Innovation

Reflexes protect our bodies – for example when we pull our hand back from a hot stove. These protective mechanisms could also be useful for robots. In this interview, Prof. Sami Haddadin and Johannes Kühn of the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) explain why giving test subjects a “slap on the hand” could lay the foundations for the robots of the future.

Official press release: Robots could safeguard people from pain - TUM

At the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence, Prof. Sami Haddadin (left) and PhD student Johannes Kühn (right) develop intelligent machines that serve people. Here they explain how to use a sensitive robot.
Image: Uli Benz / TUM

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