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Aachen’s team competes in an international robotics competition

At RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, colorful blocks on shelves awaited robotic assembly. The Carologistics team competed despite technical issues, securing second place in one category and ranking fifth overall.

RoboCup, the world’s largest autonomous robotics competition, featured eight university teams in the new Smart Manufacturing League (SML). The league’s inaugural edition simulated a full factory workflow, from planning to transport to assembly, and served as the first practical test of its new rules. About the Team: Carologistics is an interdisciplinary team of students and researchers from RWTH Aachen University (Chair of Computer Science 6 – Machine Learning, Prof. Hector Geffner) and Aachen University of Applied Sciences (MASKOR Institute, headed by Prof. Alexander Ferrein). Since its RoboCup debut in 2012, the team has highlighted the strong partnership between Aachen’s universities. Carologistics claimed the world championship title in the Logistics League in 2022 and 2025 - the league that preceded today’s Smart Manufacturing League.

You can read more here.

Meet The Members

Georg Jacobs

Area of Expertise:

AI in Product Development, Model-based Systems Engineering, Drive Train Design (Wind Power, Automotive, Mobil Machinery), Bearing Technology, Tribology

Ancillary activities:

Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktentwicklung (Scientific Society for Product Development), Dean Faculty 4

Hobbies:

Motorcycling, Sailing, Friends & Family

Contact:

georg.jacobs@imse.rwth-aachen.de

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DFG announces Communicator Prize 2027

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is again announcing the "Communicator-Preis – Wissenschaftspreis des Stifterverbandes". The prize recognizes outstanding achievements in science communication by researchers or research teams and is endowed with €50,000.

Applications and proposals can be submitted to the DFG by September 30, 2026.

You can find more information here.

DFG: Priority Programme “Combinatorial Synergies” (SPP 2458)

In 2023, the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) established the Priority Programme “Combinatorial Synergies” (SPP 2458).

The programme is designed to run for six years.  The present call invites proposals for the second three-year funding period.

Please submit your proposal to the DFG by 30 November 2026.

You can find more information here.

BMFTR: Förderaufruf „KI4Energy“ - Künstliche Intelligenz und Data Science als Schlüsseltechnologien für die Energie

Connecting Germany’s excellence in AI research with strengths in energy, hydrogen, and materials technologies unlocks significant innovation and value creation potential. Targeted promotion enhances Germany’s competitiveness as a research and economic hub, supports climate goals, and drives the transition to a sustainable, digital, and resilient energy future.

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