diff --git a/data/RobotAPI/VariantInfo-RobotAPI.xml b/data/RobotAPI/VariantInfo-RobotAPI.xml
index 160c1d04bb4f93f0d84c5859b97d1432513d6b31..0fb95ad0cf6503f17f9a51877444e78bd8288bf5 100644
--- a/data/RobotAPI/VariantInfo-RobotAPI.xml
+++ b/data/RobotAPI/VariantInfo-RobotAPI.xml
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@
             <onConnect>// initialize remote robot</onConnect>
             <onConnect>remoteRobot.reset(new RemoteRobot(robotStateComponent-&gt;getSynchronizedRobot()));</onConnect>
             <stateMethod header="const VirtualRobot::RobotPtr getRobot() const">return %getContext%-&gt;getRobot();</stateMethod>
+
+            <method header="const VirtualRobot::RobotPtr getLocalRobot() const">return localRobot;</method>
+            <member>VirtualRobot::RobotPtr localRobot;</member>
+            <onConnect>// initialize local robot</onConnect>
+            <onConnect>localRobot = RemoteRobot::createLocalCloneFromFile(robotStateComponent, VirtualRobot::RobotIO::eStructure);</onConnect>
+            <stateMethod header="const VirtualRobot::RobotPtr getLocalRobot() const">return %getContext%-&gt;getLocalRobot();</stateMethod>
         </Proxy>
         <Proxy include="RobotAPI/interface/components/ViewSelectionInterface.h"
             humanName="Automatic View Selection"
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/components/ViewSelection/ViewSelection.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/components/ViewSelection/ViewSelection.cpp
index 4cfaeae09ffdcb9fa4a806bab1b022c62b7981e1..c1d61f14b218c3a06a0e4fd9fbe54dead4cacbcc 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/components/ViewSelection/ViewSelection.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/components/ViewSelection/ViewSelection.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ ViewTargetBasePtr ViewSelection::nextAutomaticViewTarget()
     }
 
 
-    syncMutex.unlock();
+    lock.unlock();
 
     ARMARX_DEBUG << "Highest saliency: " << maxSaliency;