The Chair of Industrial Robotics and Production Automation (IRPA) deals with the current challenges in robotics. The focus of research and development work at  the IRPA is industrial robot systems, the simulation of robot handling and surface processing tasks, the development of user-friendly robot programming and workcell simulation systems,  handling and assembly systems and micro-production (especially micro-assembly) and multimedia assistance systems

The head of the chair is Univ.-Prof. Dr. -Ing. Bernd Kuhlenkötter and the chair is supported by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the  Dortmund Universtity of Technology.