DLR — German Aerospace Center (Robotics and Mechatronics)
Creator of the KUKA LBR iiwa collaborative robot arm, which became the world's most widely deployed cobot. DLR's Justin humanoid and MIRO surgical robot are European benchmarks.
Notable achievements
KUKA LBR iiwa (commercialized from DLR research), Justin humanoid, MIRO surgical robot, space robot arm on ISS, DLR Hand II.
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Design and dynamic performance prediction of a novel large-aperture offset-feed deployable antenna
Chuang Shi, Tianming Liu, Ning Xue +6 more
Aerospace Science and Technology · 2026
Lightweight visual SLAM and traversability mapping for space robotics: Real-time operation in challenging environments
César Debeunne, Alex Torres, Damien Vivet
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
MimicIK: Real-Time Generative Inverse Kinematics from Teleoperation with FK Consistency
Jiahao Yang, Shenhao Yan, Fan Feng +5 more
2026
Nail It! A learning framework for autonomous surgical suturing and teleoperation on the dVRK.
Muratore L, Pescio M, Barontini F +6 more
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026
Human-as-Humanoid: Enabling Zero-Shot Humanoid Learning from Ego-Exo Human Videos with Human-Aligned Embodiments
Xiaopeng Lin, Ruoqi Yang, Shijie Lian +14 more
2026
The Viking's 50 Year Landing Anniversary Astrobiology Special Collection: Reexamining the Revolutionary Impact of Viking on Mars Exploration.
Wilhelm MB, Perl SM
Astrobiology · 2026