The Virtual Automation Lab (VAL) is a research unit in the Faculty of Mechanical and Systems Engineering at Esslingen University. It focuses on the application-oriented development of methods and software which can be used for “Smart Factory Data and Simulation”:
- Methods for the service-based use of Digital Twins of machines and plants based on the Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) approach
- Methods for the use of Mixed Reality (AR/AV/VR) technologies in industrial production based on Mixed Reality-in-the-Loop Simulation (MRiLS)
- Methods of intuitive multimodal human-model and human-technology interaction
- Methods of virtual commissioning and real-time simulation of machines and plants
- Methods of Digital Twins for machine learning
- Methods for autonomous and adaptive production
- Methods for the use of autonomous indoor flying robots in production
