Teaching

Modern Robot Control Architectures, robot design, learning methods and biological basis for autonomous robots: The courses for the University Robotics Group and the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center, headed by Prof. Dr. Frank Kirchner revolve around robotics. They are aimed at students of the University of Bremen from the fields of computer science, systems engineering, electrical engineering and information technology.

We also supervise bachelor's and master's theses, advanced topics we announce regularly online. For our staff, students and graduates, we offer special seminars. The PhD students seminar will be held in the form of Brown Bag Talks.

Overview of the teaching

Courses in the Summer Semester

Modern Robot Control Architectures (VAK: 03-MB-712.02 )
ECTS: 6, Lecture 3 ECTS and Tutorials 3 ECTS
Level: BSc (MSc)
Contact Person: Mihaela Popescu, Jonas Haack
Course Language: English

Reinforcement Learning (VAK: 03-ME-712.03)
ECTS: 6, Lecture 3 ECTS and Tutorials 3 ECTS
Level: MSc
Contact Person: Adrian Auer, Nayari Lessa
Course Language: English

Athletic Intelligence in Robotics 
ECTS: 6
Level: MSc
Contact Person: Dr. Dennis Mronga, Jonas Haack
Course Language: English

Graduierten Seminar Robotik, 03-05-H-712.91 
weekly Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00 Online
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank Kirchner
Course Language: German/English

 

Courses in the Winter Semester

Robot Design Lab, 03-IBGA-FI-RDL
ECTS: 6
Level: BSc
Contact Person: Mihaela Pospescu, Jonas Haack
Course Language: Englisch

Machine Learning for Autonomous Robots, 03-IMVP-MLAR (03-ME-712.07)
ECTS: 6
Level: MSc
Contact Person: Adrian Auer, Nayari Lessa
Course Language: Englisch

Graduierten Seminar Robotik, 03-05-H-712.91 
weekly Wed. 13:00 - 14:00 Online
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank Kirchner
Course Language: German/Englisch

Talks

Talk overview of the Brown Bag Talks, the Graduated Studen's Lectures and the Journal Club.

Doctoral Thesis

We regulary advertise topics for doctoral thesis which you can find at the career subsection doctoral thesis.

Study Program University Bremen

Study Program

Impressions from the Robot Design Lab

Robot Design Lab: Studying computer science creates opportunities to shape our future world

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Robot design and control architectures, machine learning methods and human-centered interaction with robots – the Robotics Group at Faculty 3 of the University of Bremen together with the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center offer courses from the basics to the most advanced concepts in robotics. Robot Design Lab is an introductory course. Here students learn about the software and hardware architecture of robots. Autonomous navigation concepts are applied on TurtleBot robots, which are able to traverse mazes and detect geometrical shapes in the environment.

Brown Bag Talks

  • No talks are currently planned.

Undergraduated Seminar

  • No talks are currently planned.
There are currently no upcoming ones.

Studentenprojekte

  • 2025-10-01  -  2026-09-30

    GRIPS4Students

    Greifen und Manipulieren von verformbaren Objekten mit einem zweiarmigen Roboter und komplexen Roboterhänden durch Verstärkungslernen, Nachahmungslernen, Modelle der physischen Welt und Simulation.
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last updated 11.12.2025