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Biomimetic Materials and Machines Blog Post 1 minute read 01-01-2026 Die Zukunft der Roboter ist weich Artikel des Tenor Magazins Die weichen Roboter kommen: Seit etwa 15 Jahren nimmt der Bereich Soft Robotics an Fahrt auf. Im Jahr 2024 schätzte das Marktforschungsunternehmen Zion Market Research den weltweiten Umsatz für Soft Robotics auf mehr als eine Milliarde US-Dollar. Eine Nische zwar, verglichen mit fast 25 Milliarden Euro Umsatz, die Unternehmen mit konventionellen Robotern erzielen. Doch Experten prognostizieren, dass diese Nische schneller wachsen wird als die Branche insgesamt: um rund 35 Prozent jährlich. Kein Wunder also, dass sich weltweit Forscher diesem Thema widmen.
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Physical Intelligence Blog Post 3 minute read 03-11-2025 BLOG: Active Droplets Get a Magnetic Upgrade: Controlling Self-propelling Droplets and Their Collectives This blog post was written by Muhammad Turab Ali Khan from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Muhammad Turab Ali Khan Gaurav Gardi Ren Hao Soon Mingchao Zhang Metin Sitti Ugur Bozüyük
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Robotic Materials Blog Post Linda Behringer 2 minute read 29-10-2025 Parkinson’s Foundation supports collaboration between MPI-IS, Uni Stuttgart and Uni Tübingen BITS Researchers Alona Shagan, Syn Schmitt, and Daniel Häufle receive 50.000 Euros Alona Shagan
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Social Foundations of Computation Blog Post Moritz Hardt 8 minute read 07-05-2025 The emerging science of machine learning benchmarks Why machine learning benchmarks have worked, the crisis they now face, and how to preserve the old engine of progress.
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post Michael J. Black 3 minute read 09-04-2025 The AI tariff? The societies that will "win" the AI race will not be those that develop the technology first. It will be those that are best able to manage the long-term social disruption AI will cause. Michael J. Black
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post 9 minute read 03-12-2024 MoSh: Motion and Shape Capture in the Age of AI Test-of-Time Award Winner, SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Michael J. Black Naureen Mahmood Matthew Loper
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post Michael J. Black 33 minute read 08-11-2024 Writing a good scientific paper
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post Michael J. Black 14 minute read 16-07-2024 Ask me anything -- July 2024 Conversations on X about vision and careers Michael J. Black
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post 3 minute read 16-07-2024 Good-enough AI and the commoditization of intelligence
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post 5 minute read 02-06-2024 Embodiment in virtual humans and robots SMPL as "robot"
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post Michael J. Black 2 minute read 27-04-2024 The Fallacy of the Perfect Career Path Maximize impact by maximizing fun
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post Michael J. Black 7 minute read 26-04-2024 Startup Research: Oxymoron or Key to Success? Should AI startups do research?
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post Michael J. Black 3 minute read 21-04-2024 Build what you need and use what you build An approach to impactful science
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post 4 minute read 28-01-2024 Scientific communication in the age of influencers
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post 7 minute read 04-12-2023 Third wave 3D human pose and shape estimation Beyond 3D to understanding humans
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Physical Intelligence Blog Post 3 minute read 22-08-2023 Blog: Shaping the future: Hydrogel muscles empowering advanced information encryption Recent research led by Professor Metin Sitti at the Physical Intelligence Department of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems has introduced an innovative strategy for achieving precise transformations of microscale metastructures actuated by hydrogel artificial muscles. Mingchao Zhang Metin Sitti Aniket Pal Zhiqiang Zheng Gaurav Gardi Erdost Yildiz
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Perceiving Systems Blog Post 6 minute read 10-12-2022 Redefining plagiarism in the age of AI Adapting the ethics of scientific publication to address large language models
Perceiving Systems Blog Post 4 minute read 01-11-2022 Peer Review, Plagiarism, and Authorship in the Age of Large Language Models How do we retain public trust in science when it becomes easy to cheat?
Perceiving Systems Blog Post 10 minute read 25-10-2022 From cartoons to science: The Sintel dataset at 10 years The Koenderink Prize at ECCV 2022. The Sintel optical flow dataset appeared at ECCV 2012 and at ECCV 2022 it was awarded the Koenderink Prize for work that has stood the test of time. What makes a paper stand the test of time? What makes a good dataset? What made Sintel special?
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