University of Bremen
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
- AI-based robotics
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Mechatronics
- Development of intelligent robot systems for a wide range of applications: underwater, space, SAR (search and rescue), and security robotics, logistics, production and consumer (LPC), electromobility, and assistance and rehabilitation robotics.
- Maritime Robotik
- Weltraumrobotik
- Terrestrische Robotik
- Intelligente Gesundheitssysteme
- Mechanik und Steuerung
- Quantencomputing
- Interaktion und Lernen
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank Kirchner
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI), Robotics Innovation Center
Frank Kirchner is Managing Director of DFKI Bremen and is responsible for the Robotics Innovation Center research area with over 100 employees.
Founded in 2006 as a DFKI laboratory in Bremen, the institute builds on the fundamental research of the robotics working group led by Kirchner at the University of Bremen. Since 2002, the university professor has held the Chair of Robotics in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Kirchner studied and earned his doctorate at the University of Bonn and worked as a senior scientist at the Society for Mathematics and Data Processing (GMD) in Sankt Augustin and at the Electrical Engineering Department of Northeastern University in Boston (USA). In 2013, under his leadership and modeled on the DFKI, the Brazilian government founded the Brazilian Institute of Robotics in Salvador da Bahia, where he served as scientific director during the start-up phase. In 2017, he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his services in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. Frank Kirchner is one of the leading experts in the field of biologically inspired behavior and motion sequences of highly redundant, multifunctional robot systems. In addition, he supervises a large number of doctoral theses, regularly acts as a reviewer for a number of international scientific journals and conferences, and is the author of more than 350 publications in the field of robotics and AI. In 2015, Frank Kirchner was elected and admitted as a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW).