System for partially or fully automated disassembly of devices, in particular of motor vehicles, for the recovery of components and material fractions, comprising: a disassembly station having first handling devices (4; 39, 40) for handling the device (1"); second handling devices (5; 47, 48) for handling the components of the device (1"); measuring devices (6; 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 46) for the in-situ measurement of properties of the device (1"), its components and materials; a robot (7; 37) for guiding an instrument head; and receiving devices (13, 14, 15) assigned to different sorting fractions of disassembled components and material fractions; and a control system having a database for storing information about the device (1"); and a control device for processing data obtained from the measurements and data from the database and for controlling the first and second handling devices (4, 5), the measuring devices and the robot (7; 37); characterized in that the measuring devices (6; 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 46) comprise both measuring devices for measuring geometric properties and measuring devices for measuring chemical and/or physical properties of the device (1"), its components and materials and the mutual connections of the components; and the control device is set up to control the second handling devices (5; 47, 48) in such a way that disassembled components and material fractions are fed to the various receiving devices (13, 14, 15) depending on their properties determined by the measurements, to determine process parameters relating to the process and to the tools (8, 9) to be used for the disassembly from the data obtained from the measurements, and to arrange for the storage of the data obtained from the measurements in the database for the systematic building of a database for the disassembly of further devices. a disassembly station having first handling devices (4; 39, 40) for handling the device (1"); second handling devices (5; 47, 48) for handling the components of the device (1"); measuring devices (6; 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 46) for the in-situ measurement of properties of the device (1"), its components and materials; a robot (7; 37) for guiding an instrument head; and receiving devices (13, 14, 15) assigned to different sorting fractions of disassembled components and material fractions; and a control system having a database for storing information about the device (1"); and a control device for processing data obtained from the measurements and data from the database and for controlling the first and second handling devices (4, 5), the measuring devices and the robot (7; 37); characterized in that the measuring devices (6; 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 46) comprise both measuring devices for measuring geometric properties and measuring devices for measuring chemical and/or physical properties of the device (1"), its components and materials and the mutual connections of the components; and the control device is set up to control the second handling devices (5; 47, 48) in such a way that disassembled components and material fractions are fed to the various receiving devices (13, 14, 15) depending on their properties determined by the measurements, to determine process parameters relating to the process and to the tools (8, 9) to be used for the disassembly from the data obtained from the measurements, and to arrange for the storage of the data obtained from the measurements in the database for the systematic building of a database for the disassembly of further devices.