We are a multidisciplinary institute in the field of automation specialising in modern control technology, industrial automation and building automation as well as mechatronics.
We support you in automating your processes, researching the latest technologies and methods and putting them into practice. We contribute our expertise to Bachelor's degree programmes and a Master's degree programme. This enables students to work on exciting projects.
We offer:
- A Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Automation Management
- Continuing education courses on current topics
- Customised training courses for your company
Research focus areas
Selected projects
We support innovative companies in exploring cutting-edge technologies and methods and applying these in practice. We collaborate with national and international research partners and provide you with access to funding – for example in connection with Innosuisse projects and EU research programmes.
Laboratories
Individually tailored automation solutions implemented in collaboration with the customer using state-of-the-art tools.
We are proficient in the methods of modelling, simulation and control unit design, and we have state-of-the-art tools at our disposal. This means we are able to develop individually tailored automation solutions and collaborate with our customers to apply these in practice.
Network and partners
Here is a list of our partnerships and networks.
- National Instruments for the software LabVIEW
- SwissT.net
- brenet (Building and Renewable Energies Network of Technology)
- Swiss Society for Automatic Control (SGA)
We use RoboDK for simulation and offline programming of industrial robots.
Publications
The Institute of Automation publishes an annual report on its activities.
Previous annual reports (in German)
Publications in specialist media
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2012
About us
Team
Contact
Prof. Dr. Roland Anderegg
- Phone
- +41 56 202 77 43
- roland.anderegg@fhnw.ch