The scientific team of the Institute of Process Control and Robotics performs research in the fields of industrial automation and computer aided therapy both focusing on robotics. Research in the field of industrial automation comprises conception and realisation of sensor based autonomous robots for typical tasks in production i.e. assembly, manipulation, inspection, measuring, and testing. Main issues are modular robot controllers, model based collision free motion planning for different robot control systems and algorithms for model based robot calibration. New methods for intuitive, automatic offline-programming of robots and for human robot co-operation integrating multiple sensors are developed. Being a part of Khronos Group, Institute of Process Control and Robotics is interested in using COLLADA as a data exchange format between CAD-tools and model based algorithms in combination with a robot controller.   For more information, please visit http://wwwipr.ira.uka.de/.