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“EmpkinS” is a Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). We are in the first funding period (duration: July 2021 – June 2025).

The full title of EmpkinS is: „Empatho-Kinaesthetic Sensor Technology – Sensor Techniques and Data Analysis Methods for Empatho-Kinaesthetic Modeling and Condition monitoring”

The twelve-year research program of the CRC 1483 aims to open up completely new “digital” and patient-centered diagnosis and therapeutic options in medicine and psychology.

 

You have to go to work but your child is not well enough to go to school or daycare? Not a problem for us – we have the KidsBox! The KidsBox is a mobile playroom for children that offers parents the option of working at their usual workplace while their children can play in the same room. This al...

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Dear EmpkinS team, dear colleagues and dear business partners, we wish you a happy new year and much success and good luck for 2024. We look forward to continuing the good cooperation from last year and reaching new milestones with the CRC. Thank you for your commitment and your achievements.

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The "Highly Cited Researchers List" also lists the 7127 most influential researchers worldwide in 2023. With 336 researchers on the list, Germany is in 4th place. Prof. Dr. Robert Schober, PI in our EmpkinS project B02, is once again one of the most cited scientists in his field. The Highly Cited ...

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We are thrilled to share that two researchers of our team, Marcel Hoffmann and Johanna Bräunig have been named finalists for the EuRaD Young Engineer Prize! This honor is awarded to the best papers presented at the European Radar Conference. We're immensely proud of all the authors that contributed ...

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We’re pleased to announce that the research of our EmpkinS Collaborative Research Center was awarded at this year's IEEE Biomedical and Health Informatics Conference (BHI ’23) (https://bhi.embs.org/2023/) in Pittsburgh, USA!   The paper “Markerless RGB-D hand pose estimation for activity ...

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Interdisciplinary Hand Symposium on October 4th and 5th 2023 Within the research activities of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1483 - EmpkinS (funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), www.empkins.de), the Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitä...

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On July 28, 2023, the 16th Wissenschaftstag (Science Day) of the Metropolitan Region Nuremberg took center stage, with a spotlight on the theme "Mensch im Zentrum: Gesundheit – Innovation – Verantwortung" (Human at the Center: Health - Innovation - Responsibility). At this prestigious event, our CRC...

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You have to go to work but your child is not well enough to go to school or daycare? Not a problem for us – we have the KidsBox! The KidsBox is a mobile playroom for children that offers parents the option of working at their usual workplace while their children can play in the same room. This al...

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EmpkinS was also present in the children´s program of the LNOS. Our sub-project D02 of clinical psychology developed a computer game controlled by one's facial expression. The game resembles the famous game of Flappy Bird but in this case, the Kids control the bird with their own facial expressions....

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Sub-projects C04 and D01 worked together to answer the following questions. How do you get a robot to move optimally? What are the differences in movements between healthy and sick individuals? The LTD measures, analyzes, and controls movements. During the demonstration in the Dynamics Laboratory, p...

Category: LNOS