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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 Projects
Robot Application Payloads and Services
Agricultural Robotics |
Logistics, Production and Consumer |
SAR- & Security Robotics |
Space Robotics
Al-driven Robotic Ecosystem Exploration Framework for Securing Habitat Integrity and Life Diversity
Underwater Robotics |
Underactuated Robotics
Adaptive robot ConTrol with Generative Pre-trained Transformers
Logistics, Production and Consumer |
Assistance- and Rehabilitation Systems
Latest Robotsystems
KRATOS – integration study
Electric Mobility |
Logistics, Production and Consumer |
SAR- & Security Robotics
Assistance- and Rehabilitation Systems |
Logistics, Production and Consumer |
Space Robotics
Strawberry Harvester: an Innovative Vehicle for Application in Agriculture
Agricultural Robotics
Latest Videos
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.
ROMATRIS: Closing event at the THW training ground in Wesel
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THW and DFKI develop innovative robot system for disaster relief operations. After four years of intensive research, the ROMATRIS project has been successfully completed. The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) have developed a novel robot system for material transport. The easy-to-use mobile helper can relieve the burden on emergency services and make operations safer.
MARIOW: AI-powered underwater welding robot for maritime maintenance
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In the MARIOW project, an innovative underwater welding robot has been developed that can perform semi-autonomous welding tasks on maritime infrastructure. The robot features a robotic arm developed at the DFKI. It can operate at depths of up to 6,000 meters, offers six degrees of freedom, and has a reach of two meters. The video shows the final phase of the project at DFKI in Bremen, including underwater testing of the robot, demonstration of the flux-cored arc welding process, and AI-based seam detection.