MIRMI in the Media

ZDF - 24.10.2023. "How do we manage demographic change?": Liyang Zhao and Harald Lesch posed this question for a new episode of Leschs Kosmos. Also present: researcher Abdeldjallil Naceri, who presents nursing robot GARMI, Prof. Dirk Wilhelm from the Klinikum rechts der Isar, who performs an ultrasound examination remotely, and Prof. Achim Lilienthal, who presents the KI.FABRIK Bayern, the factory of the future. [read more]

"The list of possible applications is long and ranges from detecting environmental pollution to investigating mined or contaminated regions. The vehicle, called SVAN, is a robot hub, charging station, data center and command post all in one." [read more]

"Customizable sensors are in short supply in robotics and prosthetics. Munich researchers have now developed an automatic manufacturing process." [read more]

BR Münchner Runde - 25.01.2023. Robots in factories, in the hospitality industry, in care. In addition, almost omniscient chat programs that turn everyday school life upside down. How is artificial intelligence changing our lives? [read more]

Are robots stupid or do they save the world? Answers to these and many other exciting questions you get today, 25.01. at 18:00 clock in our YT live chat round at Terra X plus from the robotics expert Prof. Sami Haddadin from the TU Munich. Also in the studio is the robot GARMI, co-developed by Sami Haddadin. [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]

Good news for the TUM Geriatronics campus in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Robo.Care AI mission: the Bavarian cabinet’s 2023 draft budget includes 4.74 million euros in funding for research on robotics and AI applications in the care of the elderly. This was announced by Bavarian science minister Markus Blume on a visit to the campus, which he praised as a “model project for Germany and the world”. The new campus is a project under the auspices of the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) of TUM. [read more]

NDR, 23.07.2022 - A table full of gaps: This is what the duty rosters in old people's homes look like in many places. According to the German Nursing Council, there is a shortage of 200,000 skilled workers nationwide. In the future, robots and artificial intelligence could help in the care of the elderly. [read more]

Süddeutsche Zeitung, 17. Juli 2022 - Robots are expensive and destroy jobs? No way! New manufacturers and devices show: The machines could even alleviate skills shortages and supply chain problems. [read more]

mdr, 28.6.2022 - Robots are cute at best and artificial intelligence, with its algorithms and machine learning, threatening at worst. All wrong. We clean up with robotics and AI researcher Sami Haddadin and five clichés that will hopefully soon be no more! [read more]