vorgestellt. Sie können Fragen zur Bearbeitung stellen und ggf. ihr Vortragsthema abklären.
2. Deadline für die Themeneinreichung: 18.06.2025
   Themen per Mail an den Betreuenden senden: Jonas Nölcke, M.Sc. 
   Sie erhalten eine Bestätigung.
   
   
3. Termine für Einzelvorträge (Präsenz): Donnerstag, 03.07.2025 | ab 14:00 Uhr, Seminarraum IFT, Holzgartenstraße 15, 70174 Stuttgart.
   Informationen zur Durchführung finden Sie auf ILIAS.

Anmeldung auf der ILIAS Plattform unter:
Ingenieurwissenschaften » Maschinenwesen / Maschinenbau » Skripte und Lernmodule » Vortragsseminar IFT

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