Partners

The University of Bayreuth- is a public research university founded in 1975 as a campus university situated in Bayreuth, Germany. It is broadly organized into seven undergraduate and graduate faculties, with each faculty defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy. The University of Bayreuth is currently one of Germany’s most successful young universities. In the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings, it is ranked among the best young universities in the world, and in the QS World University Ranking, is in the top ten percent of 5,500 universities from around the globe. Interdisciplinary research and teaching is the main feature of the University’s 160 degree programmes, offered by seven faculties covering the natural sciences, engineering, law, business & economics, languages, literature, and cultural studies.

The University of Bayreuth has approx. 13,330 students, 240 professors, around 1,330 scientific staff, and about 985 non-scientific employees at its campus in Bayreuth and its satellite campus in Kulmbach. It is the largest employer in the region. It is a member of the Elite Network of Bavaria (Elitenetzwerk Bayern), an educational policy concept of Bavaria for the promotion of gifted pupils and students in the higher education sector.

The Institute of Measurement and Control Systems (MRT) at the University of Bayreuth (UBT) works on the design, implementation and application of measurement systems. Its contributions fall into the areas of modeling and parameter identification of sensor systems, condition monitoring of systems and processes, and control strategies. A broad spectrum of methods has been applied in the past to problems from the automotive, semiconductor, production, and energy system industries. In the course of time, the focus has been shifting from stand-alone components or systems to distributed and/or embedded systems with increased functional density. This also includes the incorporation of AI methods for signal processing, fault detection, condition monitoring, or optimum system operation. The embedding of devices into larger networks brings about the need for technical communication. MRT has extensive know-how with industrial fieldbuses such as CAN or Modbus and with wireless technologies. Although the applications are not restricted to mechatronic and robotic systems by far, there exists a long track record in this direction.
MRT conducts its research together with partners from industry or the skilled crafts sector. The partner structure ranges from small local companies to international corporations (BMW, Daimler, Porsche; Merck, Siemens, Stäubli Robotics, Tennet, Vishay, and so on and so forth) from a wide variety of industries (automotive industry, plant and mechanical engineering, electrical industry, chemical industry, process industry, energy technology, etc.). The implementation of AI methods and the embedding of smart devices, e. g., smart meters, in field environments require a combination of engineering or technical skills with computer science skills. This combination is a hallmark of many MRT projects.