Prof.Dr.Ing.Dr.h.c. Rolf Schraft, IPA Stuttgart,
Address: Nobelstr. 12, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Phone: (+49-711) 970-1200
graduated in 1962, received his Dr.-degree 1976, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, University of Stuttgart, Germany
1986 Professor at the University of Dortmund; Presently he is Head of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Stuttgart.
In 1986 he received the ASEA Robotics Award, in 1990 the JIRA Award (Japanese Industrial Robot Association, Tokio, Japan) and in 1992 the "Josef F. Engelberger Award" ( Robotics Industries Association, Ann Arbor, USA); 1997 Doctor honoris causae at the University of Timisoara, Romania; 1998 Doctor honoris causae at the University of Tiflis, Georgia; membership in many national and international organizations.
more than 440 publications in national and international journals and 40 books and contributions for books.
