Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Gerndt & Prof. Dr. Tobias Dörnbach
CAPRAS: Canine Autonomy-Preserving Robotic Assistance System
Publicly funded research project
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A robot-based everyday assistance system for independent living in the comfort
of one's own home
- Funding program: Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Förderung von Innovation durch Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - 2.1 Aufbau und Erweiterung von Forschungsinfrastrukturen an Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen
- Project runtime: 11/2024-07/2025
- Project volume: € 279.056,44
- Project lead: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Gerndt
The CAPRAS project aims to enable independent living in the comfort of one's
own home for people who would otherwise no longer be able to do so.
A fully autonomous, four-legged robot system is used to accompany older people in their
everyday lives inside and outside of buildings. Due to the limitations of wheel-driven systems in
unstructured environments, an autonomous four-legged robot is installed that can handle stairs,
elevators and uneven terrain. This enables demanding everyday scenarios such as accompanying and
assisting people when shopping or navigating in crowds and traffic to be mastered.
The robot infrastructure funded within the project enables everyday user experience and human-robot interaction in such scenarios. Further research will use the device to investigate the extent to which robots can be used fully autonomously in complex everyday assistance scenarios in unstructured environments.
