Interactive Robotics in Medicine and Care
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Interactive Robotics in Medicine and Care
The Interactive Robotics in Medicine and Care research group headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anna-Lisa Vollmer is part of the Medical School OWL at Bielefeld University. Our work lies at the interface of social robotics, cognitive sciences and machine learning, applied to assistance needs in medicine and care.
People with individual needs and wants should be able to teach robots how to best assist them.
To do this, we use leading-edge hardware and methods from AI and robotics to enable learning in interaction with humans, but also to study interaction and better understand the social cognition of humans.
The successful implementation of intelligent technical systems in practice is another focus of research for the working group.
News
- Showroom visits Gütersloh!
- Visit us at the Wissenswerkstadt!
- NAO visits the daycare center!
- Kickoff-Event of the new focus area AI*IM at the Bielefeld University!
- Anna-Lisa Vollmer publishes new paper on improving HRI!
- SAIL Spring School 2025 on innovating AI wrapped up!
- New experiences at 1st German Robotics Conference
- Visit from the Regional Board Ostwestfalen of the SPD Senior Organization 60plus
- AURORA is online!
- Anna-Lisa Vollmer presents our research at the 1st German Robotics Conference in Nuremberg!
- Phillip Richter and Robin Helmert attending HRI 2025 in Melbourne!
- Robin Helmert presents his paper at HRI 2025
- "Health Communications"-Students visited the Showroom
- More news...
Innovation Festival 2025
On 17 and 18 September 2025, BRIC is organising the "Innovation Festival" together with Bielefeld University and HSBI, at which forward-looking technologies and innovative solutions for science and business will be discussed. Over two days, experts, entrepreneurs and interested parties will discuss the technological advances of tomorrow and jointly develop visions for a technically assisted future.
Exciting contributions can also be expected from our team! On Thursday, 18 September 2025, two workshops will be offered by members of our working group between 10 am and 12 noon. Dr Mara Brandt will give an overview of current research and potential developments in the field of supporting everyday life through intelligent assistance systems for people with cognitive impairments in her session "Assistance systems for more independence". At the same time, Isabel Klemme will be exploring current challenges in the rapid transfer of new technological advances into practical applications in the healthcare sector in the workshop "From research to the clinic". In addition, the "Interactive assistance technology in medicine and care" showroom will be open to visitors on both days, where a range of systems and robots from our research can be examined. Attendance and participation in the festival are free of charge. All further information on the programme and registration can be found here. We look forward to seeing you!
Route Description
Building R1 is highlighted on the campus plan in the picture. The picture can be enlarged by clicking on it if necessary. The easiest way to reach the premises of the workgroup is to take the main entrance at Morgenbreede into building R1. In the entrance hall the way leads further through the corridor on the left to the next staircase. In the stairwell, the individual floors are marked by labels A0 to A3. The A3 corridor is located on the highest floor in the A corridor on the right side. Here you will find, among other things, the office of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anna-Lisa Vollmer.
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