JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

ROBOTICS – Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics

Offer for customers & cooperation & partners

JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (JOANNEUM RESEARCH) is a business-oriented innovation and technology service provider which forms part of an international network and has been undertaking top-class research at an international level for over 30 years. The INNOVATION COMPANY plays a key role in the transfer of technology and expertise at the site and focuses on applied research and technology development.

Robotics in their many and interdisciplinary forms will have an impact on significant areas of our financial and everyday lives in the short and medium-term in addition to classic industrial manufacturing. JOANNEUM RESEARCH is using ROBOTICS to respond to the latest requirements of the economy by conducting application-oriented research into these technologies at the interface between the digital and real world.  The institute focuses in particular on research into human/robotic collaboration and interaction in innovative production processes and robot safety. Mobile robotics issues are also addressed in the fields of industrial manufacturing and logistics as well as service robotics in general.

Offer for employees

Employees with a high level of commitment and top qualifications form the basis for the success of JOANNEUM RESEARCH.  Thanks to their flexibility and readiness to continually improve their professional expertise and social skills, these employees are able to meet the varying requirements of JOANNEUM RESEARCH in the field of tension between scientific excellence and application-oriented technology. The JR-internal competence development programme specially targets both the personal and professional development of employees. JOANNEUM RESEARCH also provides a highly attractive working environment with modern infrastructure, a team-oriented working environment and the chance to organise flexible working hours.

Market & potential

In the industrial environment, mechatronic systems serve to increase the productivity and usability of the technical resources. ROBOTICS – the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics at JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH – is responsible for successfully implementing this business objective. The application of intelligent and adaptive automation enables a flexible solution to be implemented within the smart factory and innovative robotics technology can be a decisive step for any manufacturing company.

Vision & mission statement

Innovation, networking and transfer of expertise

JOANNEUM RESEARCH works in close cooperation and collaboration with companies, institutions, universities, technical colleges, institutes of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and public representatives.

The institute’s business activities are based on the following principles:

• The highest quality science paired with the highest level of economic efficiency
• Ongoing renewal and evaluation of the research portfolio, taking account of and including the results of basic research, market development and changing requirements in society
• Ensuring scientific excellence and performance from the innovative and committed workforce through targeted postgraduate measures in line with the JOANNEUM RESEARCH competence development concept and the creation of employment opportunities for qualified employees
• Active transfer of expertise in the economy and marketing of developed technologies, processes and products
• Intensifying communication and cooperation of researchers both between one another and with the economy, public authorities, universities, technical colleges and other extramural research establishments within the European Research Area
• Unwavering commitment to equal opportunities as a business policy goal before the backdrop of social diversity and taking responsibility as a leading Austrian company in extramural research
•  Within the scope of the extramural research institutes in Austria, JOANNEUM RESEARCH plays a key role in terms of issues relating to ethics in research and technology and is well aware of its influence and responsibility as a role model in society.