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12 December 2024 | Linda Behringer

Diversity and inclusion accelerate the pace of innovation in robotics

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The authors of the study (from left to right): Alex Fratzl, Daniela Macari, Ksenia Keplinger, Christoph Keplinger (MPI-IS, W. Scheible)
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Diverse and inclusive teams are not merely a moral imperative but also a catalyst for scientific excellence in robotics, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems point out in a study. The team now published an article in which they outline how a scientific community can benefit if its leadership fosters an environment of diversity and inclusion, and propose a leadership guide for roboticists to help reap these benefits.