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  • Night of Knowledge 2025

    PRIVATAR was at the Night of Knowledge 2025!

    On June 21, 2025, the 6th Night of Knowledge took place in Göttingen. We were also there and, together with NaMeKi (Sustainable Human–AI Collaboration), hosted a booth at the Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine.

    In the evening, Prof. Dr. Reinhardt and Prof. Dr. Schicktanz held an engaging panel discussion. We talked about the history and ethics of human–robot interaction over time, as well as about privacy, security, and trust in robots. We were delighted to welcome so many visitors who came to talk with us about our projects.

    Thank you for being there!

  • PRIVATAR will be present at the Night of Knowledge

    • When? On Saturday, 21st June 2025
    • At what time? 5pm - 12am
    • Where? Göttingen University Medical Center, Institute for Ethics and the History of Medicine (University Medical Center Campus) – Humboldtallee 36, 37073 Göttingen

    Our stand will be held in collaboration with NaMeKi (Sustainable Human-AI Collaboration). We will present on the history of human-robot interaction across various media and address topics such as trust in robots, data protection, and ethics in AI and robotics.
    Between 6:30 and 7:00 pm, Prof. Dr. Reinhardt and Prof. Dr. Schicktanz will hold a panel discussion. Discuss the future of robotics with our experts!

    We look forward to seeing you!

  • PRIVATAR Consortium Meeting in Bonn

    Today, all PRIVATAR partners gathered at the University of Bonn for the Consortium Meeting. With great enthusiasm, we shared our respective progress in the project in detail and planned the next steps.

    To kick things off, each partner provided an update on their work. The University of Göttingen is working intensively on the telepresence software and developing new privacy-friendly technologies.

    The University of Duisburg-Essen has just completed an exciting user study: 130 children of different age groups tested various interfaces and logos designed by chilli mind.

    In Uni Bonn liegt der Fokus auf der Navigation des Roboters – insbesondere darauf, dass er sich nicht in unerlaubte Bereiche bewegt (no-go zones). Das durfte der MiniBot dann auch gleich live demonstrieren.

    After that, we moved straight onto planning the next months regarding upcoming events and milestones we want to reach next.

    A big thank you to our project sponsor, who travelled all the way from Berlin to see the developments in person. And, of course, to all partners for the constructive exchange and productive discussions. We’re already looking forward to sharing more updates with you soon. Stay tuned!

  • Meeting mit Forum Wissen

    Unser Team von der Universität Göttingen (Delphine Reinhardt, Luca Hernández Acosta, Chris Warin, Felix Widmaier, Sebastian Schillinger) hat sich mit Vertreter:innen des lokalen Museums „Forum Wissen” getroffen, wo wir nächstes Jahr eine Privatar-Ausstellung haben werden!

    We invited the Forum Wissen team to our Robotics Lab to talk about the functionalities of our robots and gather ideas on what we can present in the exhibition - so that together we can create an inspiring and exciting exhibition.

    The demonstration of our student assistants' current work on the telepresence function between the robot and a tablet, which is a central component of the project, was particularly exciting.

    Ein großes Dankeschön an das Forum Wissen für diese tolle Zusammenarbeit!