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News July 2010

32 million Euros for a new "Interactive Intelligent Systems" research building

Bielefeld University wins first place in the Wissenschaftsrat's [WR, Council of Science and Humanities] research buildings competition: outstanding quality and international significance.

Robots as Fitness Coaches for Astronauts

As part of a new project funded by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), scientists at Bielefeld are studying new ways of reducing the physical and psychological stress facing astronauts spending a long time in space. The idea is to use so-called artificial intelligent robot systems. The 3-year project is located in the Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics (CoR-Lab) at Bielefeld University and is receiving a grant of 2.2 million Euros.