Project Optirob

The KMU-innovativ project Optirob is working on the development of a cost-effective coating robot with an integrated laser structuring unit for the fully automated, high-throughput optimisation of printed solar modules on a laboratory scale. To date, the further development of solar cells in a research context has still relied on labour-intensive manual work, which is why the focus is now shifting towards the automation of these processes.
To this end, a robot platform is being further developed so that it can perform all coating and laser structuring processes with the required precision of 20 µm, as well as optically and electrically measure the resulting solar modules. By programming an AI-supported control system, the robot is enabled to decide for itself, based on the measurement data, which variations in the process parameters lead to the most efficient solar cells.