1. PME – The Ultimate in Mechanical Engineering Rob Munnig Schmidt The role in robotics

2. Three basic useful areas for robotics Sensing and actuation: tactilily and agility, haptics Motion system design (Mechatronics) Multibody dynamics

3. Tactile sensing (Staufer) Research on interfacing from micro to macro world. Challenge: Contamination, reliability

4. Motion systems and actuation (Munnig Schmidt)

5. Haptic robot for micro assembly, tactile feedback with precision (Munnig Schmidt) Cooperation with BME (Just Herder) and DCSC From TUDelta

6. Multibody dynamics (Schwab, Rixen)