General Info
The Robotics group started at the very beginning
of academic activities at Jacobs
University in fall 2001. Much like Jacobs itself as a novel,
highly selective institution in the German university landscape,
robotics is still a very young and very small but ambitious group
comitted to excellence in research. The group is truly international
with English as working language. Jacobs University was called
International University Bremen (IUB) before 2007 [more
info]; hence the two names for the same institution can be
found on this website.
Jacobs Robotics is embedded in the EECS
undergraduate teaching activities, in the CS graduate program
SmartSystems,
and in the COSYP
graduate program of the Jacobs Research Center on Cognitive
Systems and Processes (COSYP).
The research of the group focuses on Autonomous
Systems. The expertise in this field ranges from the development
of embedded hardware over mechatronics and sensors to high-level
software. On the basic research side of autonomous systems, machine
learning and cooperation are core themes of robotics research
at Jacobs University. The systems developed here are used in various
domains, including safety, security
and rescue robots (SSRR) and underwater
robotics.
Recent News
Co3-AUVs Summer School 2010
The first summer school within the Cooperative
Cognitive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (Co3-AUVs)
EU project is held from 23.07.2010 until 27.07.2010 at Jacobs University.
The Co3-AUVs summer school has a strong hands-on character. Participants
receive the opportunity to work with state of the art marine robotics
equipment and to engage in practical experiments. In addition, they
are introduced to an Open Source marine robotics simulator featuring
among others 3D visualization and physics, which allows them to
continue possible work started in the summer school. Students on
all levels (PhD /graduate/undergrad) from outside the Co3-AUVs project
are particularly welcome to participate in the summer school. [more]
Cognitive Systems and Processes (COSYP) PhD program started
The Cognitive Systems
and Processes (COSYP) Research Center at Jacobs University has
started a graduate program, which offers among others an integrated
PhD track, i.e., that is open for students with a BSc. degree. The
COSYP graduate program is strongly transdisciplinary and it offers
a researchoriented education by faculty from computer
science and electrical engineering, especially robotics,
automation, and machine learning, psychology,
especially cognitive and social psychology, and neuroscience,
especially computational neuroscience and neurobiology. [more]
8th IEEE Safety, Security, Rescue Robotics (SSRR-2010) at Jacobs
University
The Jacobs Robotics group hosts the eighth IEEE International Workshop
on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR-2010). It takes place
from 26. to 30. July 2010. SSRR-2010 is dedicated to identifying
and solving the key issues necessary to field capable robots in
response missions. This includes aerial and ground robots as well
as unmanned underwater and surface marine vehicles. The scope of
SSRR covers the robots' overall design as well as crucial components,
e.g., for advanced locomotion, and intelligent onboard functionalities
up to full autonomy.
[more]
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