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Excellence should be celebrated and rewarded from time to time!


Over the years, match has received numerous prizes and awards to honour the commitment of its students and staff. Here is an overview of the current and former researchers of the Institute of Assembly Technology and Robotics who have been honoured for their outstanding achievements in research and science.

Awards 2024

Jessica Schönburg: Karl-Diederichs-Masteraward of the German Industrial Association for Solid Forming – Industrieverband Massivumformung e.V. and the Karl-Diederichs-Foundation at the CastForge - Stuttgart, for the master's thesis in the field of forging of hybrid components and the results achieved on the topic “Automation of a tailored forming forging cell to optimize cycle time and resource efficiency”

Ditzia Garcia and Team Kiwibotic (Lucía, Lisa, Anna and Miriam): First place in the Manipulation Competition at RoboSoft 2024 in San Diego.

Awards 2023

Jessica Schönburg: Tailored Forming Award of the Collaborative Research Centre 1153 - “Process chain for the manufacturing of hybrid high-performance components by tailored forming” for the work carried out as part of the Master's thesis with a focus on “Automation of a tailored forming forging cell to optimize cycle time and resource efficiency”

Kira Schlockermann and Jan Peters: Special Mention Best Student Paper Award at the MESROB 2023 in Craiova

Awards 2020

Jan Peters: Ocado Technology Award 2020 at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop "Application-Driven Soft Robotic Systems" in the category Industrial Applications

Awards 2019

Gunnar Borchert: Dr.-Jürgen-Ulderup-Award 2019 for the dissertation "Underactuated Handling Systems: Synthesis, Modelling und Controlling of Passive Orientation Units"

Gunnar Borchert: Doctorate Award 2019 of the Scientific Society Assembly, Handling and Industrial Robotics (WGMHI) for his dissertation "Underactuated Handling Systems: Synthesis, Modelling und Controlling of Passive Orientation Units"

Jan Peters: Best Poster Award at the IEEE UK&I RAS Conference on 19.02.2019 in London

Awards 2018

Sebastian Blankemeyer: Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Engineering, Science and Applications, 22. - 24. August 2018 in Tokyo

Awards 2016

Sebastian Thoden: Guild of Metal Workers and Precision Engineers' Honours for passing the Trade Exam with Distinction