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Robotics Innovation Center (RIC)

Germany

The center is organized into four fundamental research groups (Mechanics and Control, Interaction and Learning, Quantum Computing, Human-Centred Interaction) and four applied teams (Maritime, Space, Terrestrial, Intelligent Healthcare Systems).

Updated 2026-07-10 · Last verified 2026-07-10

AffiliationDFKI (Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz)
CountryDE
TypePublic research
Research areaslearning robot control, hybrid symbolic and sub-symbolic AI, humanoid robots, space and maritime robotics
Flagship contributionThrough the VeryHuman project, combined fast reinforcement learning with reliable symbolic verification to teach the RH5 humanoid dynamic walking at up to 0.43 m/s, described by DFKI as a first for this class of humanoid.
Key peopleFrank Kirchner (Directeur du Robotics Innovation Center), Rebecca Adam (Responsable de l'équipe Interaction and Learning), Rolf Drechsler (Directeur du département Cyber-Physical Systems, DFKI Brême)
Open outputsLogiciels open source publiés sur github.com/dfki-ric : Rock (Robot Construction Kit, middleware robotique), HyRoDyn (dynamique hybride), Bagel (langage graphique de dataflow), ARC-OPT.
CityBrême

Sources : DFKI Robotics Innovation Center (2026-07)TechXplore (2024-06-25)DFKI (2024-06)

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