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On April 7, 2022, the biannual meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) with the Science Board took place in the interim premises of MIRMI at Georg-Brauchle-Ring. A total of over 30 participants from industry and the MIRMI community learned about the MIRMI highlights of the past 6 months, the concepts for new "Innovation Sectors" in the field of Environment and Mobility in MIRMI as well as the latest technological and political developments in the field. [read more]

In its April 06, 2022 issue, the renowned Süddeutsche Zeitung tells the story and projects of Rafael Hostettler, founder of the robotics company Devanthro and external researcher at the TUM Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-Time Systems. Hostettler adopted Roboy, a humanoid robot with ten fingers and ten toes. Roboy can be controlled via telepresence with virtual reality goggles. Roboy aims to solve the nursing shortage and enable the researcher to live after death. Devanthro recently moved into the Munich Urban Colab. [read more]

Following many years of research at the Technical University of Munich, the start-up Ebenbuild GmbH aims to fundamentally improve the mechanical ventilation of ICU patients with ARDS and drive significant, long-term improvements in treatment outcomes. The company develops personalized simulation models of patients’ lungs using patient data, such as medical images. These Digital Twins allow doctors to make sound treatment decisions by accurately picturing how mechanical ventilation will affect individual patients. The company was founded in April 2019 by Dr. Kei Müller, Dr. Jonas Biehler, Prof.… [read more]

We are pleased to announce that the external Science Advisory Board (SAB) of MIRMI is now complete. The Science Advisory Board (SAB) is composed of leading experts in robotics and related disciplines who are independent of MIRMI and not directly affiliated with TUM. The SAB advises MIRMI on strategic matters, the scientific research agenda, and a mission-driven roadmap. It fosters exchange within the global research communities and supports research and innovation initiatives through strong collaboration with world-leading researchers. It is also the independent review body for application to… [read more]

Dr. Lacoursière is a Chief Scientist at Algoryx Simulation, a company that has provided fast, modular, and high-fidelity physics engines such as AGX Dynamics. He is currently visiting MIRMI. In his talk, Dr. Lacoursière will speak about physics simulation. Algoryx and TUM are the partners of the European Union's Horizon 2020 I.AM. project (Impact Aware Manipulation by Dexterous Robot Control and Learning in Dynamic Semi-Structured Logistic Environments). [read more]

Irene Bruckmeier, awarded 2nd place in Physics at the Jugend Forscht Regional Competition of Munich West in 2021, won the first edition of the Robotics & AI Internship organized by MIRMI and Franka Emika as a special prize for her project in Robotics ‘Control and stabilization of a two-wheeled LEGO robot with Simulink’ (original title: Regelung und Stabilisierung eines zweirädrigen LEGO-Roboters mit Simulink). This one-week internship covered theoretical and hands-on tasks in Robotics, from actuators and sensors, robotics control, collaborative (lightweight) robotics, mobile robots, MedTech… [read more]

If you are an Ukrainian scientist working in the fields of Robotics, Machine Intelligence and AI and you would be interested in relocating to Munich/Germany to work (at least temporarily in these difficult times) at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) of the Technical University of Munich, please feel free to reach out and we try to help. [read more]

With the motto “zufälliggenial?” (“Accidentally brilliant?”), MIRMI together with Franka Emika and the Robokind Foundation hosted for the third time the Jugend Forscht competition on 22. and 23. Feb in Munich West. The last two editions of the event have taken place in online format to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The public was able to visit the projects’ digital booths on the platform Veertly. Our goal is to get young people interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and to promote talented individuals. The Jugend Forscht jury was made up of a large number of… [read more]

Prof. Urs Gasser is the founding dean of the new TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology and is also the rector of the Hochschule für Politik München. In this interview he explains why values and technology must be treated as inseparable. [read more]

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has chosen Prof. Nassir Navab as an IEEE Fellow for 2022. Navab is head of the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality at TUM. The IEEE recognizes Navab's outstanding achievements in augmented reality-based applications in medicine and computer-aided interventions [read more]