Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Otter
Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
DLR Research Center Oberpfaffenhofen
P.O.Box 1116
D-82230 Wessling
Phone: +49 (8153) 28-2473
Fax: +49 (8153) 28-1441
E-Mail: Martin.Otter(at)dlr.de

Publications (= link to DLR publications server elib.dlr.de; search for "Otter, Martin"; papers are available as pdf-file).

Research Interests

• Industrial robot control.
• Real-time simulation and real-time optimization.
• Object-oriented modelling of multi-engineering systems, especially with Modelica.
• Modeling and simulation of multi-body systems and drive trains.
• More electric aircraft systems.

Selected projects

• Modeling course at Technical University Munich (Objektorientierte Modellierung mechatronischer Systeme, since 1997).
• Optimal Motion Planning of Industrial Robots
• Realtime simulation of the satellite and space manipulator dynamics for the ESS-Robot laboratory experiment (1999-2000).
• EU project RealSim (Real-time Simulation for Design of Multi-Physics Systems, 2000-2002).
• Chairman of the Modelica Association which develops and maintains the object-oriented modelling language Modelica (since 2000).
• Contributions to the free Modelica standard library, such as MultiBody (3-dim. mechanics), Rotational (1-dim. rot. mechanics), StateGraph (hierarchical state machines), Blocks (input/output blocks), Media (large media library), Fluid (basic components for thermo-fluid pipe flow).
• Commercial DLR PowerTrain library to model power trains of vehicles (since 2003).
• Robocoaster motion simulator (2005)
• BMBF-Projekt PAPAS (Plug-And-Play Antriebs- und Steuerungskonzepte für die Produktion von Morgen, 2003-2006).
• LUFO III project KATO (cabin systems, 2003-2007)
• EU project POA (Power optimized aircraft, 2002-2005)
• EU project VIVACE (Value improvement through a virtual aeronautical collaborative enterprise, 2004-2007)
• EU network of excellence HYCON (Hybrid Control: Taming Heterogeneity and Complexity of Networked Embedded Systems, 2004-2008)
• EUROSYSLIB - Modelica libraries for embedded systems modelling and simulation (large ITEA project, 2007-2009, technical coordinator of the project and DLR project leader)
• MODELISAR - From System Modeling to S/W running on the Vehicle (larget ITEA project, 2008-2010, DLR project leader)

Links

• Modelica, Dymola, OpenModelica.
• Selected publications on object-oriented modelling.
• Links to software and research groups in the field of object-oriented modelling.
• Links to simulation journals.
• Links to robot manufacturers:
  ABB Robotics, Adept Technology, Fanuc Robotics, Kawaski Robotics, KUKA Robot Group, Mitsubishi, Motoman, Reis Robotics, Stäubli, Robot data base