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
2nd Integration Workshop of EU Project RoboHow
In mid-February, the 2nd joint integration workshop of the EU project RoboHow took place in our labs. PhD students and PostDocs from all our project partners visited us to work together to integrate their results and prepare the first review meeting.
While also focssing on software integration, the workshop also featured scientific presentations and hands-on tutorials. Furthermore, we visited the MARUM for a guided tour which all of us enjoyed very much.
The workshop was a huge success leaving all participants excited about the upcoming phases of RoboHow. We are looking forward to the next workshop which will be hosted by our project partner KTH, in Stockholm.
IROS 2012
Autumn is IROS-time – the IAS team is looking forward to IROS 2012 in Vilamoura, Portual. Below is an overview of our presentations, we are looking forward to meeting you at the conference!
- Everything Robots Always Wanted to Know about Housework (But Were Afraid to Ask). Daniel Nyga and Michael Beetz. (MonAT7.3, Monday 11:30-11:45)
- A Unified Representation for Reasoning about Robot Actions, Processes, and Their Effects on Objects. Moritz Tenorth and Michael Beetz. (MonDT11.3, Monday 16:45-17:00)
- Improving Robot Manipulation through Fingertip Perception. Alexis Maldonado, Humberto Alvarez Heredia, and Michael Beetz. (TueDT10.1, Tuesday 16:15-16:30)
- Semantic Object Maps for Robotic Housework - Representation, Acquisition and Use. Dejan Pangercic, Moritz Tenorth, Benjamin Pitzer, and Michael Beetz (WedET5.1, Wednesday, 15:00-15:15)
IAS at the Automatica 2012
The IAS team will be involved in two demonstrations at the Automatica trade fair: Our PR2 will prepare popcorn for the visitors at the CoTeSys booth in hall B1, booth 321. As part of the DLR booth, parts of the team will present first results of the SAPHARI project, namely DLR lightweight arms playing with BRIO wooden toy railways (hall B3, booth 520/521). We are looking forward to meeting you there!
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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