Technical University of Munich with 9 other universities jointly establishes Robotics Institute Germany

"I am delighted that we have succeeded together in establishing a robotics network with such strong partners from universities and non-university institutions for this pioneering AI-based robotics concept," says Prof Angela Schoellig from consortium leader Technical University of Munich.

Study in Germany: The Technical University of Munich (TUM) along with other universities jointly established the Robotics Institute Germany (RIG).

The Ministry of Education and Research funds the top robotics consortium in Germany. RIG is jointly established by Germany’s leading robotics centres. At the "AI-based Robotics 2024" conference in Berlin, RIG spokesperson Prof Tamim Asfour from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Prof Angela Schoellig from the consortium leader, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) presented the RIG concept for AI-based robotics.

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded the project for the next four years and it will start on July 1, 2024.

Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger said: "Germany is already well positioned in both AI and robotics research. So the time for AI-based robotics is right now. To this end, we are expanding our new Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) and bringing together the best talent. This will create a decentralized network of cutting-edge research locations. In this way, we are creating the conditions to integrate the enormous potential of AI into robotic systems."

Prof Angela Schoellig from consortium leader TUM said, "The RIG is a historic initiative that comes at exactly the right time. We are responding to current trends in the USA, for example, where many well-known companies are investing heavily in AI-based robotics. We are doing this with our program, which is geared towards cutting-edge research and talent."

Many universities participated in RIG establishment

Other nine universities involved in the establishment of Robotics Institute Germany are - the University of Bonn, the Technical University of Berlin, the Technical University of Darmstadt, the University of Bremen, the University of Stuttgart, RWTH Aachen University, the Technical University of Dresden and the Technical University of Nuremberg. Also participating are the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, three Fraunhofer Institutes (IPA, IOSB and IML) and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) as well as 19 associated partners

Five strategic goals of the Robotics Institute Germany

The following are five strategic goals of Robotics Institute Germany:

1. Making research globally competitive

2 Sharing infrastructure and resources

3. Promoting talent and offering training and education

4. Making robotics research comparable through benchmarking and competitions

5. Simplifying the transfer of research outcomes for industry

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