Highlights

Participants gather at AI26 – The Lamarr Conference in Bonn to discuss artificial intelligence research, technology transfer and AI innovation.
18. June 2026

AI26 – The Lamarr Conference: From AI Research to Innovation and Value Creation

AI26 – The Lamarr Conference on Artificial Intelligence brings leading AI researchers, industry leaders and policymakers to Bonn to discuss AI sovereignty, robotics, healthcare AI and technology...

Members of the LamarRacing team pose at the RoboRacer Competition during ICRA 2026 in Vienna after winning the Best Performance Overall award.
08. June 2026

LamarRacer Wins “Best Performance Overall” at RoboRacer Competition at ICRA

Autonomous racing, AI research and Formula 1 data come together in LamarRacing’s victory at the RoboRacer Competition during ICRA 2026 in Vienna. The Lamarr-supported team outperformed 35...

Representatives of the City of Bonn visit the joint AI tent at Bonn Science Night 2026 and discuss current research projects with researchers from the Lamarr Institute and partner institutions.
26. May 2026

Bonn Science Night: Diagnosing the Future with AI

Artificial intelligence research took center stage at Bonn Science Night 2026. Researchers from the Lamarr Institute and partner institutions presented applications in medicine, robotics, education,...

Logo of newly approved ELLIS Unit NRW, part of the European AI research network ELLIS.
21. May 2026

ELLIS Approves New AI Unit in NRW

ELLIS Unit NRW brings together eight universities and research institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia to advance open-source foundation models, trustworthy AI and large-scale AI infrastructure linked...

NimbRo team from the University of Bonn with Prof. Dr. Sven Behnke after winning the RoboCup German Open
13. March 2026

Bonn’s household robots defend their RoboCup championship title

The Bonn-based NimbRo team successfully defends its RoboCup title. At the German Robotics Conference, Lamarr researchers highlight how AI and robotics are converging to enable real-world...

Dr. Tim Ruhe, Principal Investigator at the Lamarr Institute, representing the Physics-LLM project on AI-based research data management in physics
20. January 2026

Physics-LLM: New research project within the ErUM-Data funding initiative

Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), Physics-LLM is an ErUM-Data research project developing AI-based tools using large language models to improve research...

Prof. Maren Bennewitz and a Lamarr Institute researcher with the RePAIR bimanual robot used for AI-powered reconstruction of Pompeii’s ancient fresco fragments
03. December 2025

RePAIR brings Pompeii’s frescoes back to life

The European research project RePAIR – Reconstructing the Past combines robotics, AI, and computer vision to reconstruct ancient frescoes from Pompeii using an AI-supported method that digitally...

Authors Christian Bauckhage and Rafet Sifa next to the cover of their open-access textbook Quantum Computing from Hopfield Nets
25. November 2025

New access to quantum computing

Open-access textbook presenting an intuitive quantum computing introduction by bridging AI fundamentals, Hopfield networks, and practical Python...

Group Portrait: Lamarr Delegation at the Amii – Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
31. October 2025

Lamarr Institute Engages in Scientific Exchange in Canada

Lamarr researchers met with leading Canadian AI institutes to explore collaboration on foundation models, robotics, medicine, and responsible AI — joining forces to shape trustworthy,...