Germany’s robotics centers establish RIG, the Robotics Institute Germany

From left: Prof. Angela Schoellig from TUM, Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, and Prof. Tamim Asfour from KIT at the presentation of the RIG in Berlin. Also present: ARMAR-7 robot from KIT. | Source: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel

Germany’s leading robotics centers are coming together to establish the Robotics Institute Germany, or RIG. The Technical University of Munich, or TUM, was the leading organization. Participants said they want RIG to become the central contact point for robotics in Germany.