It is cyber-secure, cloud-independent, calculates like the human brain (neuromorphic), is based on 7 nm technology and is the first AI chip ever developed at a university in the EU. Two and a half years after Prof. Hussam Amrouch presented the concept in the journal Nature, the chip is now complete. ‘An important step towards technological self-determination in Europe,’ says TUM President Thomas Hofmann. [read more]

RobCo, a Munich-based robotics start-up founded by three former robotics students of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) from the Chair of Prof. Alois C. Knoll, has raised USD 100 million to further expand its AI-driven automation solutions for industrial production. [read more]

Technical University of Munich (TUM) researchers have unveiled a new generation of the assistive care robot Garmi, developed in close collaboration between the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) and the Munich Design Institute. [read more]

With the launch of the second funding phase of 6G-life², TUM and TU Dresden are accelerating the development of human-centric 6G technologies. [read more]

An underwater robot that collects trash, an AI chip that is independent of the cloud, and a brain chip that enables paralyzed people to move again: these are the ten best contributions to robotics from the last year of research, sorted by their reach in the national and international media landscape. [read more]