Bielefeld University contributes robots to exhibition on 150 year of Japanese-German Friendship |
The center of excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) contributes
two robots to the exhibition „FERNE GEFÄHRTEN. 150 Jahre deutsch-japanische Beziehungen“ in the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum der Weltkulturen in Mannheim. It was inaugurated on the 06.11.2011 by the German president Christian Wulff and the Japanese Ambassador Dr. Takahiro Shinyo. The exhibition shows the Japanese-German history of the last 150 years starting with the first diplomatic exchange up to the scientific collaboration today.
Bielefeld's humanoid robot Bathoc is presented at the exhibition during 150 years of German-Japanese relationships in the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum Mannheim. Interested parties are invited to visit the exhibition until February 5th, 2012
In Mannheim, the two humanoid robots "Flobi" and "Barthoc" for Bielefeld University and the baby-like robot "Pneu-Born" from Osaka Universität are jointly presented. An accompanying video illustrates the intensive Cooperation between the Bielefeld Center of Excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology and the „Center of Human-Friendly Robotics based on Cognitive Neurosciences“ in Osaka. The exhibit was jointly coordinated by Prof. Jochen Steil, Bielefeld, and Prof. Y. Nagai, Osaka, and demonstrates how the researchers from both countries develop tomorrow assistance technology.
