Adaptive robotics: how intelligent systems react flexibly to their environment

The event will take place on June 24, 2026 in Augsburg and is aimed at specialists and managers from industry, production and automation who are involved in the digital transformation of their processes.

Jonas Geißdörfer, Lead Engineer Intelligent Robotics at Yaskawa Europe, will provide an exciting insight into the next evolutionary stage of modern robotics. In his presentation "Adaptive robotics: from rigid processes to intelligent interaction", he describes the fundamental change in automation technology: away from rigid, completely predictable process sequences towards intelligent robot systems that can react flexibly to their environment.

The focus is on the question of how modern sensor technology and AI-supported software are increasingly enabling robots not only to perceive their environment, but also to actively interpret it. Geißdörfer demonstrates how the combination of computer vision and sensor fusion enables robots to gain an enhanced understanding of their environment and thus opens up new application scenarios.

Another focus is on collision-free path planning. While conventional robot systems follow fixed movement patterns, adaptive systems can adapt their movements dynamically to changes and take obstacles into account independently. This results in significantly more flexible production and work processes.

The presentation will also look at future fields of application for intelligent robotics. Adaptive systems are also becoming increasingly important outside of traditional manufacturing environments - for example in logistics, in the service sector or in agricultural robotics. The lecture thus illustrates the extent to which the role of robots will change in the coming years.

To the speaker

Jonas Geißdörfer is Lead Engineer for Intelligent Robotics at Yaskawa Europe. His focus is on intelligent robotic systems, ROS-based applications and the transfer of innovative technologies into industrial products. He is responsible for the technological development of intelligent robotics solutions and combines classic automation with modern AI-supported software development. Geißdörfer studied Robotics, Cognition and Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich.

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