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Through live demonstrations at the Forum der Zukunft/KI.Fabrik in München, we have showcased the current state of the art for the project. During a series of live demonstrations, we presented the current implementation of core components for perception, planning and control for picking and throwing, human perception and scene understanding, human-aware mapping and human–robot spatial interaction, motion planning, task scheduling, as well as the mobile dynamic manipulation platform itself. The throwing capabilities of an elastic arm have also been presented…

We are happy that the following DARKO innovations have been acknowledged by the European Commission.Read more at Innovation Radar > Discover great EU-funded innovations (europa.eu) and search for DARKO.

The integration phase in Stuttgart team was an intense and dedicated effort, characterized by extended working hours, including late nights and early mornings. This period was marked by the coming together of highly motivated and skilled teams, all focused on ensuring the highest levels of safety, efficiency, and smooth operation of the robotic systems. The primary goal during this phase was the successful deployment and integration of all the new features that had been meticulously developed and refined in the…

Work is progressing towards the realisation of the initial hardware platform to be used in DARKO. The fleet of three robots is under construction, and will look similar to this concept drawing. Another notable exciting update is that we have developed a new prototype of a variable-stiffness wrist, which will improve efficiency and performance for both grasping and throwing. We have recently contributed two benchmarks that will make it easier to fairly and comprehensively compare new state-of-the-art methods for motion…

As of today, the DARKO web site is populated with some more useful content. We will be posting on-going updates here, especially in relation to milestones, and noteworthy results and activities in the project. Of course, you can also read more about the project, its objectives, and the partners involved.

We have organised a workshop during the ECMR 2021 conference with the title "How good is your map? Robotic Map Assessment and Standardisation". See https://goodmap21.github.io The workshop was quite well attended, with a wide cast of invited speakers from academia and industry: Giorgio Grisetti, Sapienza University of Rome"SLAM: what still bugs me"Magnus Lindhé, Electrolux"A consumer robot perspective on map quality"Max Pfingsthorn, OFFIS"Can we make more accurate and actionable semantic maps with human and tactile input?"Naoki Akai, Nagoya University"Detection of localization…

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