Fraunhofer IPA — Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation
Europe's leading applied robotics research institute. Fraunhofer IPA developed Care-O-bot — one of the world's most capable service robots — and has transferred over 500 robotics technologies to industry.
Notable achievements
Care-O-bot 4 service robot, 500+ industry technology transfers, cleanroom robot research, Robot Operating System contributions, medical robot systems.
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Definitional ambiguities in physical assistant robots and their regulatory implications: A systematic review
Mohammed Raiz Shaffique, Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Antoni Mut-Piña +1 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
Revolutionizing Industries Through AI-Driven Robotics
Aryan Chaudhary
Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications · 2026
A conceptual framework for pragmatic acceptance of healthcare robots among older adults: a computational grounded theory.
Shu W, Deng L, Liu P +2 more
BMC medical ethics · 2026
Provably Safe Motion Planning Under Unknown Disturbances
Ibon Gracia, Qi Heng Ho, Luca Laurenti +1 more
2026
Robotic aligner-trimming machines.
Groth C, Kumra B, Kravitz ND
Journal of clinical orthodontics : JCO · 2026