Welcome
The Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) belongs to the Bremen location of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH). Headed by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank Kirchner, here scientists develop robot systems to be used for complex tasks on land, under water, in the air, and in space. The RIC closely cooperates with the Robotics Group at the University of Bremen.
The DFKI is the leading German research centre in relation to innovative software technology based on methods of Artificial Intelligence. It comprises sites in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Bremen and Lower Saxony, as well as laboratories in Berlin and Darmstadt, and branch offices in Lübeck and Trier.
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Latest Robotsystems
Modular 6-wheel off-road vehicle for autonomous missions
Agricultural Robotics |
SAR- & Security Robotics |
Space Robotics
KRATOS – integration study
Electric Mobility |
Logistics, Production and Consumer |
SAR- & Security Robotics
Assistance- and Rehabilitation Systems |
Logistics, Production and Consumer |
Space Robotics
Latest Videos
MODKOM: Toolbox of Modular Components to Demonstrate Reconfigurable Space Robots
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The video shows the demonstration involving autonomous docking, rover reconfiguration, and payload deployment within a broader mission context.
DE RoLand: Strawberry picking robot SHIVAA with improved picking rate
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The video documents the current progress made in the picking rate of the Shiva robot when picking strawberries. It first shows the previous status, then the further development, and finally the field test.
MODKOM: Vibration testing of the Z-axis of DFKI prototypes at ZARM
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To test components for the loads of a rocket launch, they are subjected to vibration tests in advance. The video shows parts of the vibration tests for the prototypes of the robot joints with sinusoidal loads in the direction of the Z-axis. Based on the findings from these tests, the mechanical design was optimized and the final space variant of the DFKI-X2D was developed. (Video: Jonas Eisenmenger, DFKI)
RealAIGym: 2nd AI Olympics With Competition
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Reinforcement Learning for Robust Athletic Intelligence: Lessons Learned From the Second AI Olympics With RealAIGym Competition. Authors: Felix Wiebe, Niccolò Turcato, Alberto Dalla Libera, Jean Seong Bjorn Choe, Bumkyu Choi, Tim Lukas Faust, Habib Maraqten, Erfan Aghadavoodi, Marco Cali, Alberto Sinigaglia, Giulio Giacomuzzo, Ruggero Carli, Diego Romeres, Jong-kook Kim, Gian Antonio Susto, Shubham Vyas, Dennis Mronga, Boris Belousov, Jan Peters, Frank Kirchner, and Shivesh Kumar
Parallel Transmission Aware Co-Design
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Enhancing Manipulator Performance Through Actuation-Space Optimization. Authors: Rohit Kumar, Melya Boukheddimi, Dennis Mronga, Shivesh Kumar, and Frank Kirchner
HARTU: UC2b - Assembly automotive demo
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Demonstration of robotics solutions developed in the HARTU project for automotive manufacturing. Through kinesthetic teaching and gestures, the robot learns new tasks, adapts to product variants, and reproduces movements adaptively and force-sensitively.