About the Bachelor of Engineering in Robot Systems

What is Robot Systems Engineering?

Robots rarely work alone.

In modern industry, a robot may need to communicate with sensors, production equipment, software, control systems and databases. It may use production data to improve performance, computer vision to understand its surroundings, autonomous functions to move and make decisions, or AI to adapt to its environment and perform specific tasks.

Robot Systems Engineering is about understanding these connections and bringing different technologies together to create reliable, efficient and intelligent robotics and automation solutions.

As a Robot Systems engineer, you will work not only with robots, but with the complete systems around them. You will learn how robotics, automation, programming, mechanical systems, sensors, data and industrial control technologies interact – and how they can be integrated into real production environments.

Robot and automation systems can also contribute to more sustainable production. Intelligent automation can help companies reduce material consumption, optimise production time and processes, minimise waste and improve the use of resources.

What will you learn?

During the Bachelor of Engineering in Robot Systems, you will develop competencies in areas such as:

Robotics and industrial automation
PLC programming and industrial control systems
Object-oriented programming and algorithms
Autonomous and semi-autonomous robots
Sensors, IoT and connected production systems
Data analysis and predictive maintenance
Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0
AI and intelligent automation
Mechanics, robot kinematics and control engineering
Digital twins and simulation
Industrial networks, operational technology (OT) and cybersecurity
Production technology, optimisation and quality
Robot safety and integration into industrial environments
Project management

Throughout the degree, you will combine mathematics and engineering theory with practical problem-solving. The aim is not simply to understand individual technologies, but to learn how to combine them into solutions that work in practice.

Learn engineering by solving real-world problems

Engineering is about more than finding the technically perfect answer.

A successful engineering solution also has to be safe, reliable, affordable, maintainable, compatible with existing equipment and useful for the people and organisations that will work with it.

That is why the Bachelor of Engineering in Robot Systems is built around an applied and project-based approach to engineering.

During the first four semesters, you combine theoretical courses with semester projects in which you work in groups on engineering problems. The subjects you study are connected to these projects, giving you the opportunity to apply what you learn rather than keeping theory and practice separate.

You might, for example, develop an automation solution for a realistic company context, work with robots and industrial control systems, use sensor and production data to improve system performance, or investigate how a robot-based solution can be integrated safely into an existing production environment.

As the programme progresses, the projects become more advanced and bring together knowledge from different engineering disciplines.

Along the way, you will also develop the professional skills engineers need: testing ideas, evaluating different solutions, making decisions when there is no single correct answer, managing projects, collaborating across disciplines and communicating the reasoning behind your technical decisions.

From Robots to Complete Industrial Automation Systems

Installing a robot is rarely enough on its own. The robot has to become part of a larger production system and interact with machines, sensors, software, networks, data platforms and people.

You will therefore learn to look beyond individual technologies and understand the complete industrial system.

A key part of the programme is systems integration – understanding how robotics and automation technologies can be connected to existing equipment, control systems and production environments.

This means exploring questions such as:

How should a robot communicate with other machines? How can new robotics technology be connected to existing control systems? How can production data help predict maintenance needs? When does automation make business sense? How can you design a solution that is both efficient and safe? And how can technologies such as AI, computer vision and digital twins improve industrial processes?

These are the kinds of challenges that Robot Systems engineers are trained to help companies solve.

Programme Structure

Semester 1 – Automation, Mathematics and Robotics

Your first semester introduces you to the foundations of engineering, robotics and automation.

You will work with automation, mathematics and the conceptual understanding of robots, while your first semester project brings together automation and electronics in a practical engineering context.

The semester also introduces you to project planning and engineering methodology, including how to work in project groups and communicate your work through a project report.
Semester 2 – Automation, Production and PLC Programming

In the second semester, you explore how automation is developed and applied in a realistic company context.

You will study product development, business understanding, production technology and PLC programming. Through your semester project, you will work with automation in relation to a company context and explore reality concepts and digital twins, including the user perspective.

This semester broadens your understanding of automation by connecting technical solutions with production, business and user needs.
Semester 3 – IoT, Predictive Maintenance and Industry 4.0

The third semester focuses on connected technologies and the use of data in modern production environments.

Your courses include predictive maintenance, Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, algorithms and applied mathematics.

In your semester project, you will work with technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, sensors and cyber-physical systems (CPS) and explore how connected technologies and data can be used in industrial systems.
Semester 4 – Robot Kinematics, Control and Autonomous Robots

In the fourth semester, the focus moves further into the technologies behind advanced robot systems.

You will study robot kinematics and mechanics, process and control engineering, object-oriented programming and autonomous robots.

Your semester project focuses on robot kinematics, auxiliary equipment and creating a safe environment around the robot system, bringing several of the semester's technical subjects together in one engineering project.
Semester 5 – Engineering Internship

Your fifth semester is dedicated to a full-time engineering internship worth 30 ECTS.

During the internship, you will work in an engineering company and experience professional engineering from the inside. You will have the opportunity to apply knowledge from the first four semesters in a professional setting and gain insight into how technical decisions are made and how engineers collaborate across disciplines.

The internship also gives you first-hand experience of how robotics and automation technologies are applied to real engineering and industrial challenges.
Semester 6 – Cybersecurity, Networking and Operational technology

In the sixth semester, you continue with more advanced engineering topics while preparing for the final stage of your degree.

Your semester project focuses on cybersecurity, networking and operational technology (OT). You will also work further with reality concepts and digital twins, including the user perspective.

A pilot project for your bachelor project allows you to begin preparing for your final engineering project, while elective courses give you the opportunity to explore selected areas in greater depth.
Semester 7 – Bachelor Project and Electives

Your final semester centres on your Bachelor Project and elective courses.

The Bachelor Project gives you the opportunity to bring together the knowledge and engineering competencies you have developed throughout the programme and apply them to a practical engineering problem.

The project may be carried out in collaboration with a company or as part of a development project, giving you the opportunity to work in depth with a relevant challenge within robotics, automation or related engineering te

An international engineering degree in Denmark

The programme is taught entirely in English and is designed for both Danish and international students.

You will work in project groups and study alongside people with different educational, cultural and technical backgrounds.

Project work and problem-based learning is a core element in the educational programme. This means you must take responsibility of your own learning, just as must understand the responsibility you carry for your project groups learning.

Learning to combine different perspectives is part of becoming an engineer – because the technologies you develop will rarely be created by one person or one discipline alone.

Studying in Kalundborg also places you in an international industrial environment where English is widely used in technical projects, documentation and collaboration across companies, sites and suppliers.

As a graduate, you will be qualified to work with the application, integration, development and operation of robotics and automation technologies.