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Medical Assistance Systems

Medical model of a torso with a person in surgical clothing standing next to it. The staff, people are holding the heart removed from the model.
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Floka

Floka robot shows child a cup
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Floka is an anthropomorphic robotic head developed at Bielefeld University. The modular design of this sensor head is inspired by the Flobi robot head. It can form facial expressions (mouth/lips, eyes, eyebrows, eyelids, neck) and is used in various settings, e.g., with the Meka M1 platform.

The social robot Floka - a companion in the home of the future

Floka robot shows child a cup Play
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Projects

Meka robot and human working in kitchen
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With the CSRA, a complex supportive environment has been developed by combining a smart home with a cognitive social robot whose advanced manipulation capabilities enable it to distinguish between different social situations that require different social behaviour. This enables helpful and unobtrusive 24/7 operation. Furthermore, this approach will open up a new level of interactive capabilities, raising new research questions about the social and technical aspects of long-term human-technology interactions.

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