The munich_i high-tech platform’s attractions
Summary
This will give the general public access to these key technologies: How can we use AI and robotics to make our everyday work easier, safer and more productive in the future? munich_i initiates the Robothon developer competition to ensure that creative minds will continue to work on innovative ideas for artificial intelligence and robotics. Initiator and munich_i Director Prof. Sami Haddadin explained the underlying motivation: “With their countless deployment scenarios and applications, robotics and machine intelligence are key components of our sustainable future. Our goal can only be to derive benefits from this technology across the entire value chain to the advantage of both society and the economy in Germany.” In the run-up to automatica sprint, teams spend a month working on a current industry challenge in the fight against environmental pollution: How can the issue of dismantling and sorting electronic waste be solved and simplified using a robot? Participation in munich_i, consisting of the high-tech summit, the AI.Society virtual exhibition area as well as the Robothon award ceremony and the robot driver’s license is included in the ticket for visitors to the automatica sprint digital platform.