MIRMI News

The startup Sapios has won a prestigious Gold award at the Thomas Edison Awards. Using AI-powered technology to automate driving test evaluation, the company is transforming a process that has barely changed in decades. [read more]

A TUM spin-off is moving to the forefront of the German robotics scene: Olive Robotics wins the RIG Startup Award 2026. With cutting-edge sensor intelligence for autonomous systems, the team demonstrates how Munich-based research translates into scalable real-world innovation. [read more]

A robot that can locate misplaced objects by combining visual perception with contextual knowledge: Researchers at TUM demonstrate how search processes can be significantly improved by integrating 3D vision with language models. [read more]

The TUM RoboGym, a globally unique research and training center for robotics, is being established at the TUM Convergence Centre. Together with NEURA Robotics, TUM MIRMI is creating an infrastructure where hundreds of robotic systems can be trained and further developed with AI support. [read more]

The robotics incubator robo.innovate at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is receiving additional support: the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs is providing €3.5 million for the next three and a half years, while robotics manufacturer NEURA Robotics joins as the first industry sponsor. [read more]

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a high-resolution CO₂ flux model to measure how much carbon dioxide urban vegetation absorbs and emits. [read more]

During a visit of the Nursing Department of the Bavarian State Ministry of Health, Nursing, and Prevention, the Geriatronics Research Center presented its current projects together with its campus partners. [read more]

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]