Research Projects

RimA
Robotics Transfer Center RimA – “Roboter im Alltag (RimA)”
Start: 08/2021
End: 10/2025

The RimA project focused on the state-of-the-art in service robotics and human-robot interaction in everyday life (RimA). A Transfer Center was established to connect stakeholders from research and industry, as well as institutions and individuals who use or interact with assistance and service robotics in everyday life. The focus was on the transfer and evaluation of research and development results on intuitive forms of interaction for service and assistance robots in various areas of application, as well as on the exchange between start-ups, BMFTR-funded competence centers, and other independent projects dealing with robotic solutions for everyday life. The RimA community remains active.
As society becomes increasingly digitized, robots (such as vacuum cleaners) are also becoming more commonplace in our everyday lives. However, more and more service and assistance robots are supporting people not only in their own homes or with health care, but also in public spaces (such as sweeping robots). Simple and natural interaction between humans and these robots is one of the key challenges and hurdles in this area.

The aim of the Transfer Center coordinated by the FZI was to create a sustainable platform for classifying the status and further development of new innovative robotics components, services, and applications, as well as for exchanging information about them. To achieve this, a comprehensive knowledge platform was created, and various events were organized to promote the formation of a new service robotics community in Germany.

Sustainable results of the project include the aforementioned RimA knowledge platform (link below), the RimA discourse forum (link below), the establishment of the RimA Summer School, and scientifically published research results on benchmarking. Numerous workshops and training courses were also held during the project period, access to benchmarking laboratories in Bonn and Karlsruhe was offered, and transfer events were held for various target groups.

Role of the FZI
The FZI served as the coordinator of the Robotics Transfer Center RimA – “Roboter im Alltag (RimA)” and was therefore significantly involved in all the measures and developments mentioned. It also continues to manage the online presence of the Transfer Center Robots in Everyday Life.

Contact person
Department Manager
Division: Intelligent Systems and Production Engineering
Headquarters Karlsruhe

Research focus
Applied Artificial Intelligence

In this research focus, the FZI concentrates on practical research into the key technology of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Innovative AI solutions are developed and transferred to application areas such as mobility, robotics, healthcare technology, logistics, production, and supply and disposal on behalf of our partners and customers.

Funding notice:
The RimA project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space.

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