53rd AGV Talk: Cybersecurity with and without AI in practice
Thursday, 30 April 2026, 4–5 p.m.: AGV-Talk No. 53 Moderator: Dr Günter Ullrich, Head of Forum-FTS and VDI FA FTSGuests: Dr Maja Ullrich and Regina Stoiber Things are starting to get serious. The deadlines for the entry into force of several European regulations are drawing nearer. For example, the Machinery Regulation (MVO), the Cyber Resilience […]
51st FTS Talk: Predictable or not? Simulation in the age of autonomous mobile robots
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 4–5 p.m.: AGV-Talk No. 52 with Dr Franziska Schloz, MHP Management and IT Consulting, and Jörg Kemper, Simplan The more autonomous mobile robots become, the more difficult it is to simulate them realistically. Decision-making logic, learning mechanisms and situation-dependent behaviour can only be predicted to a limited extent. In the 51st […]
Podcast: ‘40 Years of Mobile Robotics’
40 years of AGVs: In the Automation Awakenings podcast, Günter Ullrich discusses hype, AMR vs. AGV, and successful AGV organisation.
Expert forum at LogiMAT 2026
25 March 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. LogiMAT 2026 Expert Forum in the atrium / in the LogiMAT Arena Topic: Safety vs. low cost in mobile robotics Mobile robotics is taking the world by storm. New technologies and applications are causing the different safety requirements of the continents to compete with each other. What […]
51st FTS Talk: Predictable or not? Simulation in the age of autonomous mobile robots
AGV-Talk #46: Implosion or explosion? The market for mobile robotics is under pressure. In this issue, experts discuss current developments, challenges and possible future scenarios for a much-hyped area of technology.
50th FTS Talk: The future of European safety: Is our ‘yellow fever’ a curse or a blessing?
AGV-Talk #46: Implosion or explosion? The market for mobile robotics is under pressure. In this issue, experts discuss current developments, challenges and possible future scenarios for a much-hyped area of technology.
New name, new management team: VDI Technical Committee FA309 becomes ‘Mobile Robotics’
The VDI Technical Committee FA309 is now called ‘Mobile Robotics’.
New at the helm: Dr Günter Ullrich and Peter Stoiber are leading the committee into the future.
49th AGV Talk: AGV or AMR? Navigating the economic crisis with mobile robotics
AGV-Talk #46: Implosion or explosion? The market for mobile robotics is under pressure. In this issue, experts discuss current developments, challenges and possible future scenarios for a much-hyped area of technology.
Technical presentation: Safe use of mobile robots in indoor outdoor areas
24.September 2025, 15.30 Uhr Specialist presentation at the Fraunhofer Institute IPA Production Engineering and Automation in Stuttgart. Technology Forum Safe use of mobile robots outdoors – specialist presentation by G. Ullrich On 24 September 2025, the 11th Technology Forum ‘Driverless transport systems (AGVs) and mobile robots – opportunities, technologies, economic efficiency’ will take place at […]
Specialist presentation: Ullrich, G.: Through the economic crisis with mobile robotics.
17.September 2025, 14.00 Uhr Specialist presentation at the 23rd VDI Industrial Truck Conference Through the economic crisis with mobile robotics Restructuring of processes with a well-thought-out AGV strategy is necessary to maintain competitiveness There is great potential in the automation of standard processes with mobile robotics Measures and requirements for technology and operators Dr.-Ing. Günter […]