The new Center for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart
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The new Center for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart (BITS) aims to optimize the inter-action between humans and technical systems in a fundamentally new way. Scientists from the University of Stuttgart, the University of Tübingen, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics are conducting research on intelligent bionic systems that will aid understanding and treatment of certain diseases of the central nervous system. Diagnoses will become more accurate, treatments more efficient and the illnesses more tolerable. Those affected by such disorders already use orthoses or communication aids. However, these systems cannot fully adapt themselves to the needs of the patient or the environment in order to fully compensate limitations or restore failed bodily functions. In interdisciplinary projects, BITS members develop individually tailored medical aids. Bionic systems can be found almost everywhere in everyday life: A Velcro fastener on a back-pack is inspired by the burdock, suction cups are modeled on the form of an octopus tentacle.
