The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national aeronautics and space research Centre of Germany, as well as its space agency. DLR conduct research and development activities in the fields of aeronautics, space, energy, transport, security, and digitalization. The Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics (RM) is the central part of the Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC), a cluster and competence center for research and development in the areas of robotics, mechatronics, control and optical systems. The core competence of RMC is the design and realization of complex intelligent mechatronic concepts and systems, human-machine interfaces, as well as interdisciplinary virtual design, and computer-aided optimization and simulation. In the robotics community, the center is one of the biggest and most acknowledged institutes worldwide. Examples of the pioneering work are multiple lightweight arms, multi-fingered hands, and high performance control algorithms. These technologies have been successfully transferred to industrial partners such as KUKA, Brainlab, Schunk, and Medtronic, and have also been used as seed for multiple start-ups, including Robodrive, Sensodrive, Roboception, and Kinetik Space. For these activities, the RMC has received the EURON/ERF (European Robotics Forum) Technology Transfer Award in multiple occasions. The institute coordinates and contributes to several international projects funded by the European Comission, as well as collaboration projects and missions with other space actors such as ESA, JPL, and JAXA.