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Welcome to the Institute for Artificial Intelligence!
The Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI) directed by Prof. Michael Beetz is part of the Faculty of Computer Science and member of the Center for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI) at the University of Bremen.
Ocean Sampling Day: DNA Extraction Demonstration
As a side-event of the Ocean Sampling Day 2014 there will be a special public demonstration in our lab on Saturday, the 21st of June, at 10:30. Our PR2 robot will perform some laboratory tasks which are part of a DNA extraction process, such as pipetting and centrifugation using ordinary lab equipment. Please, confer to our press release (in German) for more details about this event. We are looking forward to see you on Saturday! For those who could not attend, you can watch the recording of the event on the following links (starts at ~30 mins):
Webcam,
RobotCam.
Webinar on "The innovative Virtual Research Building (VRB) for AI-powered and cognition-enabled robotics"
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ! We are taking part in AI Month mAI by Rise of AI (ki-deutschland.de) and cordially invite you to the upcoming event. One month. One mission. Make AI accessible.
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๐ข๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฎ.๐ฌ๐ฑ.๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฎ:๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐ญ๐ฐ:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐บ, the Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI) at the University of Bremen will host a ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป โ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐ฉ๐ฅ๐) ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐-๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐โ led by Prof. Dr. h.c. Michael Beetz, PhD. Co-speakers: Dr. Michaela Kรผmpel, Vanessa Hassouna, Sascha Jongebloed, Arthur Niedzwiecki
Participation fee: free of charge
Webinar language: German
Requirement: high level of motivation
Via Zoom Link: https://uni-bremen.zoom-x.de/j/64073931541?pwd=VkMyQkpEOW1kdmhpb0NRNkcyNWFTZz09
Have you ever thought about experiencing cutting-edge scientific research live and even trying it out for yourself? With our VRB webinar we offer you this opportunity! Experience what it's like to work in innovative virtual research laboratories and gain basic knowledge in leading research fields.
The Virtual Research Building (VRB) is an integrated ecosystem designed to promote the development of AI-powered and cognition-enabled robotics. It supports the entire research and innovation pipeline from talent acquisition and training to collaboration in cutting-edge research and knowledge transfer for economic and societal benefit.
With the VRB, we offer convenient, open access to our research infrastructure for cooperative and cognition-based robotics and AI. In our webinar, you will gain insights into how you can benefit from this revolutionary platform equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories. Don't miss this opportunity and discover the potential of our VRB.
Join us and shape the future with us!
A recap of the AI Innovation Made in Bremen event
On April 9th, we had the opportunity to host the โTZI Roadshow: KI Innovation made in Bremenโ event in our facilities. The event kicked off with inspiring welcome speeches from the University of Bremenโs Chancellor, Frauke Meyer, and Bremenโs Senator for Environment, Climate, and Science, Kathrin Moosdorf. Both highlighted the transformative impact of AI, especially its potential to revolutionize the Bremen region.
In the keynote speech by Prof. Beetz from our institute, he envisioned Bremen as a future global hub for AI-based robotics research. This bold idea resonated throughout the following panel discussion, where experts like Georg Bartels (Co-Founder & CEO at UBICA Robotics GmbH), Prof. Rainer Malaka (Managing Director of TZI Center for Computing Technologies), Dr. Nina Wenig (Founder of IDA GmbH), and Andreas Wulfes (CEO at Neusta Data Intelligence GmbH) explored AIโs expansive possibilities for regional business development in northwest Germany.
Afterwards, the more than 220 attendees engaged with groundbreaking research projects of the TZI and explored the innovative start-up exhibits. The atmosphere of the evening buzzed with a vibrant exchange of ideas among all participants.
We thank all guests and participants for their positive feedback on the evening and extend our thanks to our partners and colleagues at the TZI Center for Computing Technologies and idea2business (i2b) for the excellent teamwork in organizing this successful event.
Also visit the Digital Media Lab: Digital Media Lab - Universitรคt Bremen
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Robotics Start-Up Ubica Wins Award for Innovative Strategies in Retail
We are celebrating an important award with the robotics start-up Ubica Robotics, which was spun out from the IAI: The ZukunftHandel Award, an initiative of the German Retail Association, honours outstanding examples of forward-thinking strategies in retail. The jury was convinced by Ubicaโs digital twins as an innovative and practice-oriented solution that saves time and money in retail.
