Bionic Intelligence
Tübingen Stuttgart
A collaboration of the University of Stuttgart, University of Tübingen, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, part of Cyber Valley.
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The Center for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart (BITS) will
support to establish a radically new approach for the tight integration of intelligent technological systems with humans. At its culmination, we will be able to overcome technical limitations of current treatment and support systems for neural diseases, compensating for deficiencies and restoring intelligent bodily functions. This will markedly reduce the ever-increasing societal burden of psychiatric and neurological diseases.
Human embodied intelligence results from the smart interplay between neural information processing and physical properties of the body, both tightly integrated in a closed-loop fashion. Such an interplay must be extended to systems that integrate humans with technology.
The BITS Center uniquely combines the complementary excellence of the Universities of Stuttgart and Tübingen and the associated Max Planck Institutes for Intelligent Systems and Biological Cybernetics as ideal setting and fits perfectly in the regional academic-industrial ecosystem.
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BITS @ Science Notes
As part of the 3rd Stuttgart Science Festival, Prof. Sabine Ludwigs and Prof. David Remy from the Centre for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart presented their research on intelligent polymers and legged locomotion to a fully packed Gustav-Siegle-Haus on Friday 18.10.2024.
The event, part of an evening curated by Science Notes (https://sciencenotes.de/), offered a dynamic platform where each researcher had just 15 minutes to dive into their work. Complementing the science with art, renowned DJ, producer, and biologist Dominik Eulberg provided a mesmerizing soundtrack and visual experience, blending music with the evening’s scientific theme of “Bionics”.
Date: October 18, 2024
Credits: Ilkay Karakurt für Science Notesinsta: https://www.instagram.com/ilkay_karakurt/
Presentation of BITS at the 3rd Stuttgart Science Festival
On Tuesday, 15.10.2024, Prof. Dr. Syn Schmitt presented the Centre for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart during his lecture at the 3rd Stuttgart Science Festival. Many interested listeners followed his lecture on site and online.
“The establishment of BITS is an important milestone for the cooperation between these four scientific institutions in Cyber Valley,” says Schmitt. “In this network, it will be possible to research the basis for future diagnostic and therapeutic concepts for diseases of the nervous system with the help of technical support systems,” he added.
Many thanks to Syn Schmitt for his ambitious efforts to bring BITS closer to the public
Date: October 15, 2024
