At the BMW plant in Landshut, approximately 500,000 CFRP components are produced each year, such as the roof for the current BMW M3 sedan, using so-called preforms in the resin transfer moulding (RTM) process. With increasing component size, larger and thus heavier handling devices and robots are required. Due to the high weight and the associated mass inertia, the maximum movement speeds are limited. As a…