MIRMI News

From a literary quartet for robotics researchers to company visits, robotics seminars, and international exchanges: the TUM MIRMI graduate programme has been running since October 2023. It is aimed at TUM doctoral students with a particular interest in robotics. One of around 50 enrolled students is Sonja Stabenow, who is working on human-robot interaction. She also contributes her ideas for further development as an advisor to the programme. [read more]

Alternative teaching methods are the focus of the ‘project week’ at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The idea: Researchers identify a practical problem. And students can find possible solutions within a week and a half. The last project week in the Research Group for Minimally Invasive Interdisciplinary Therapeutic Intervention (MITI) at TUM focused on solutions for practical use in the operating theatre. [read more]

Robots can be powerful, precise – or surprisingly sensitive. Yet until now, there has been no unified system to reliably measure and compare their abilities. Researchers at TUM MIRMI have now developed a method that systematically assesses the "fitness" of robots for the first time. [read more]

Researchers at TUM have developed a robotic system that can provide critical treatment for life-threatening tension pneumothorax—even during medical evacuation flights. [read more]

The Mechanical Engineering Student Council has awarded Professor Daniel Rixen and his research assistants Moritz Sattler and Philipp Radecker the ‘Goldens Lehre’ 2024/25 for their master's degree lecture on robot dynamics. Every year, students at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) evaluate the quality of lectures given by more than 40 professors in mechanical engineering. [read more]

Jia Chen measures greenhouse gases and air quality in Munich at nearly 150 stations. Greenhouse gases, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter: nothing escapes the attention of the professor of environmental sensor technology and modelling at the Technical University of Munich and head of the environment department at TUM MIRMI. For the first time, she is enabling the city of Munich to monitor greenhouse gases precisely – and is accompanying Munich on its path to climate neutrality by 2035. [read more]

Needles are often difficult to detect in the body during surgical procedures using ultrasound. A research team from the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now developed a method that causes needles to vibrate slightly, making them visible. Doctoral student Dianye Huang was awarded the Best Innovation Award for this achievement at the Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Centre (MRC) Symposium 2025. [read more]

Making start-ups successful and building next-generation research infrastructure: These are the two core tasks of the MIRMI Board Member for Start-ups and Infrastructure, Eckehard Steinbach. In recent years, young robotics companies at TUM have received more than 20 million euros in funding. A great success for the man who is also responsible for the TUM MIRMI research laboratories and is currently pushing ahead with several major construction projects that will benefit the entire robotics community at TUM. [read more]

With 28 demos, several stages, the munich_i and the Hightech Summit, our institute is setting an example in tangible research. A visit to the most important industry meeting for robotics and AI is still possible until Friday - June 27, 2025, 4 p.m. [read more]