Predicting pedestrian movements can often be achieved with only the last second of observation. Moreover, AI-based approaches don't always offer the expected advantages. These are the findings of a new research study from the Chair of Automotive Technology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Insights from PhD student Nico Uhlmann.
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The start-up Reverion was awarded the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award for developing its highly efficient power plant. RobCo, founded by a TUM graduate and a student of Prof. Alois Knoll, Chair of Robotics, AI, and Real-time Systems, also reached the finals of the award. The prize was awarded at the TUM Entrepreneurship Day, which showcases Munich's diverse innovation ecosystem and celebrates start-ups and entrepreneurship from the TUM community.
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At the KIRO 2024 robotics conference in Berlin, Oliver Hausdörfer was awarded with the Young Scientist prize. Among participants from all over Germany, Hausdörfer, a doctoral candidate from the Learning Systems and Robotics Lab at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), stood out with his research on "learning biologically-inspired control in multi-segmented robots."
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Participate in the Manipulation Skill Versatility Challenge (MSVC) at IROS 2024 in Abu Dhabi from October 15-17, 2024. This euROBIN event focuses on developing transferable robot skills for the circular economy. We are looking for teams who can provide their own robot platform and have demonstrated experience using the platform to solve various manipulation tasks.
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MIRMI supports five schools from South and East Bavaria as part of the advisory body for the Profile Schools for Informatics and Future Technologies initiative (PIZ), launched by the Bavarian State Ministry for Education. As part of this project, the teachers responsible for the schools we support were invited to the MIRMI headquarters to present their approaches to teaching and applying technologies such as AI and robotics in their schools, and exchange their ideas.
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At the new Siemens Technology Center (STC) on the TUM Campus Garching, 150 TUM staff and researchers will work with more than 450 Siemens specialists on new solutions related to digital twins, the industrial internet of things, robotics and automation. Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus Söder, TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, the CTO of Siemens Peter Körte and State Minister for Science and Arts Markus Blume were on hand to open the new research facility.
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Sami Haddadin, Director of the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) and Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), will continue his role as Chairman of the Bavarian AI Council for the next five years. The core task of the committee, consisting of 21 experts from universities, non-university research, and the business sector, is to promote Artificial Intelligence (AI) 'at all levels of society, the economy, and the state.'
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The next flagship conference on robotics and automation is coming. With the theme “CONNECT+”, the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2024) will be a perfect platform to meet TUM MIRMI researchers and get to know our latest developments at plenary and keynote sessions, contributed paper sessions, workshops, and video sessions. Find here a preliminary list of MIRMI researchers’ contributions to this Conference. Congratulations to all authors, and see you from May 13-17, 2024, in Yokohama, Japan!
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Controlling dual-armed instead of these with one arm means more effort and requires new strategies. Scientists of MIRMI of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Leibniz University Hannover found a novel approach based on real-time predictive motion planning for complex systems. Riddhiman Laha explains how it works and what it is useful for.
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Congratulations to Dr. Abdalla Swikir, MIRMI's Senior Scientist, for being awarded the 2023 IEEE CSS George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award. This prize is awarded for the best article in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, the most prestigious international journal in the field of theoretical automatic control, during the two calendar years preceding the year of the award, based on originality, clarity, potential impact on the theoretical foundations of control, and practical significance in applications.
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