With the entry of the merger of IfM with ICM - Institut Chemnitzer Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e. V. in the register of associations on August 2, 2022, the merger is legally effective. The known contact details of your research partners remain valid for the time being. For general inquiries please use the possibilities mentioned here.

At joint general meetings, the associations IfM - Institut für Mechatronik e. V. and ICM - Institut Chemnitzer Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e. V. decided on their merger on June 24, 2022, which will become legally effective with the entry in the register of associations, which will take place in the near future.
The IfM will form the new research field Mechatronische und Mensch-Technik-Systeme in the ICM.
With the merger, the long-standing and trusting cooperation between the two institutes will be raised to a new level.

Release 2022.1 of alaska/MultibodyDynamics, the multibody dynamics-based general-purpose software for simulating the dynamics of mechanical and mechatronic systems developed at the Institute of Mechatronics, has been released.  A free trial version is available for download.

On April 12, 2022, the 7h SIG Science Talk online will take place at 10:00 am. Representatives of the SIG institutes Papiertechnische Stiftung Heidenau, DBI - Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg and Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e. V. Chemnitz will report and discuss on the topic Bioeconomy. Further information on the event can be found here. Interested parties please register here for the free online event.

Release 2021.2 of alaska/MultibodyDynamics, the multibody dynamics-based general-purpose software for simulating the dynamics of mechanical and mechatronic systems developed at the Institute of Mechatronics, has been launched.  A free trial version is available for download.

With financial support from the INNO-KOM funding program, the IfM has launched the research project SimBaSt - Simulation of beam-like structures.

Within the framework of the ZIM innovation network MoniCareTex, the cooperation project Development of a textile-based anti-decubitus nursing mattress with integrated pressure and posture detection system has started. The sub-topic of the IfM has the development of an intelligent system for the automatic detection of the patient's position.

On November 18, 2021, the 6th SIG Science Talk online will take place at 10:00 am. Representatives of the SIG institutes Institut Chemnitzer Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e. V., dem Institut für innovative Technologien, ITW. e. V. Chemnitz und dem Sächsischen Textilforschungsinstitut e. V. Chemnitz will report and discuss on the topic Robotic and Automation. Further information on the event can be found here. Interested parties please register here for the free online event

On September 16, 2021, the 5th SIG Science Talk online will take place at 2:00 pm. Representatives of the SIG institutes Papiertechnische Stiftung, Heidenau, Institut für Korosionsschutz, Dresden und Institut für innovative Technologien (ITW), Chemnitz, will report and discuss on the topic Industry Research 4.0: Data as Raw Materials of the Future. Further information on the event can be found here. Interested parties please register here for the free online event.

Release 2021.1 of alaska/MultibodyDynamics, the multibody dynamics-based general-purpose software for simulating the dynamics of mechanical and mechatronic systems developed at the Institute of Mechatronics, has been launched.  A free trial version is available for download.