{"id":3165,"date":"2026-04-02T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:37:04","slug":"forsocialrobots-im-bionicum-nuernberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/en\/2026\/04\/02\/forsocialrobots-im-bionicum-nuernberg\/","title":{"rendered":"FORSocialRobots at Bionicum N\u00fcrnberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From March 30 to April 2, 2026, the FAPS Chair, led by ESI member Prof. Dr.-Ing. J\u00f6rg Franke, was once again a guest at the Bionicum in Nuremberg\u2019s Tiergarten, where he provided fascinating insights into his research on social robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of several studies, the team examined perceptions of humanoid robots\u2014including acceptance, uncanniness, and trustworthiness\u2014as well as the effect of different colors on humanoid robots and the recognition of emotions using a robotic facial platform developed at FAPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the exhibits, visitors were also able to interact directly with the robots: with the Pepper robot equipped with ChatGPT and Visual Language Models (VLM), with the humanoid robot Unitree G1\u2014known as \u201cKlaus Jr.\u201d at FAPS\u2014and with the robot dog Spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event generated a great deal of interest among visitors and provided a valuable opportunity to introduce current research to a broad audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find further information at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faps.tf.fau.de\/2026\/04\/02\/02-04-2026-forsocialrobots-im-bionicum-nuernberg\/\">FAPS&#8217; Web Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"faudir\">\r\n         <div class=\"format-compact\">\r\n        \r\n                <section class=\"format-compact-container\" aria-labelledby=\"section-title-791568360-4640\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"profile-image-section\"> \r\n                            <figure itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"JF\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-213x320.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/files\/2022\/05\/franke-alt-313x470.jpg 313w\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1707\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"2560\"><meta itemprop=\"dateCreated\" content=\"2017-09-04T17:20:27+00:00\"><meta itemprop=\"license\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/en\/imprint\"><\/figure>                        <\/div>\r\n                                            <header class=\"profile-header\">\r\n                       <h1 id=\"section-title-791568360-4640\"><a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esi.fau.de\/en\/faudir\/prof-dr-ing-joerg-franke\/\"><span class=\"displayname\" itemprop=\"name\"><abbr title=\"Professor Doctor\" itemprop=\"honorificPrefix\">Prof. Dr.-Ing.<\/abbr> <span class=\"namepart\"><span itemprop=\"givenName\">J\u00f6rg<\/span> <span itemprop=\"familyName\">Franke<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1><p class=\"organisation_name\"><span class=\"organization\" itemprop=\"name\">Chair of Factory Automation and Production Systems<\/span><\/p>                \r\n                     <\/header>\r\n                     <div class=\"profile-details\">   \r\n                                         <\/div>\r\n                <\/section>    \r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From March 30 to April 2, 2026, the FAPS Chair, led by ESI member Prof. Dr.-Ing. 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