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This year’s Austrian Robotics Workshop (ARW) took place from the 10. –  12. May 2017 in Vienna’s Palais Eschenbach. The event combined the research fields of Computer Vision and Robotics and thus addressed the mutual interests of both disciplines. The

The second test run at the prototyping workshop ECW, Zeltweg, aimed on automatic manufacturing processes for the production of a timber frame wall. Based on the requirements of traditional timber production companies the CAD-CAM interface to the robot cell was

15.-18.03.2017 With 160 exhibitors and 9,730 trade visitors, the new trade fair HANDWERK celebrated a successful premiere in Wels, Upper Austria. During the four day event, leading representatives and companies from a wide range of trades from all over Austria

First test of timber frame wall cladding 04/11/16 The identification of potentials for the use of robotics in the production of timber frame walls is of high relevance to the project partner Haas Fertigbau. In several previous workshops, challenges concerning the data flow

21/09/16 The first live application workshop on robot processing took place at Engineering Center Wood (ECW) in Zeltweg, Styria. Since 2012 Holzcluster Steiermark GmbH is operating the ECW as an industrial scale prototype workshop dedicated to the wood industry. The participants were

Workshops March and April 2016 One achieved aim of the previous workshops was to explain and visualize the data flow from the CAD software in use to the actual robot unit. During the meeting both companies, Haas and Zarnhofer, presented

25.02.2016 The second stakeholder workshop was held at the master carpentry company Zarnhofer Holzbau GmbH. The company employs up to 18 people depending on the seasonal production demand. The workshop has appr. 800 square meters where single family houses are manufactured.

26/1/16 The first end-user workshop focussed  on the existing technical setting of the timber company Haas Fertigbau Holzbauwerk GesmbH & Co KG and their specific requirements for the assembling of prefabricated timber frame walls. The participants were given a detailed