© Christian Ott

January 31, 2025, marked an exciting and engaging day at Technische Universität Wien in Vienna as we celebrated the launch of this collaborative initiative.

We were honored to have Prof. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Head of DLR (German Aerospace Center), for the inauguration.

A heartfelt thank you to leading figures of DLR, Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics—Alin Albu-Schaeffer, Freek Stulp, and Rudolph Triebel—for their invaluable support in fostering our continuing collaboration. Thanks to Johannes Englsberger for leading this activity at DLR.

Our distinguished keynote speakers, Jamie Paik (EPFL) and Matteo Saveriano (University of Trento), enriched the scientific seminar by connecting material science to robotics and by bridging machine learning, control engineering, and mechanical design.

We thank Dr. Markus Schweiger, the head of the TUW International Office, for sharing valuable insights into international collaboration programs.

We are incredibly proud of our passionate team members, whose dedication made this event memorable and engaging with interactive robot demonstrations.

ASL (Autonomous Systems Lab, Dongheui Lee) demos:

• Human-to-Humanoid Motion Imitation Demo – Yashuai Yan
• Shared Autonomy and Variable Impedance Control for Kinesthetic Teaching Demo – Shail Jadav, PhD, and Johannes Heidersberger
• Human Intention Forecasting Demo – Daniel Śliwowski
• Precondition and Postcondition Estimation Demo – Daniel Śliwowski

RSL (Robotic Systems Lab, Christian Ott) demos:

• Aerial Manipulator Demo – Hemjyoti Das
• Bipedal Balancing, Walking, and Jumping Demo – Grazia Zambella, Tobias Egle, Sait Sovukluk
• Non-Slippage Impact Demo – Annika Kirner
• Safe Kinesthetic Teaching Demo – Nikolas Thelenberg

The TU Wien robotics team was delighted to host our friends and guests for insightful discussions and engaging interaction. We look forward to our next gathering.