Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

High Performance Humanoid Technologies (H²T)
Chair Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tamim Asfour
Adenauerring 12 (Building 50.19)
76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Tel.: +49 (0)721 608-48277

email: asfour at kit.edu

In Karlsruhe:

The High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab (H²T) at the Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics is located in the ground floor and on the 5th floor of the InformatiKOM I building 50.19 vis-à-vis the main entrance of the KIT - Campus Süd. A 100m walk from the subway, tram or bus stops of the same name "Durlacher Tor / KIT Campus Süd" along the Adenauerring (see the path on the map below) brings you to our building.

By plane

Baden-Airpark is the nearest local airport, about 40km from the city. The airport is now served by low-cost carrier Ryanair, which offers cheap flights to several European destinations. There is a cheap airport shuttle bus (Baden-Airport-Express ) (leaving 8 times a day on weekdays, 3 times a day on saturdays, synchronized with the flight schedule) to Karlsruhe Main Station. One-way-tickets can be bought from the driver (9 EUR, cash only, accepted currency: euro); alternatively, you can take a train or a tram-train to Rastatt or Baden-Baden and take a connecting bus to Baden-Airport. Through-ticketing is available, for current prices and schedules see (Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (Karlsruhe Area Mass Transit Authority) )

Frankfurt Airport is Germany’s biggest airport and is served by all major carriers that operate in Germany. It has a direct ICE high speed train connection to Karlsruhe (1 hour).

Stuttgart Airport is reachable by train in one and a half hour.

Frankfurt Hahn Airport - is about 200km from the city and reachable by car or a combination of train and bus. The airport is served by Ryanair and other low-cost carriers. To get to the airport with public transport you need to take a train to Heidelberg, Mainz or Frankfurt – there you can catch a bus to the airport.

By train:

Informations abount railway connections and their time schedules can be found at the Reiseauskunf der Deutschen Bahn AG. From the station take the lines 2, 3, S4, S7 and S8 step out at the stop "Durlacher Tor / KIT Campus Süd" (KVV-Journey-Planner).

By car: 

From the north-west:

• Take highway A61 until you reach the A5.
• See below (north) for more information.

From the north:

• Take highway A5, direction Karlsruhe, Basel.
• Leave the A5 at exit ‘Karlsruhe-Durlach’, make sure to drive to ‘Karlsruhe’ (first exit).
• Follow the main road and the signs to drive to the campus.

From the east:

• Take highway A8, direction Karlsruhe, until you reach the A5.
• Take A5 in direction ‘Frankfurt’, leave it at exit ‘Karlsruhe-Durlach’, make sure to drive to ‘Karlsruhe’ (second exit).
• Follow the main road and the signs to drive to the campus.

From the south/south-west:

• Take A5 in direction ‘Frankfurt’, leave it at exit ‘Karlsruhe-Durlach’, make sure to drive to ‘Karlsruhe’ (second exit).
• Follow the main road and the signs to drive to the campus.

By bus

The bus station is located at the south entrance of the train station. You can buy tickets for international destinations inside the train station.

How to get to Karlsruhe: