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Dr.-Ing. Horst Knoche
professional skills
Lecturer and practical trainer ... for more than 6 years
ABB RobotStudio ... more than 10 years programming experience
ABB Robot ... more than 10 years programming experience
Visual Studio C++/C# ... more than 20 years programming experience
Project management ... more than 15 years experience
Image processing ... more than 15 years experience
WordPress ... more than 2 years experience
Employment
2014 to present
Engineering Firm Dr. Knoche, Biedenkopf, Germany
Work focus:
Lecturing, Practical trainer, Consulting, Development and Management in the area of robotics and software engineering
Sucessful projects:
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM), Campus Biedenkopf, Germany
Lecturer in the foundation of robotics
Hamburger Fernhochschule (HFH), Campus Essen, Germany
Lecturer in the area of robotic systems and mobile robotic
ABB Robotics Training Center, Friedberg, Germany
Lecturer in a number of courses including programming and robot simulation
Development of robot simulation for several companies in the field of automation that are tailor made to the specific requirements of clients
Practical trainer and coach for several companies in the field of automation
2012 - 2014
Buderus Guss GmbH, Breidenbach, Germany
Manager Technical Function
Work focus:
Head of Technical Function Department
Technical planning in the area of foundry technology and automation
Project management in the area of image processing systems and robotics
Supervision of Bachelor thesis in the area of robotics and foundry technology
1999 - 2012
ISRA VISION AG, Darmstadt, Germany
Project Manager & Software Developer
Work focus:
System development in the field of robotics and machine vision
Software development (Visual C++, MFC, C#, .NET)
Robot programming (ABB, KUKA)
Sucessful projects:
Ford AG, Köln, 2010-2012
Development of a software module for collision free bin picking using
an ABB-Robot
ISRA SURFACE, Herten, 2008-2010
Development of a software module for 3D silk screen printing recognition
MONDI packaging, Sendenhorst, 2006-2008
Development of a software client for visualization of inspection results
Daimler-Chrysler, Rastatt, 2003-2006
Development of a mobile paint inspection system and marking system using
several KUKA-Robots
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, 1999-2003
Development of a mobile paint inspection system and marking system using
several portal robots
1985 - 1988
AEG, Frankfurt, Germany
Service & Commissioning Engineer
Work focus:
Commissioning of complex process computers at home and abroad
education
1991 - 1998
University of Dortmund, Institute of Robotics Research, Germany,
Research Assistant
Subject: Electrical engineering
Education: PhD
Dissertation: Using methods of PC based image processing to make a robot work cell more flexible
1988 - 1991
University of Siegen
Subject: Electrical engineering
Education: Master of Science