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KI.Fabrik introduced, Robotics Graduate Program launched, demos showcased at Automatica, and AI experimentation space approved: 2023 reveals the potential embedded in robotics for the region and beyond. [read more]

MIRMI researchers have presented two new revolutionary concepts for upper-limb prostheses. The researchers developed a prosthesis which recreates the mechanical behavior of the human neuromuscular system in terms of stiffness characteristics, natural motion, and tactile sensing capabilities. These features are combined in a small-size and sophisticated device, the Artificial Neuromuscular Prosthesis (ANP), combining the latest insights from human motor control and robotics. They also developed a solution for mitigating the high forces and moments between the residual limb and the prosthesis:… [read more]

The #CircularHackfest, created by robo.innovate, just wrapped up its exciting journey. Around 100 students engaged in a dynamic week from November 10 to 17 to tackle their challenge. With the help of numerous mentors from various industry partners, start-ups, MakerSpace and TUM Venture Labs, first prototypes and possible business models were developed from ideas in impressive teamwork. The teams presented their extraordinary solutions to a top-class jury in front of almost 250 guests during the Hack N Talk event . Notable winners, like Oriens Dönergrill and Chef++, garnered recognition for… [read more]

With an AI-based coaching for basketball, the team MindHackers won in the 'Technological Excellence' category at this year's Sick Solution Hackathon. Among them was Oliver Hausdörfer, a robotics student from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), who has already won his fifth hackathon. [read more]

Doctoral students can now enroll in the Graduate Program in Robotics and Machine Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Registration for the program created by the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) will be open from October 16, 2023. On October 20, there will be an informational event on the topic at 4:30 PM. [read more]

Researchers at MIRMI together with colleagues from Bosch Corporate Research, Aalto University and Örebro University demonstrated how historical movement data stored as 'Maps of Dynamics-informed Long-term Human Motion Prediction' can be used to predict where people will move with much greater reliability than before. The concept of was introduced at the IROS conference yesterday. [read more]

MIRMI researchers’ contributions to “The Next Generation of Robotics”, the theme of IROS 2023, are broad. At this year's Robotics Forum, 18 MIRMI Principal Investigators and their teams are organizing five workshops and presenting 38 research papers. A comprehensive list of these papers and workshops is available here. [read more]

The exhibition AI.Robotik.Design at the Pinakothek der Moderne has recently come to an end. Now we show pictures from the unique exhibition and resurrect it. [read more]

Dr. Amartya Ganguly (Technical University of Munich, Germany) and Dr. Saikat Kumar Shome (CSIR Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, India) want to build an open-source musculoskeletal model of the hand to drive a robotic hand in a simulated user-in-loop environment using low-cost motion capture system. This approach has several potential benefits, including affordability and accessibility in developing prosthetic end effectors. The researchers from German and Indian institutions decided to join forces. The PECFAR Fellowship enabled them to create a platform for collaborative… [read more]