The European XFEL is a world leading X-ray Free Electron Laser comprising six scientific instruments for users to conduct research on. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic user participation changed from largely on-site in Hamburg, Germany, to a more hybrid scheme for the week-long beamtimes. In this contribution we will discuss remote user operation at the facility on the example of the HED instrument.
The Stäubli Robotic Arm is an integral part of the FXE instrument at the European XFEL and allows for flexible positioning of X-ray detectors used for femto-second scale e X-ray diffraction, scattering and spectroscopy experiments. In this contribution we will discuss the integration of the multi-axis robotic arm into the facility’s in-house developed SCADA system, Karabo, and will present key...