• Research & Development


  • Space Robotics

    Development of intelligent robots for extraterrestrial exploration

  • Robotics & Healthcare

    support of therapeutic measures and assistance in everyday life and work

  • Maritime Exploration Hall

    1.300 m² to challenge robot technologies upon and under water

  • Elektromobilität

    Electric Mobility

    Electric vehicles, battery charge technologies and the collection of vehicle data

  • Maritime Robotics

    Manipulation and navigation underwater

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.

For further information please watch the Corporate Movie.

More space for artificial intelligence: Expansion of DFKI Bremen

Since February 2022, the second construction phase of the DFKI at Robert-Hooke-Straße 1 in Bremen have been completed. Funding was provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), among others.

A short project description can be found here

Latest Projects

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SAMLER-KI
Semi-autonomous micro rover for lunar exploration using...
Space Robotics  
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GraviMoKo
Impact of gravitational changes on motoric and cognition;...
Assistance- and Rehabilitation Systems   Wissensmanagement  
QuDA-KI - Qubit-based data representations for classical machine learning and simulations
QuDA-KI
Qubit-based data representations for classical machine...
Quantum Computing  
QuBER-KI - Quantum Deep Reinforcement Learning for simple robotic behaviours
QuBER-KI
Quantum Deep Reinforcement Learning for simple robotic...
Quantum Computing  

Latest Robotsystems

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OmniPick
Logistics, Production and Consumer 
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MARLIN
Mobile Autonomous Robot for IntraLogistics in Retail
Logistics, Production and Consumer 
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RH5 Manus
Humanoid robot as an assistance system in a human-optimized environment
Assistance- and Rehabilitation Systems  Logistics, Production and Consumer  Space Robotics 
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RH5
Humanoid robot as an assistance system in a human-optimized environment
Assistance- and Rehabilitation Systems  Logistics, Production and Consumer  Space Robotics 

Latest Softwaretools

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ARC-OPT
Adaptive Robot Control using Optimization
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HyRoDyn
Hybrid Robot Dynamics
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Bagel
Biologically inspired Graph-Based Language
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Rock
Robot Construction Kit

Latest Publications

A Modular Approach to the Embodiment of Hand Motions from Human Demonstrations
Alexander Fabisch, Manuela Uliano, Dennis Marschner, Melvin Laux, Johannes Brust, Marco Controzzi
In Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, (Humanoids-2022), 28.11.-30.11.2022, Ginowan, IEEE, 2023. IEEE-RAS.
Quantifying the Effect of Feedback Frequency in Interactive Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Tasks
Daniel Harnack, Julie Pivin-Bachler, Nicolas Navarro-Guerrero
In Neural Computing and Applications, Springer, volume n.n., pages 0-0, Dec/2022.
Unsupervised Segmentation of Human Manipulation Movements into Building Blocks
Lisa Gutzeit, Frank Kirchner
In IEEE Access, IEEE, volume 10, pages 125723-125734, Dec/2022.
Experimental Investigations into Using Motion Capture State Feedback for Real-Time Control of a Humanoid Robot
Mihaela Popescu, Dennis Mronga, Ivan Bergonzani, Shivesh Kumar, Frank Kirchner
In Sensors - Open Access Journal, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), volume 22, number 24, pages 1-12, Dec/2022.
Co-Optimization of Acrobot Design and Controller for Increased Certifiable Stability
Lasse Jenning Maywald, Felix Wiebe, Shivesh Kumar, Mahdi Javadi, Frank Kirchner
In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), (IROS-2022), 23.10.-27.10.2022, Kyoto, IEEE, Nov/2022.
Modular and Hybrid Numerical-Analytical Approach - A Case Study on Improving Computational Efficiency for Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots
Rohit Kumar, Shivesh Kumar, Andreas Mueller, Frank Kirchner
In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), (IROS-2022), 23.10.-27.10.2022, Kyoto, IEEE, Nov/2022.
Prediction of static and perturbed reach goals from movement kinematics
A. Bosco, M. Filippini, D. Borra, Elsa Andrea Kirchner, P. Fattori
In Proceedings of the HumanE AI conference, 16.11.-16.11.2022, Stockholm, n.n., Nov/2022.
Deep and Surface Modalities for Myo-Intent Detection
Mathilde Connan, Bingbin Yu, Christian Gibas, Rainer Brück, Elsa Andrea Kirchner, Claudio Castellini
In Myoelectric Controls and Upper Limb Prothetics Symposium (MEC22) - Symposium Proceedings, (MEC-2022), 9.8.-11.8.2022, Fredericton, New Brunswick, UNB - Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Nov/2022.
Robot Dance Generation with Music Based Trajectory Optimization
Melya Boukheddimi, Daniel Harnack, Shivesh Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Shubham Vyas, Octavio Arriaga, Frank Kirchner
In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2022, (IROS-2022), IEEE, Nov/2022.
Trajectory Optimization and Following for a Three Degrees of Freedom Overactuated Floating Platform
Anton Bredenbeck, Shubham Vyas, Martin Zwick, Dorit Borrmann, Miguel A. Olivares-Mendez, Andreas Nuechter
In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2022, (IROS-2022), 23.10.-27.10.2022, Kyoto, IEEE, Nov/2022. IEEE/RSJ.
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last updated 26.01.2023
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