Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation
Assistive Robotics
Assistive Robots Support and Interact with Humans
Assistive robots constitute a new category of robots since they share a work area and interact directly with humans. Their distinctive feature is their capability to perceive their environment and individuals with the aid of sensors and intelligent algorithms, to communicate with people multimodally, to navigate autonomously and to make decisions independently. Navigation, cognition, multimodal interaction and safety are priorities of the Fraunhofer IFF’s development work.
Range of Services
- Navigation (especially visual navigation) system development and environment modeling
- Autonomous mobile robot development, specializing in kinematic, sensor and power supply systems
- Systems integration
- Multimodal human-robot interaction
- Cognition in robotics
- Analysis of the commercial potential of autonomous mobile robot and assistance systems