Learning is one of the key features of intelligence: The capability of using prior experience to adapt intelligent behavior to novel situations. This requires some form of memory …

Personalization is the user-specific adaptation of a system towards individual user capability, experience and preference. It can be based on assigning the user to one of a number …

The intensive use of computational tools like Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Methods in development, test, manufacturing, and service has resulted in a tremendous …

System Optimization is the adaptation of an existing system with a fitting parametrization according to a previously determined optimal system structure. The optimal …

A System Architecture describes the interplay and relations of a number of elements that together create a defined output. It allows, e.g., for easy analysis, control of dependencies and …

The foundation of Cooperative Behavior is a shared goal between machine and human partner. For a successful, long-term cooperation, the arising relation needs to be fostered …

Perception is a system’s ability to receive and evaluate useful information about its environment. It comprises manifold capabilities such as detection, recognition, tracking and state estimation …

Planning complex maneuvers in real environments usually implies taking risks. For humans, these risks are qualitatively related to utility, comfort and social norms based on. Prediction is …

Prediction is the estimation of how the future will evolve. It can be as diverse as a human’s motion, the weather or the next action performed by a human co-worker. While most of us have …

When Soichiro Honda established the Honda Technical Research Institute and later the Honda Motor Co. Ltd. after the 2nd world war, he was well aware of the responsibility of engineers and …

Software Systems Engineering is not just the act of writing code, but all the tools and processes required to maintain software during its life cycle. For HRI as a research institute …