The research group Applied Technical-Cognitive Systems (ATKS) focuses on applied machine intelligence technologies. Based on fundamental research, new technical systems such as autonomous vehicles, autonomous service robots or assistance systems with cognitive capabilities are to be realized. The application of these so-called technical-cognitive systems primarily takes place in the context of highly automated, efficient and intermodal mobility, networked automated production and logistics as well as the interactive support of the user in everyday situations.
The addressed foundations of machine intelligence are primarily machine perception, situational understanding and behavioral decision-making. Methods of machine learning and probabilistic inference are researched and applied for all components. System evaluation and validation methods are an additional focus of applied research. Autonomous vehicles such as CoCar NextGen, CoCar, and CoCar-Zero, autonomous shuttles such as Anna and Ella, mobile robots such as the assistance robot Hollie, the Lauron walking machines or the inspection robot Kairo form valuable integration and evaluation platforms for applied research. They are being further developed in close cooperation with the FZI and used for joint research and teaching.
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At the IEEE IV 2025 in Romania, our research group was represented with 13 accepted papers. In addition, Ahmed Abouelazm won the Best Paper Award with his contribution "TPK: Trustworthy Trajectory Prediction Integrating Prior Knowledge For Interpretability and Kinematic Feasibility".
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On Girls' Day 2024, 5 schoolgirls came to our research group "Applied Technical-Cognitive Systems" to get an insight into how we came to our profession, where you are allowed to "play" with robots.
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On March 1, 2024, the KIT Center for Mobility Systems and the Energy Lab at Campus North received an official visit from Dr. Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, and Members of the Bundestag Michael Theurer and Parsa Marvi.
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