DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics

• AIMM
• TORO

Supply chain relationships

• KUKA

  Inbound - actuation and motion control - DLR reused KUKA-LWR drive units and electronics in the 2014 TORO humanoid configuration

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• SICK AG

  Inbound - robotics sensors - DLR AIMM research prototype uses two SICK S300 laser scanners

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• Xsens Technologies

  Inbound - Sensing - DLR Rollin' Justin used an Xsens MTi inertial sensor for motion awareness

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• TQ-RoboDrive

  Inbound - actuation and motion control - DLR uses TQ-RoboDrive ILM25 motors for locomotion in the IDEFIX rover

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• Force Dimension

  Inbound - Human Machine Interface - Force Dimension's May 2010 timeline records sigma.7 integration in DLR's MIRO surgical robot system

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• Intel

  Inbound - Compute & Control - DLR's 2014 TORO biped used two Intel Core i7 computers in its backpack

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• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alin Albu-Schäffer - Director of the Institute - Leads the DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics and has worked at DLR since 1995.
• Prof. Dr. Rudolph Triebel - Head of Department, Perception and Cognition - Triebel leads perception/cognition research relevant to DLR robotics systems.

Events

• 2026-03-23 - Partnership - DLR and SCHUNK expand humanoid-hand technology-transfer partnership

  The partners signed a declaration of intent at the 2026 German Robotics Conference. DLR technology is intended to feed into SCHUNK's modular anthropomorphic five-finger hand programme. The collaboration builds on roughly 20 years of joint work.

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• 2025-06-24 - Demonstration - DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics presents robotics highlights at automatica 2025

  The programme covered future manufacturing, assistance robotics and medical robotics. DLR presented systems spanning humanoids, mobile manipulation, perception and human-robot interaction. The exhibits showed institute-developed robotics technology in live industrial and assistance contexts.

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• 2025-03-25 - Partnership - DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics and Siemens launch research collaboration on the production of the future

  The partners signed a cooperation agreement covering research into future production systems. The programme connects DLR robotics and AI research with Siemens manufacturing and automation expertise. Both organizations framed technology transfer into industrial production as a central objective.

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• 2024-03-14 - Award - DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics researcher Manuel Keppler wins Georges Giralt PhD Award

  Manuel Keppler won the Georges Giralt PhD Award for the best European robotics dissertation based on work in the institute's Analysis and Control Department. The thesis advanced a unified control framework spanning rigid and elastic joint robots. The prize is an institute-affiliated research honor tied directly to robotics control science.

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Relationships

• SCHUNK

  Humanoid Hand Technology Transfer Partner - DLR and SCHUNK expanded their humanoid-hand research and industrial technology-transfer collaboration.

• Siemens AG

  Future Production Research Partner - DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics and Siemens launched a research collaboration on AI-driven robotics for future production systems.

• Robotics Institute Germany

  Partner - DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics has a public partnership relationship with Robotics Institute Germany.

• TQ-RoboDrive

  Actuation Technology Co Developer - TQ-RoboDrive technology was developed with the DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics.