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

OpenEASE and RoboSherlock @ AAMAS 2015 in Istanbul

openEASE the web-based knowledge service for robots will be presented for the first time at AAMAS. The workshop paper will summarize the way in which the robots and robotics researchers can benefit on openEASE's knowledge processing mechanisms. The full paper will present an approach on how to design control programs able to deal with vague action and object descriptions while monitoring unexpected events and reacting to them.

Full papers:

  • Jan Winkler and Michael Beetz, “Generalized Plan Design For Autonomous Mobile Manipulation in Open Environments”.

Workshop papers:

  • Georg Bartels and Daniel Beßler and Michael Beetz and Moritz Tenorth and Jan Winkler, “How to Use OpenEASE: An Online Knowledge Processing System for Robots and Robotics Researchers”

RoboSherlock is at AAMAS for the first time. It is a cognitive perception system build on top of the principles of unstructured management information architecture. The full paper will present an approach on how to enable robotic perception systems to better deal with the variations of appearances and perceptual properties that real-world objects exhibit and how to perceive the affordances of the variety of perceptual tasks they have to perform. The workshop paper will present how RoboSherlock interacts with Open EASE and boosts the perception capabilities of a robotic agent performing household chores.

Full papers:

  • Thiemo Wiedemeyer, Ferenc Balint-Benczedi, Michael Beetz, “Pervasive 'Calm' Perception for Autonomous Robotic Agents”.

Workshop papers:

  • Ferenc Balint-Benczedi, Thiemo Wiedemeyer, Moritz Tenorth, Daniel Beßler and Michael Beetz, “A Knowledge-Based Approach to Robotic Perception using Unstructured Information Management”
2015/03/24 10:22

OpenEASE and RoboSherlock @ ICRA 2015 in Washington State

openEASE the web-based knowledge service for robots will be presented for the first time at ICRA. The paper presenting it offers an overview of the types of data it holds and the types of functionalists it exposes.

  • Michael Beetz, Moritz Tenorth, Jan Winkler, “OPEN-EASE - A Knowledge Processing Service for Robots and Robotics/AI Researchers”.

RoboSherlock is at ICRA for the first time. It is a cognitive perception system built on top of the principles of unstructured management information.

  • Michael Beetz, Ferenc Balint-Benczedi, Nico Blodow, Daniel Nyga, Thiemo Wiedemeyer, Zoltan-Csaba Marton, “RoboSherlock: Unstructured Information Processing for Robot Perception”.
2015/03/24 09:58

Google Summer of Code 2015

The Institute for Artificial Intelligence has been selected as mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code 2015 as one out of 137 organizations world-wide. The initiative, started in 2005, sponsors students during the summer months for contributing code to selected open source projects. This is our second year in the Google-sponsored program.

As part of our research, we are maintaining and developing the plan-based control system CRAM, allowing the specification and execution of complex robot behavior, and the KnowRob knowledge base that provides robots with the knowledge required to perform their tasks. You can find more information about the proposed projects as well as contact information of the designated mentors at our Google Summer of Code page.

2015/03/03 06:22

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

Contact via
Andrea Cowley
assistant to Prof. Beetz
ai-office@cs.uni-bremen.de

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