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HRL presents the PRIVATAR project at Bonn Science Night 2026
At Bonn Science Night 2026, taking place from May 21–22, 2026, we will present the PRIVATAR project as part of the AI research tent under the theme “Diagnosis: The Future”. Visitors can experience how telepresence robotics help sick children participate in school lessons remotely. The project combines human-robot interaction and privacy-aware design to explore how assistive technologies can support social participation in everyday life without violating sensitive data.
Beyond Physical Safety in Intelligent Robots (Besafe) Workshop proposal accepted for IEEE RO-MAN 2026 Conference
A half-day workshop examining what "safe enough" means when robots reason, communicate, and act with increasing autonomy, bringing together robotics, AI, cognitive science, and ethics at the IEEE RO-MAN 2026 conference in Kitakyushu, Japan.
HRL attends the German Robotics Conference and meets Minister Dorothee Bär
We are proud to share that we are local host of the 2nd German Robotics Conference (GRC) under the aegis of the Robotics Institute Germany (RIG), taking place from March 11-13 in Cologne. We participate with multiple poster presentations, talks, demos, and a panel session on the inegration of robotics and AI. Furtheremore, we co-organize a Women in Robotics and AI networking event.
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