For a robot to navigate the real world, it needs to perceive the 3D structure of the scene while in motion and continuously estimate the depth of its surroundings. Humans do this effortlessly with stereoscopic vision — the brain’s ability to register a sense of 3D shape and form from visual inputs. The brain uses the disparity between

This year's Berlin Science Week is filled with great events, and SCIoI has three exciting appointments scheduled: On Saturday, 5 November (9–11am), we will be spending the morning at the Naturkundemuseum with two simultaneous events. The first event is a dialogue between Dafna Burema and Jonas Frenkel on AI and ethics. A few doors down, the

Great news! The BUA's Youtube channel WissenAusBerlin will soon be relasing their video about SCIoI project 4 ("Intelligent Kinematic Problem Solving") on their channels, but we get to see it ahead of time on our YouTube channel! Watch Manuel Baum explain what the project is all about and how it integrates robotics and behavioral science through the

Press release by IGB/SCIoI, 4 October 2022 Schooling fish, moving synchronously in the water are a fascinating sight, but what most surprises viewers is the speed at which they change direction, and how coordinated these sudden movements are: how do they do that? In human ball sports, professional players can anticipate their teammates’ movements, and this allows them to

In order to foster integration between different projects belonging to many different disciplines, some groups of SCIoI members working on different topics have been organising bi-weekly integration hackathons where researchers come together and brainstorm ways to maximise interactions between their projects. This has proven very successful: for example, in our latest hackathons in the month of August,

On 25 August, SCIoI received a visit from DFG members. Our visitors were given a tour of our activities and facilities. Afterwards, our guests visited the exhibition “After Nature” in the Humboldt Forum, where SCIoI researchers presented artefacts and projects.

We are excited to announce that starting in mid-September, SCIoI will be welcoming two Einstein Visiting Fellows, Elke Weber from Princeton University and Eric Johnson from the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia University. Elke Weber and Eric Johnson will be affiliated with the Einstein Center Climate Change, which links climate research with behavioral sciences and economics,

What should robots do in the future? Is simulation the way forward for robotics? What do we want from robotics systems that learn? These are just some of the questions that were addressed at this year's Berlin Summit on Robotics this last 25–27 July.  Every year, this three-day event brings together leading researchers in robotics and related

The Cluster of Excellence SCIoI aims to support Ukrainian scientists continuing their scientific work in Germany and start new collaborations. An active participation of the fellows in SCIoI research groups and networks is intended. During the funding period, SCIoI supports the fellows in the preparation of project proposals for the acquisition of third-party funding.  Who can be supported? The