Projects
CITEC’s interdisciplinary research is grouped into strategic project lines. Researchers draw upon the know-how and expertise from a wide range of scientific fields, and work together, for instance, on large-scale projects with teams of up to 20 people, to develop the technology of tomorrow. In addition to the large-scale projects, CITEC researchers are working on more than 100 different projects of varying sizes. Here you can find an overview of the research projects since 2013. Earlier projects are compiled in the archive.
Large Scale Projects (LSP) relate the research of up to 20 academics. These projects aim at major contributions to the CITEC research agenda, i.e. the development of joint demonstrators.
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The Cognitive Service Robotics Apartment as Ambient Host (CSRA, LSP-01)
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Deep Familiarization and Learning Grounded in Cooperative manual Action and Language - from Analysis to Implementation (FAMULA, LSP-02)
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Intelligent Coaching Space (ICSPACE, LSP-03)
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Embodied Interaction as a Core of Cognitive Interaction: A holistic approach towards autonomous walking system (EICCI, LSP-04)
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Highly Interdisziplinary Projects (IP) typically connect two researchers. Each of whom brings in expertise from a different field in order to solve a joint research question.
- Computational Pragmatics - Multimodal Intention Processing Systems (IP-07)
- Active pre-touch sensing. From biology to neuromorphic biomimetic artifacts (IP-08)
- Bio-inspired lightweight omni-directional visual system with local gain control (IP-10)
- Towards a model for the incremental co-development of linguistic and conceptual representation of action (IP-13)
- GoToGoal: Experimental Investigation of Goal Babbling (IP-15)
- Interactional Coordination and Incrementality in HRI - A Museum Guide Robot (IP-18)
- Brain-machine interfaces to improve human-machine interaction using resource efficiency and adaptivity (IP-19)
- Single and Dyadic Visuo-Haptic Task Learning (IP-24)
Small, High Risk Projects (HP) typically are pursued by a single researcher and are designed to investigate a highly innovative and risky idea.
- Learning to attend in sensorimotor tasks (SP-01)
- Visual attention and decision making in insects (SP-03)
- Social Motorics - An integrated embodied model of gesture production, comprehension, and coordination (SP-05)
- Cognitive control and neurophysiological bases of planning and executing manual actions (SP-07)
- Monitoring real-time real-world interaction in an identified neuron (SP-10)
Graduate School Projects (GSP) are the doctoral and postdoctoral research projects by the members of CITEC's graduate school. The Graduate School Projects are displayed in the overview of CITEC doctoral researchers and postdocs.
Third Party Projects (TPP) are research and development projects that are not financed from CITEC's own budget but with financial support from external sponsors like governmental departments. This is a selection of current projects:
EU
- Child-Robot Communication and Collaboration (BabyRobot)
- Low Energy Toolset for Heterogeneous Computing (LEGaTO)
- Modular Microserver Data Centre (M2DC)
- The Human Brain Project (HBP)
- Second Language Tutoring using Social Robots (L2TOR)
- Understanding the neural mechanisms of multisensory perception based on computational principles (DynaSens)
DFG
- Continuous quality control for research data to ensure reproducibility: an institutional approach (CONQUAIRE)
- Empirical and computational study of iconic gesture-speech integration and its development in preschool children (EcoGEST)
- Episodische Gedächtnisse für manuelle Alltagsaktivitäten (EASE)
- Kognitive Mechanismen der Handlungsplanung - Wie kognitive und mechanische Kosten die Neuplanung und Wiederverwendung alter Handlungspläne beeinflussen (KogMech)
- Robust Argumentation Machines (RATIO)
- Schachexpertise auf der Grundlage von Augenbewegungen und Emotionen (CEEGE)
- Sensorimotor processing and reference frame transformations in the human brain, Research & Touch Lab
- TACT-HAND: Verbesserte Steuerung von Handprothesen mittels Taktilsensorik und realistischen maschinellen Lernmethoden
BMBF
- A training and communication system for severely brain damaged, disabled individuals (NeuroComm Trainer)
- Automatische Erstellung einer Wissensbasis zur Unterstützung der Translation von der präklinischen Forschung in die klinische Anwendung bei Rückenmarksverletzungen (PSINK)
- Entwicklung eines vertrauenswürdigen, lebendigen sozialen Roboters, der Nutzer im persönlichen Wohlbefinden unterstützt (VIVA)
- Entwicklung und Evaluation einer Intervention von durch energetische Sanierung ausgelösten Rebound-Effekten (Environ)
- Intelligent Technical System — it's OWL
- NeuroCommTrainer - Assessement, Development, Training (AssDT)
- Soziale Angemessenheit für Assistnezsysteme (poliTE)
Further projects
Completed projects
- Cognitive Development for Friendly Robots and Rehabilitation (CODEFROR)
- DUEL: Disfluencies, Exclamations, and Laughter in Dialogue
- Learning Dynamic Feedback in Intelligent Systems (DynaFIT)
- Haptic Learning
- Linked Data as an enabler of cross-media and multilingual content analytics for enterprises across Europe (LIDER)
- Robots Exploring Tools as Extensions to their Body Autonomously (REBA+)
- Hochskalierbare FPGA-Systeme für Prototyping und HPC (ParaXent)
- Smart Assembly Robot with Advanced FUNctionalities (SARAFun)
- Wearable Haptics for Humans and Robotics (WEARHAP)
- KogniHome: Mitdenkende Wohnung der Zukunft
- Adaptive and Mobile Action Assistance in Daily Living Activities (ADAMAAS)
- Sozial kooperative virtuelle Assistenten als Tagesbegleiter für Menschen mit Unterstützungsbedarf (KOMPASS)
- Learning strategies and visual information used for localising a goal in bumblebee navigation: A combined behavioural, neural and modelling analysis