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To the point Innovative method: A team of biologists and robotic engineers have developed a virtual reality system for fish to decipher how they school Discovering nature-s algorithm: They uncovered

At this year's Hannover trade fair, Technische Universität Ilmenau is presenting two innovative technologies for the autonomous driving of the future and two pioneering solutions for energy-efficient and intelligent mobile networks.

What happens when technology, creativity and team spirit come together? The answer to this question was revealed on January 25, 2025 at the First LEGO League Challenge at TU Ilmenau Under the motto "S

Hexagonal electro-hydraulic modules act like artificial muscles that can be used to configure robots with various functions Newly developed hexagonal robot components can be easily assembled into high-speed robots in building block fashion.

Exploring a valley and caves on Mars, searching for life: These are the goals of the German research initiative VaMEx.

Dr. Axel Bohmann is examining linguistic variation at the level of the individual. Edoardo Milana is investigating how "neurofluidic" systems can be integrated into soft robots.

The Technische Universität Ilmenau has just successfully completed the "Engineering for Smart Manufacturing (E4SM)" research project.

BMBF providing €20 million to fund robotics in Germany-University of Bonn heavily involved Some of the country's leading centers for robotics have joined forces and set up a consortium to develop the

Compression standard for haptics published What JPEG, MP3 and MPEG are for images, audio and video, haptic codecs are for transmitting the sense of touch via the Internet.

From skill sets to an overall concept For the first time, the assistance robot GARMI demonstrates that it can directly combine specific skills and support seniors throughout the day. With the help of a digital twin, artificial intelligence and ChatGPT, the care assistant from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) conducts caregiving tasks such as bringing water and breakfast to the bedside, booking medical appointments and setting up and facilitating telemedical examinations.

Combining robotics and ChatGPT Prof Angela Schoellig from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) uses ChatGPT to develop choreographies for swarms of drones to perform along to music. An additional safety filter prevents mid-air collisions. The researchers' results demonstrate the first time that large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT can be used in robotics.

The University of Bonn's Team NimbRo was the top scoring team in the @Home league for household robots at the RoboCup German Open, held in Kassel from April 18-20.

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.

Scientists from the Universities of Freiburg and Stuttgart research new approaches to sustainable construction at the "livMatS Biomimetic Shell @ FIT" As the world's population continues to grow, the

The humanoid robots of Team NimbRo from the University of Bonn were victorious in the AdultSize category at the RoboCup in Bordeaux.

Robotics must be safe ChatGPT can make programming more efficient, write texts, act as a brainstorming partner or create design proposals.

Wide-ranging research on embodied intelligence at TUM A robot can be as small as a pill or as big as a (self-driving) car.

Engineer Edoardo Milana will research bioinspired soft robotic systems made of deformable and adaptive materials at the University of Freiburg Dr. Edoardo Milana has been appointed Tenure-Trac

Mapping forests and inspecting ships People are able to perceive their surroundings in three dimensions and can quickly spot potential danger in everyday situations.

In a major collaborative research project, the Technische Universität Ilmenau and six partners have developed an assistance robot that enables people in need of care to communicate from home and thus stay connected with the people who care for them.

On January 28, the First Lego League Challenge will take place at Technische Universität Ilmenau. In the research and robotics competition, students from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will compete against each other.

MIRMI researchers find solution in centuries-old equation Researchers at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a

From next-gen intelligent systems and smart networks to robot-human interactions: at the second Hightech Summit under the auspices of the munich_i trade fair, scientists and industry experts offered a glimpse at how a future based on robotics and AI could look. Along with researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and such renowned institutions as Imperial College London and Delft University, participants included robotics trailblazers from Boston Dynamics and Berkshire Grey as well as representatives of SAP, Google and Roche.

The German Research Foundation approves the Collaborative Research Center "ECOSENSE" The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund the Collaborative Research Center CRC 1537 "ECOSENSE" from July 1, 2022.

In order to support people in therapy or in everyday life in the future, machines will have to be capable of feeling and gently touching their human counterparts.