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Today, robots are no longer only expected to master repetitive work processes, but should take on increasingly complex and flexible tasks. Combining artificial intelligence with robotics entails huge opportunities for both our industry and society. The BMBF transfers intelligent robotic systems into practice.

Opportunities

  • Intelligent robotics can increase resilience in the face of crisis as it allows production to be relocated back to Germany and Europe.
  • In environmental technology, intelligent robotics can support the efficient and economical use of resources, e.g. robots can help with recycling, reduce the use of pesticides in agriculture or assist during harvesting.
  • Intelligent robotics can also support skilled workers as robots can be used to perform simple tasks.
  • Intelligent robotics can enable elderly people to live independently in familiar surroundings for longer, thereby reducing the burden on the care system.

Aurale Überschrift von dem Modul

  • 22-31

    % annual growth rate predicted for the global market for intelligent robots by 2027.

Germany has the largest robotics market in Europe and the fourth highest density of robots in the world. Until now, these robots have mainly been used for automating predominantly repetitive work processes, for example on assembly lines.

 The next step is just around the corner. Researchers are developing smart robots that can act independently and therefore take on more complex tasks. Intelligent robotics is the result of the synergy between artificial intelligence (AI) and robots. AI allows robots to perform intelligent and autonomous functions. This opens up an enormous range of possible uses, e.g. in agriculture or care work.

Robotics Research Action Plan 

The Robotics Research Action Plan is designed to enhance Germany’s innovative strength as well as safeguarding Europe’s technological sovereignty. The aim of the Action Plan is to strengthen the national robotics ecosystem in the fields of research and skilled labour as well as to pool and strategically align sources of robotics research funding. 

The Robotics Research Action Plan presents the funding provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for robotics research in four fields of action:

  • Utilizing innovations in basic technologies for robotics
  • Concentrating and interlinking cutting-edge robotics research
  • Supporting skilled workers for the robotics of the future
  • Developing practical applications for intelligent robotics

 Robotics research benefits from close cooperation between government ministries, which is why the measures of the Action Plan have been designed as part of an overarching course of action between the BMBF and the Federal Government.

Robotics Institute Germany (RIG)

The Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) forms the backbone of the Robotics Research Action Plan. It brings together the top locations for robotics research in Germany to form a decentralized institution that represents cutting-edge German robotics research at an international level. The RIG aims to:

  • Prominently represent cutting-edge German research internationally
  • Jointly offer novel initial and further training measures for talent recruitment
  • Encourage cooperation with relevant stakeholders in the robotics ecosystem
  • Develop a national roadmap for excellent and transfer-relevant robotics research
  • Serve as a first point of contact internationally

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Intelligent robotics draws on a range of basic technologies.

Editorial deadline for this text: 01.11.2024

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