The open day at the Geriatronics and Longleif research center shows what the future will bring.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Garmi, the service humanoid, rolls towards a table at which a person is sitting and stops in front of it. "Hello, I'm here to take the order," he says in a tinny voice. "It orientates itself in space and can avoid any object," explains Mario Tröbinger, research assistant at the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM). “Garmi has a multimodal robot head equipped with sensors.” The sensors provide information about the environment: Garmi can react and is intelligent.
A group of visitors observes the scene attentively. LongLeif and the Geriatronics Research Center invited to the “Open House”. At five stations, those interested found out about the current status of the various projects and tried out robotic assistance systems. At the beginning of the tour through the two institutions, Viktor Wohlmannstetter, Managing Director of LongLeif GaPa, used a 3D animation film to show the development of the LongLeif campus, a "core project" that is to be created on the west of the station. A “Healthcare Robotics Center”, in which the Geriatronics Research Center will be housed, an education center for health professions and a care center under the sponsorship of Caritas are planned. Dr. Stephan Thiel,Scientific employee of the MSRM and responsible for site development, went into a second film about the research building, in which seminar rooms and lecture halls are to be accommodated. "Innovation and entrepreneurship are also an essential part".
A vision for the future would be that not only people but also robotic systems move on the area, ”says Thiel.
Regarding the timeframe, Wohlmannstetter thinks that we are now in the development planning phase.
Operations are planned to start in the summer of 2026.
Of course, the infrastructure must also be taken into account, emphasized Thiel.
Here, the market and region are in demand with concepts.
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In the model apartment: (from left) Joseph Heiß, Beate Löw-Schneyder and Markus Heberle.
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What can robotics and telemedicine do? Dr. Abdeldjallil Naceri, research fellow at MSRM and Dr. Günter Steinebach demonstrated an investigation. “We can treat the patient remotely,” says Steinebach. “Without direct contact.” The doctor steers the robot arm through a control console from an adjoining room. For example, he can hear heart murmurs through an attachment on the robot arm. "Mucki" is used in telerehabilitation. This is a mechatronic robotic arm for movement exercises in the arm and shoulder girdle area.
District manager Beate Löw-Schneyder reported on the “SeniorenWohnen” and “SeniorenZentrum” project on Von-Brug-Strasse.
24 apartments will be built on the northern part of the property, six of which are wheelchair-accessible.
The apartments are intended for low-income seniors.
In addition, a residence entitlement certificate and a verifiable reference to Garmisch-Partenkirchen are required.
The listed old tax office is becoming an advice center for everything to do with old age.
Joseph Heiss, who is responsible for the center, explained the construction and renovation work.
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Man and machine: Scientist Melanie Porzenheim explains the robot to eight-year-old Leon.
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A special project is the "Rikscha LongLeif".
Seniors who are no longer as mobile are driven by pilots.
“We have 19 active pilots and so far 70 tours with a total of around 600 kilometers,” says Löw-Schneyder.
Each trip for one or two people takes an hour.
The free housing advice “LongLife Living Plus” helps older people to live independently at home for as long as possible.
"Sometimes a second handrail already provides more support and security," says project manager Markus Heberle.
“We look to see which barriers exist and how they can be removed.” With success: 90 percent of all obstacles have been removed.
In the “robot factory”, the robots could be operated by themselves.
13-year-old Madeleine Keßler and mother Heike also tried out the assistance systems.
“I'm very interested in robotics,” says the student.
You can imagine doing an internship one day.
So there is no shortage of offspring.
FROM ASTRID KLAMMT