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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]

Following the success of last year’s edition, the Geriatronics Summit 2023 successfully brought together researchers from AI and Robotics with care providers, the general public, stakeholders in the field of care for older adults, and people with lived experience of disability at the beautiful Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the district with the largest elderly population in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. With a fantastic line-up of 16 speakers coming from the east and west coast of the US, UK, and from several countries in the EU, and about 100 participants from all over the world, the summit… [read more]

They deal with robotics and AI every day. But at the end of the day, they are human beings, just like anyone else: our professors at Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) give quick answers to short questions. [read more]

After two years online, Jugend forscht, Germany's science competition for young talent, is back live. This week, at the regional Jugend forscht München West competition organized by MIRMI, Franka Emika and the Robokind Foundation, 63 young scientists presented 44 exciting and innovative research projects in the seven thematic areas of Jugend forscht, Working world, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics, Technology and, for the first time this year, Earth and space sciences. [read more]

With great joy, we announce to you that Prof. Angela Schoellig was appointed a new member of the MIRMI Board of Directors by the TUM Hochschulpräsidium. As a director, she will steer topics related to Industry and International. Angela is not only an excellent researcher (Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence) but also has a unique international perspective from her research experiences in the USA, Switzerland, Canada, and Germany. Welcome, Angela! [read more]

We are happy to announce the outcome of the second Call for MIRMI Seed Funding. Within this round, MIRMI will provide funding for four collaborative scientific proposals. The goal of the seed funding initiative is to foster joint projects within the broad variety of topics in the field of robotics and machine intelligence at the initial stage. The review process is organized completely independently by the MIRMI Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Chairman Prof. Seth Hutchinson, takes care that each proposal is reviewed by multiple SAB members. Possible disagreement between reviewers is resolved… [read more]

The care robot GARMI and a research team from the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich took part in the "Better Together" event organized by bidt at the Munich Residence! GARMI showed several demos that are crucial for future healthcare! The application of GARMI is being researched as part of the bidt-funded Responsible Robotics (RRAI) project. [read more]

Jugend forscht is Germany's best-known research competition for young people from the 4th grade to the age of 21. The competition promotes STEM education throughout Germany since 1965. Talents compete in six Jugend forscht subject areas: Working World, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics, and Technology. The Munich West Regional Competition is organized every year by Franka Emika, the Robokind Foundation, and MIRMI. You can participate in this exciting initiative by joining any of the Jugend forscht jury teams. The event will take place in person on 15 and 16 February… [read more]

High-level representatives from the largest and most experienced international technology companies from various industries and MIRMI Principal Investigators met at the BMW Group Plant Munich last week. Discussions covered key topics such as autonomous driving, trustworthy AI, industrial robotics and AI challenges, hackathons, entrepreneurial initiatives, and MIRMI/TUM's latest research initiatives. Current collaborative projects between industry and MIRMI to build the factory of the future (KI.FABRIK BAYERN) and to increase sustainability in agriculture were also addressed. The discussions… [read more]