About the startup
The start-up Ubica Robotics was founded in 2020 by Ferenc Bรกlint-Benczรฉdi, Georg Bartels, Alexis Maldonado and Jonas Reiling as a spin-out from the University of Bremen. The start-up is based on the research work of its founders within the framework of the H2020 research project โRobotics Enabling Fully-Integrated Logistics Lines for Supermarketsโ (REFILLS) funded by the EU Commission. On this basis, the start-up develops robots that improve internal processes in retail stores.
What makes Ubicaโs retail robots innovative?
The ZukunftHandel award is well-deserved: There is no doubt that Ubica's robots are outstanding in the German stationary retail sector. With their wide range of applications, they occupy a unique position. What also sets UBICA's robots apart is that they are backed up by detailed digital models and linked to background knowledge, enabling them to do their best work on the basis of so-called digital twins.
Every night after store closing time, Ubica's UB5 scanning robots autonomously roam the retail stores to capture, recognise and identify store inventory, and create and update store digital twins on a daily basis.
Based on these digital twins, which represent an accurate 3D digital image of the store, inventory management can be optimized in several ways: Customers and staff can find products more quickly, shelf gaps can be identified and closed early, and stocktaking can be simplified. This gives employees more time during the day to advise their customers. Overall, the use of Ubica robots promises stores to save time and money.
For more information about Ubica, visit their website.
Enabling everyone to explore real robotics โ online
Save the date to get to know the IAI's interactive learning environment for everyday robotics in an online workshop as part of this year's European Robotics Week hosted by the European Robotics Forum.
The IAI's workshop at the 2023 European Robotics Forum
In the upcoming workshop we will present our interactive learning platform IntEL4CoRo, which is designed to enable students and researchers to work with our frameworks.
The workshop will consist of two tutorials:
- how to acquire web knowledge for robot action execution
- how to perform everyday manipulation tasks in the interactive learning environment.
Mark your calendar: November 23rd, 10:00 - 13:00 CET
For more information, visit the IntEL4CoRo project website.
For access to the online event, visit https://events.eu-robotics.net/event/everyday-activitity-knowledge-acquisition-and-execution-in-an-interactive-learning-environment/
A recap of the EASE Fall School 2023
In the week from September 11 to 15, it was time for the EASE Fall School again: Experienced researchers and industry partners provided insights into cognition-enabled robotics for everyday activities at the EASE Fall School, organized by the Collaborative Research Center EASE.
The EASE Fall School is an annual intensive one-week programme aimed specifically at young researchers interested in the field of cognition-enabled robotics.
Lectures and interactive workshops provide knowledge and skills in AI and robot manipulation relevant to cognition-enabled everyday activity robotics. In addition, social and cultural activities around the academic program provide variety and offer the opportunity to get to know the city of Bremen a bit โ this year, for example, on a tour of the Becks brewery and a visit to the IAI spin-off UBICA.
A programme that brings together theory and practice
The aim of each Fall School is to combine theory and practice in a fruitful way, so that participants can put their newly gained knowledge directly into practice.
To this end, this year's EASE Fall School once again offered its visitors a full and, above all, varied schedule:
The mornings were filled with exciting presentations by invited international guests from research and industry.
In the afternoons, participants were able to gain active insights into EASE research: In hands-on sessions prepared by early career researchers of the institute, they had the opportunity to get to know different frameworks and to test methods of simulation, modelling and robot control.
At the end of each day, there was the opportunity to exchange ideas in an informal setting and to see a little of the city of Bremen during social activities.
Synergies with the Artificial Intelligence and Cognition Workshop
This year, the Fall School was held in parallel with the 9th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition (AIC), which took place on September 14 and 15.
By bringing together research in artificial intelligence, robotics and cognition, the Collaborative Research Centre aims to deepen the dialogue between the various disciplines beyond the boundaries of the respective events, not only in terms of subject matter, but also in terms of shared learning and networking.
Participants of both events had the opportunity to exchange ideas across events and participants of the Fall School were invited to present their research at the workshop. The conjunction of the two events, which ended in a joint farewell session on Friday, provided a lively exchange across disciplines.
All in all, there was a lot of positive feedback from the participants and the faculty, who once again found this Fall School to be very insightful and broadening.
All lectures were recorded and are openly available on the EASE Learning Hub.
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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