Company profile
DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
The DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics researches robots, mechatronic systems and intelligent control for space, industry, mobility and medical app...
Facts
- Segment
- INDUSTRIAL
- Country
- DE
- Headquarters
- Oberpfaffenhofen (Weßling)
- Founded
- 1969
- Website
- https://www.dlr.de/en/rm
About DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
The DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics researches robotic systems, intelligent control and human-machine interaction for space and terrestrial applications.
Its work spans arms, hands, humanoids, legged and aerial robots, mobile platforms, teleoperation, perception and autonomy. Programmes apply these capabilities to orbital and planetary exploration, manufacturing, field work and assistance. Technology transfer also occurs through software, datasets, industrial partnerships and spin-outs.
Market context
RESEARCH
Summary
Type: Robotics institute
Core: Research robots
Function: Enable experiments
Audience: Researchers
Products
- TORO — anthropomorphic_biped
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- DLR and SCHUNK expand humanoid-hand technology-transfer partnership — 2026-03-23
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics presents robotics highlights at automatica 2025 — 2025-06-24
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics and Siemens launch research collaboration on the production of the future — 2025-03-25
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics researcher Manuel Keppler wins Georges Giralt PhD Award — 2024-03-14
- DLR publishes overview paper for torque-controlled humanoid TORO — 2014-11-18