Open
"NIFTi"
Natural human-robot cooperation in dynamic environments (under negotiation; 2010-2014)
NIFTi investigates robots that can cooperate with humans in a natural way. NIFTi places this investigation in the setting of Urban Search and Rescue. NIFTi works together with several European rescue organizations, to build robots that integrate cognitive user models, situation awareness, flexible planning, and adaptive forms of human-robot interaction.
For more on the NIFTi project: contact Geert-Jan Kruijff (email) or check out the NIFTi website.
"ALIZ-E"
Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Long-Term Social Interaction (under negotiation; 2010 -- 2014)
The goal of ALIZ-E is to develop novel methods for developing and testing interactive, mobile robots which will be able to socially interact with human users over extended periods of time, i.e. a possibly non-continuous succession of interactions which can refer back to, and build forth on, previous experiences.
For more on the ALIZ-E project: contact Ivana Kruijff-Korbayova (email) or check out the ALIZ-E website.
"CogX"
Cognitive Systems that Self-Understand and Self-Extend (May 2008 -- July 2012)
The "CogX" project is an integrated project funded in the EU's Seventh Framework, as part of the Cognitive Systems program. The aim of the project is to investigate the fundaments of cognitive systems for robots which can figure out what do and do not know, and use this "introspection" to guide their learning. As DFKI, we focus on situated dialogue for human-robot interaction, particularly on using dialogue for interactive forms of learning.
For more on the CogX project: http://cogx.eu
Finished
"CoSy"
Cognitive Systems for Cognitive Assistants (September 2004-August 2008)
The "CoSy" project is an integrated project funded in the EU's Sixth Framework, as part of the Cognitive Systems program. The aim of the project is to investigate the fundaments of cognitive systems for embodied systems. As DFKI, we focus on the nature of embodied interaction, including (acquiring) perceptual grounding, the relation between collaborative action and interaction, and learning through language.
For more on the CoSy project: http://www.cognitivesystems.org