Chair of Automatic Control

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Knut Graichen | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Moor

The Chair of Automatic Control (Lehrstuhl für Regelungstechnik) at FAU is part of the Department Electrical Engineering (EEI) of the Faculty of Engineering.

08DEC 2025
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Joint Control Workshop of TUM and FAU at Schloss Hirschberg
From December 4 to 6, 2025, the Chairs of Automatic Control of the Technical University of Munich (Prof. Boris Lohmann) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Prof. Knut Graichen) held their joint workshop at Schloss Hirschberg in Beilngries. During the three-day meeting, researchers from both universities presented and discussed current work in the areas of model predictive control, […]From December 4 to 6, 2025, the Chairs of Automatic Control of the Technical University of Munich (Prof. Boris Lohmann) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Prof. Knut Graichen) held their joint workshop at Schloss Hirschberg in Beilngries. During the three-day meeting, researchers from both universities presented and discussed current work in the areas of model predictive control, […]
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28OCT 2025
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Long Night of Sciences 2025
At this year’s Long Night of Sciences on October 25, the Chair of Automatic Control presented current research from the fields of robotics, autonomous systems, and optimization. Visitors could explore how control engineering shapes modern technology through several interactive exhibits – from a ball-on-plate system and a voice-controlled robotic arm to our robot dog Spot.Another […]
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27OCT 2025
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Lars Ullrich Receives Best Poster Award at the 2025 IEEE ITSS Region 8 Chapter Meeting
Lars Ullrich attended the 2025 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS) Region 8 Chapter Meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, where he received the Best Poster Award for Researchers and Practitioners. The award recognized his contribution on a framework for trustworthy AI use in high-risk applications, reflecting ongoing research efforts toward safe, reliable, and intelligent mobility. During the event, he represented the IEEE ITSS […]Lars Ullrich attended the 2025 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS) Region 8 Chapter Meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, where he received the Best Poster Award for Researchers and Practitioners. The award recognized his contribution on a framework for trustworthy AI use in high-risk applications, reflecting ongoing research efforts toward safe, reliable, and intelligent mobility. During the event, he represented the IEEE ITSS […]
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07OCT 2025
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New employee: Julius Neuffer
We are pleased to welcome Julius Neuffer, who joined our team in October as a new research assistant. Julius will be working on real-time capable numerical methods for mixed-integer optimal control problems and model predictive control.
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29SEP 2025
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Successful completion of autotech.agil
The project autotech.agil (Architektur und Technologien zur Orchestrierung automobiltechnischer Agilität), the follow-up project to UNICARagil, has successfully concluded. Since its start in October 2022 within the funding guideline „Elektronik und Softwareentwicklungsmethoden für die Digitalisierung der Automobilität (Mannheim)“, the project has advanced research on modular and agile development methods for future mobility. The Chair of Automatic […]The project autotech.agil (Architektur und Technologien zur Orchestrierung automobiltechnischer Agilität), the follow-up project to UNICARagil, has successfully concluded. Since its start in October 2022 within the funding guideline „Elektronik und Softwareentwicklungsmethoden für die Digitalisierung der Automobilität (Mannheim)“, the project has advanced research on modular and agile development methods for future mobility. The Chair of Automatic […]
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19SEP 2025
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Award for Philipp Santer at CCTA 2025 in San Diego
Philipp Santer attended the 9th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2025, held from August 25 to August 27 in San Diego, California. There, he presented his paper titled “A Model Predictive Control Approach to Trajectory Tracking with Human-Robot Collision Avoidance”, which was recognized with the Outstanding Student Paper Award. Congratulations to Philipp! […]
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