Welcome to the Institute for Artificial Intelligence!
The Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI) is directed by Prof. Michael Beetz.
As a research institute, we conduct basic scientific research in the field of cognition-enabled robotics for everyday activities.
As part of the Faculty of Computer Science, we have a project-based teaching approach. Our hands-on projects in teaching include SuTuRoProjekt: SUTURO - sudo tidy-up-my-room, IntEL4CoRo and the annual EASE Fall School.
The IAI is member of the Center for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI) as well as the high-profile area Minds, Media and Machines (MMM) at the University of Bremen.
Research
| Funded projects | |
|---|---|
 | EASE (SFB 1320) is a collaborative research center for everyday activities. |
 | IntEL4CoRo provides an interactive learning environment. |
 | euROBIN is a European Network of Excellence that the IAI is part of. |
 | REMARO develops a reliable and safe AI system for underwater robotics. |
 | Tracebot enables robotic systems to understand what they do. |
| Internal projects | |
|---|---|
 | CRAM is a software toolbox for the implementation of autonomous robots. |
 | KnowRob is a knowledge processing system for robots. |
 | OpenEASE is a web-based knowledge service providing robot and human activity data. |
 | GISKARD is a framework for constraint- and optimization-based robot motion planning and control. |
 | RoboKudo is a perception framework targeted for robot manipulation tasks. |
A full overview of our ongoing and completed projects can be found here.
News
Technology Transfer Award for Ubica Robotics - Startup
We are celebrating an important award with the robotics start-up Ubica Robotics, which was spun off from the IAI. Together with the University of Bremen and dmTech GmbH, Ubica Robotics has received the euRobotics Technology Transfer Award 2022 at the European Robotics Forum in Rotterdam, which took place last week from June 28 to 30 in Rotterdam.
The euRobotics Technology Transfer Award, now in its 18th edition, honors outstanding examples of technology transfer in robotics and automation resulting from collaboration between research and industry.
Science Award 2022 for Startup Ubica Robotics GmbH
The startup Ubica Robotics GmbH, which emerged from the Institute for Artificial Intelligence, has received the Science Award endowed with 50,000 euros, in the category “Best Startup”.
The prize was awarded by the EHI Foundation on June 1, 2022 in Düsseldorf.
Since their founding in 2020, Ubica develops autonomous scanning robots creating digital twins of retail stores. Their technology is based on research results from the “REFILLS” project, funded by the European Commission and provides information on the the location of products, store layout and the actual inventory and turnover of goods. By identifying gaps on shelves, a significant increase in efficiency and productivity in retail stores can be processed, as the supply chain can be individually optimized for each store. This not only makes processes more cost-efficient, but also improves the shopping experience for customers.
We sincerely congratulate Dr.-Ing. Ferenc Bálint-Benczédi, Georg Bartels, Alexis Maldonado und Jonas Reiling as the founders of Ubica for this special prize.
Find more information about Ubica here: https://www.ubica-robotics.eu/
EASE Fall School 2022
We are happy to announce: The upcoming EASE Fall School will take place from 19th to 23rd September 2022 in the facilities of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Bremen.
Our Fall School gives doctoral students the chance to learn about AI, Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, Robotics, and the challenging field of Robot Manipulation. In lectures and hands-on courses, you can exchange thoughts and ideas with our invited speakers and experts from the collaborative research center EASE.
Register now here: https://ease-crc.org/ease-fall-school-2022/#apply2022
Teaching
A detailed description of most courses can be found in the Online Module Handbook of the Department.
If you are looking for lectures from past semesters, take a look at our Lecture archive.
Besides lectures and projects, we also offer thesis assignments and jobs for student research assistants. If you are interested, you can find more information here.
Prof. Dr. hc. Michael Beetz PhD
Head of Institute
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Andrea Cowley
assistant to Prof. Beetz
ai-office@cs.uni-bremen.de
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