Tom Kathmann
Current promotion (external)
Exploiting self-driving functions of autonomous vehicles to increase assembly performance
PhD Supervisor: Prof. Dr. oec. Julia Arlinghaus
The automotive industry is facing a shift towards autonomous vehicles. At the same time, assembly systems are confronted with high flexibility requirements. The PhD project deals with the development of potentials that result from the use of the technological basis, such as sensor technology and image recognition, of autonomous vehicles as assembly objects and aims at the use of the self-driving function already in assembly systems in order to reduce required conveyor technology. The work focuses on the definition of minimum requirements for the autonomous vehicle in the assembly environment, the necessary reorganisation of the assembly sequence in order to make the function usable as early as possible, and the application of more flexible assembly structures from the time when the vehicle is ready to drive in the assembly.
Cooperation
- Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge Hannover