Christian Wurll
Professor
Economics
Fachhochschule Karlsruhe
Germany
Biography
Vita 1989-1995 University of Karlsruhe: study of electrical engineering 1995-2000 Institute of Process Engineering and Robotics at the University of Karlsruhe (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Wörn): Research Assistant Promotion: "Multi-purpose railway planning for industrial robots" 2000-2003 Amatec Robotics GmbH Project leader for the development of automatic picking with industrial robots 2004-2005 KUKA SysTec GmbH Division of the Robogistics Group 2006-2010 KUKA Robotics Corp. (Atlanta, GA, USA) Manager Robogistics Competence Center at the Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, GA (USA) for KUKA (posting) 2010-2012 KUKA Systems Corp. (Atlanta, GA, USA) Technical Director Logistics 2013-2015 Grenzebach Automation GmbH Chief Technology Officer (CTO) 2015-2016 Swisslog Automation GmbH Head of Robogistics Competence Center (RTC) from 2016 onwards University of Karlsruhe - Technology and Economics Professor of "Electrical Engineering and Automation"
Research Interest
Robot-based solutions in logistics Human-robot collaboration Industry 4.0 Material flow and robot simulation
