Three years of successful Geriatronics Summit now followed by the first Summer School. From July 7 to 10, 2025, 40 selected young researchers will meet keynote speakers and professors from the field of care assistance robotics in specialist workshops in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. They will discuss, outline and develop ways to improve the future of ageing with robotics and AI. [read more]

The Technical University of Munich and Caritas Munich and Upper Bavaria are contributing their expertise to securing the future of care through digitalization and AI The Geriatronics Research Center and the planned campus in Garmisch-Partenkirchen share the goals of the HighCare Agenda [read more]

The Third Annual Geriatronics Summit 2024 brought together AI and robotics researchers, care providers, and the general public from over 16 countries and 40 institutions to discuss the application of AI and robotics in improving care for older adults and individuals with disabilities, benefiting both patients and carers alike. [read more]

The fields of robotics and caregiving could hardly seem more different at first glance: a focus on technology on one side and a focus on people on the other. Therefore, Constanze Giese advocates for co-design. At the Geriatronics Summit, the professor of ethics and anthropology in caregiving from the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Munich discussed this in the panel "Robotics Meets Ethics." [read more]

Lorenzo Masia is a pioneer in the development of exosuits and robot-assisted rehabilitation. At the Geriatronics Summit, the professor from Heidelberg University will moderate a panel discussion on the challenges of robotics in the healthcare sector. A few insights in advance. [read more]

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. It also helps care recipients to get out of bed and do rehabilitation exercises. [read more]

It is essential in nursing care to have a transparent mapping of the entire human-robot interaction. That is the outcome of the interdisciplinary research project Responsible Robotics, which researchers from TUM and the University of Graz completed in 2023. A data recorder helps to capture all events that occur when using a nursing care robot and make them visible and understandable for everyone involved. [read more]

Researchers from the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an automatic process for making soft sensors. These universal measurement cells can be attached to almost any kind of object. Applications are envisioned especially in robotics and prosthetics. [read more]

Following the success of last year’s edition, the Geriatronics Summit 2023 successfully brought together researchers from AI and Robotics with care providers, the general public, stakeholders in the field of care for older adults, and people with lived experience of disability at the beautiful Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the district with the largest elderly population in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. With a fantastic line-up of 16 speakers coming from the east and west coast of the US, UK, and from several countries in the EU, and about 100 participants from all over the world, the summit… [read more]

Merkur.de, 13.01.2023 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - At the Geriatronics Research Center, which is operated by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Bahnhofstraße, Bavaria's top politicians are making appearances. Only recently, Science Minister Markus Blume (CSU) was a guest at the center to announce millions in start-up capital for the planned campus development. Now, Health and Care Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) visited the flagship facility - and also pledged his support. [read more]