Interactive Humanoid Robot (RobOdin)
How can a humanoid robot be developed that takes over monotonous, physically demanding or hazardous tasks in industry – while at the same time interacting naturally with humans? This is precisely the question addressed by the international research project RobOdin.
The project focuses on the development and testing of a humanoid upper-body robot: a torso with two arms and a head, initially mounted on a wheeled base instead of legs. In the first half of the project, a functional prototype will be developed; in the second half, it will be tested directly at the industrial partners' sites. The consortium brings together leading research institutions from Germany and Denmark: the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), the Universities of Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg, and DFKI with its Lübeck-based research department AI for Assistive Health Technologies (AGT). Novo Nordisk and Harting are involved as industrial partners.
The three-year project (2025–2028) is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Interreg programme De-Dk 6A and has a total budget of approximately €2.4 million.