diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/CMakeLists.txt b/source/RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/CMakeLists.txt
index 37d5d9cc1d88b2b4a23a3ad2060a0477a87ba94d..c02d06dd2fc8aae51f745685e8fcb29a2b3fc696 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ armarx_enable_aron_file_generation_for_target(
 
 
 # add unit tests
-# add_subdirectory(test)
+add_subdirectory(test)
 
 #generate the application
 armarx_generate_and_add_component_executable()
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/test/ArMemExampleMemoryTest.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/test/ArMemExampleMemoryTest.cpp
index e8a7cc5fc9bfd76db190055f788e78c4d1212f55..1665316aa33d755c2dcd06e88e0a7bc37aebf864 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/test/ArMemExampleMemoryTest.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/test/ArMemExampleMemoryTest.cpp
@@ -27,11 +27,33 @@
 #include <RobotAPI/Test.h>
 #include "../ArMemExampleMemory.h"
 
+#include <RobotAPI/components/armem/ArMemExampleMemory/aron/ExampleData.aron.generated.h>
+#include <RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core.h>
+
 #include <iostream>
 
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(testExample)
+
+using armarx::armem::aron::example::ExampleData;
+namespace armem = armarx::armem;
+
+/*
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_ExampleData)
+{
+    ExampleData data;
+    BOOST_CHECK(true);
+}
+*/
+
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_ExampleData_type)
 {
-    armarx::ArMemExampleMemory instance;
+    armarx::aron::typenavigator::AronObjectTypeNavigatorPtr type = ExampleData::toInitialAronType();
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(type->getAcceptedTypes().size(), 15);
+
+    armem::Memory memory;
+    armem::CoreSegment& core = memory.addCoreSegment("ExampleData", type);
+    armem::ProviderSegment& prov = core.addProviderSegment("Provider");
 
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(true, true);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(core.aronType(), prov.aronType());
 }