Introduction to industrial robots: Kinematics, drives, sensors, grippers, accuracy definitions, control and programming, tolerance compensation and motion control; General constraints in automotive engineering; Cost management of an automotive supplier in practice, target costing; Focus on automation in automotive electronics, production of control units with printed circuit boards and ceramic circuit carriers, quality assurance; Case study air conditioning, electrical and electronic components, systemic interaction, simulation and validation; Case study powertrain management, control architectures, synergies through mechatronic modular design in transmission-integrated electronic controls, thermal design; functional enhancement through electronics.