News – Geriatronics

More than 100 visitors during the Doors Open Day

Posted by mirmitumon 11/10/202206/03/2023

LongLeif GaPa gGmbH and the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) opened the doors of the Geriatronics Research Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the public on Saturday 08. October from 10:00 to 16:00. We had more than 100 visitors in six tours during the day. Among them were Garmisch-Partenkirchen Mayoress Elisabeth Koch and MdL Harald Kühn as well as members of the press. This great success is the result of teamwork within the Geriatronics team and with LongLeif and Friends of Geriatronics. We gathered for you some of the best moments in the gallery below.

MobIPaR won euRobotics Tech Transfer award 2021

Posted by mirmitumon 19/04/202106/03/2023

The “Modeling and Rehabilitation Robotics” research team developed a safe and minimalistic control and learning (AI) algorithm, which automatically finds and provides the optimal balance between rigid support and “soft” guidance for any given patient during therapy. This assist-as-needed (AAN) control strategy is being commercialized in collaboration with the high-tech startup Reactive Robotics and Schön Klinik Bad Aibling, as part of a robotic assistive device called VEMO, used for the early rehabilitation of ICU patients.

Visit of the Bavarian Minister of Science and the Arts

Posted by mirmitumon 31/07/202006/03/2023

On Wednesday, Minister Bernd Sibler visited the Geriatronics Research Centre. The focus was on the question of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can facilitate the everyday life of elderly people or can be used sensibly in nursing care.

A leading center for robotic assistance for the elderly

Posted by mirmitumon 19/02/202006/03/2023

TUM President Hofmann and high-ranking representatives of Garmisch-Partenkirchen visited the Geriatronics Research Center with the aim of establishing a “Geriatronics Campus” on site.

Annual Conference of the German Ethics Council

Posted by mirmitumon 02/07/201906/03/2023

On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, the German Ethics Council held its annual meeting to discuss the complex ethical questions raised by the use of robotic technologies in care and especially in nursing for the elderly.

Opening: Research Center Geriatronics

Posted by mirmitumon 06/10/201806/03/2023

As life expectancies in industrial countries get longer, qualified nursing care workers are in increasingly short supply. The TUM User and Research Center for Geriatronics aims to remedy this problem. The center opened on Saturday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Robotic assistants will be developed and tested in field studies to help old people to live independently. The project will receive support from the Bavarian state government and the municipality of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.