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NRW state premier Wüst visits the Humanoid Robots Lab at the University of Bonn

The state premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, visited the Humanoid Robots Lab at the University of Bonn on Thursday afternoon. Talks centered on current research projects in the field of robotics and the challenges associated with the use of robots in human environments. The state premier was able to enter virtual reality with a robot and watch a three-armed robot harvesting peppers.

The fact that autonomous robots do not always do what humans expect is a major problem when deploying them in human environments. Unlike their counterparts in factories, robots deployed in human environments are faced with constantly changing situations. ...