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Wenlan Shen delivered a fantastic presentation at #HRI2025 on her paper, co-authored with Simon Armleder and Professor Gordon Cheng, titled "Tactile-based Dual-arm Manipulation with Physical Human-Robot Interaction." This was part of HRI’25, the 20th edition of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, held in #Melbourne, #Australia. Great job! 👏 #hri #ai4good #humanoidrobots #humanoid #robotics #robots

*** Excited about the future of AI! *** Having fun at our EASE Spring meeting. The progress in our Everyday Activities Science and Engineering (EASE) project is remarkable, focusing on developing innovative robots for everyday use. 🤖😄 It's been a fun time filled with great robots and great people! 👍 Seeing Aaron Edsinger ‘s Stretch robot in the EASE kitchen working among PR2 and other robots was fun. 🤖🤖🤖 #AI #Robots #Innovation #EASEProject #Engineering #Science #FutureTechnologies #ai4good #artificialintelligence Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation Technical University of Munich TUM - Institute for Cognitive Systems SFB EASE Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI) Hello Robot Inc

Imagine the convenience of a robot assisting with hanging a toolbox on two nails through tactile guidance, requiring minimal effort on your part. 🤖 🙏 At the upcoming #HRI2025 conference on March 4-6, 2025 - in Melbourne, Australia, Wenlan Shen will present our paper on "Tactile-based Dual-arm Manipulation with Physical Human-Robot Interaction." Co-authored by Simon Armleder and myself, the paper explores the exciting realm of rich interactions between humans and robots. Witnessing the seamless collaboration between humans and robots is truly captivating. 🤖😃🤖 #robotics #humanoidrobots #HRI2025 #HRI #fun #ai4good TUM - Institute for Cognitive Systems

Congratulations to Dr. Katrin Schulleri on successfully defending her doctoral dissertation, "Factors Facilitating Human Balance Control: The Role of Body Representations and (Bio-)Feedback." 🎉 The team had the pleasure of congratulating Katrin in person and presenting her with her doctoral hat. A momentous occasion celebrating her hard work and dedication! The hat was hand-crafted by the team - great job, everyone! 🎓 🙏 #doctoral #dissertation #phd #smile #celebration #STEM TUM - Institute for Cognitive Systems

Exciting news from the Advanced Portfolio! A publication in Advanced Materials Technologies showcases the outstanding work by Johannes Frey and John Nassour. Well done! 👏 👍 The study delves into a groundbreaking concept, exploring a variable stiffness structure with shape morphing and shape memory capabilities. This innovative structure is crafted from layered textiles and 3D printing material. Notably, the direct printing of cPLA on textile electrodes enhances the electrodes' contact area, offering a novel approach to achieving variable stiffness in small segments of soft, deformable structures using accessible materials and straightforward manufacturing methods. A step toward smarter soft robotics structure... 🤖 For further insights, delve into the research article by Johannes Frey, John Nassour, and Gordon Cheng, detailing the "Modulating Stiffness and Shape of a Soft, Textile-Based Structure Through Glass Transition of a Conductive Phase-Changing Polymer." Find the full article in Adv. Mater. Technol. 2025, 2400996 at https://lnkd.in/dTVs2D7z. Happy reading! 📑 Source: https://lnkd.in/dTVs2D7z https://lnkd.in/d4JHKZSn TUM - Institute for Cognitive Systems #softrobotics #robotics #humanoid #actuator #materialscience #robots #smartmaterials

Congratulations, Pablo! 🎉 We are incredibly proud of you and all that you’ve achieved. Your hard work and dedication truly shine through, and celebrating this milestone with you brings us so much joy. Keep shining bright! 👍

Working with the NVIDIA Isaac simulator to explore dual-arm robot manipulation of large objects has been engaging and enlightening. Our NVIDIA cluster is really getting a solid workout. The sim-to-real challenge continues to be significant. 🤖 More fun to follow... 😄 #NVIDIA #Simulation #DualArmManipulation #robotics #ai4good #humanoidrobots #artificialintelligence #ML #machinelearning #AI #RL #robotlearning TUM - Institute for Cognitive Systems

The next Doctoral Research Seminar, which will be next Monday February 10th, given by Prof. Jana Diesner on "Using Natural Language Processing to Advance Social Science, Responsibly" 🤖. February 10th 10:30-11:30 Seminar Room 2026 (Karlstr. 45) Bringing together methods from natural language processing (NLP) and network analysis to consider the content and structure of information allows us to discover and re-evaluate theories and patterns of societal behavior. In this process, researchers must make a multitude of decisions that require expertise in managing data provenance, including data ethics and data preparation, and implementing research designs, including integrating LLMs into pipelines to downstream tasks. I present findings and lessons learned from using mixed methods approaches, including methods such as entity resolution, relation extraction, labeling entities with socio-demographic meta data, and using LLMs for these processes, to study how and why researchers collaborate and how people respond to crises. I discuss sources of biases and strategies for mitigating them. #technology #naturallanguageprocessing

Prof. Cristina Piazza and her team recently organized a DEI Luncheon at #sii2025, highlighting the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Vanessa Sanchez and @Hiromi Mochiyama provided valuable insights on DEI, encouraging open-mindedness among #sii2025 attendees, with the event focusing on raising awareness and promoting an inclusive culture. Thanks so much to Cristina, Johanna Happold, Enrica Tricomi, and Riddhiman Laha for their leadership and contributions. Additionally, we are grateful to the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society DEI committee chairs, Daniel Leidner and Karinne Ramirez-Amaro, for their invaluable guidance and support. Appreciation also goes out to Matthew Howard and Katja Mombaur for their thoughtful referral. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Gratitude #DEI #technologyconference

We all enjoyed exploring the exhibits at #sii2025 (Jan 21-24, 2025)! Both participants and robots enjoyed the engaging displays. 🤖 😃 🙏 A big thank you to our generous sponsors and contributors: - IEEE - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) - @sice - Hitachi - PAL Robotics - TUM - Institute for Cognitive Systems - intouch-robotics GmbH I want to give a shoutout to Julio Rogelio Guadarrama Olvera, the Chair of the Exhibition, for the organization! #Gratitude #Innovation #ai4good #artificialintelligence #ai #robotics #humanoidrobots #humanoid #robots #ieee #sice