The people behind FC Isar Robotics
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ambitionBring robotics into everyday life
Built around the people
Our members come from leading research universities and build technology in industry. Here, they work towards something together: robots that can leave the lab and earn their place in the real world.
Our team brings together experience from these universities.
TUM
LMU
Tsinghua University
MIT
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
RWTH AachenWhere our members have put their engineering into practice.
microagi
Siemens
BMW
Infineon
SAP
Porsche Consulting
appliedAIChair of Applied Mechanics, TUM
Bring ambition and help others grow. We want people who share what they know and take responsibility for what they build.
Connect perception, behaviour and motion. Learn how your decisions affect the complete system, from simulation to the pitch.
Read the paper, build the method and test it on a real robot. Develop the judgement to turn an idea into an application.
Software at FC Isar
From sensing and planning to movement, supported by shared infrastructure.
Cameras, audio, odometry
Physical robot ↺ Sensor feedback
2D simulation, 3D simulation, Debug + replay, Compute + deployment
01 World State
Fuse what the robot sees, hears and measures into a shared match state.
02 Behaviour
Decide who passes, dribbles, shoots or moves—and coordinate the other robots.
03 Motion
Turn action requests into walking, kicking, balance and recovery.
04 Robotics Infrastructure
Own what makes the whole system run, from a developer’s first build to a robot on the pitch.
Tell the story, run events and build the partnerships that support the team.
MarketingOutreachEventsSponsorship
Every week 3 meeting formats
Review experiments, unblock each other, choose the next task.
Next experimentConnect progress across teams and coordinate integration.
Shared prioritiesA rotating presenter, a 5–7 minute paper talk, then questions and feedback.
Ideas to testDocument results and decisions. Build the next experiment from there.
An interdisciplinary project on a real robotics problem.
Build and evaluate a focused robotics idea.
Develop and test new methods on our stack.
Join, contribute and learn the stack. Then shape an IDP or thesis with us and an academic chair.
An international team with Bavarian roots. Take ownership, share knowledge and build together.
Beyond the lab
01 Exchange
Meet students, researchers and founders at international events. Compare approaches and bring new ideas home.
RoboCup Incheon 2026, From the team’s media collection
02 Competition
Test the complete robot under match pressure. Earn your place through contribution and commitment.
FC Isar robot beside the pitch, Rome Open 2026
03 Outreach
Show the robot, explain the engineering and let people experience physical AI firsthand.
Visitors meet the robot, Marienplatz, Munich
Event and travel opportunities depend on plans and participation arrangements.
TU Munich
Team Lead
Technology and team.
bastian.steinlein@fcisar.deLinkedIn— Bastian SteinleinScientific guidance from TU Munich and the chairs that support us.
Scientific supervision, TUM
Chair of Applied Mechanics, TUM, with day-to-day scientific supervision of the team.
Autonomous Vehicle Systems, TUM
Founder of the TUM Autonomous Motorsport team and winner of the Indy Autonomous Challenge 2021.
Chair of Applied Mechanics, TUM
Research on walking control of humanoid robots, and member of the board of MIRMI.
Become a member
Software, marketing, outreach or events. Bring curiosity and commitment.
Apply nowOpens in a new tabSemester intake, Rolling applications for highly ambitious people
Applications are handled through RoboTUM.
