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On 03.03.2023 Professors Andreas Nüchter, Marco Schmidt, Tobias Ullmann und Martin Wegmann visited the DLR Earth Observation Center for an exchange of ideas and to explore possible collaboration.

On 07.02.2023 students from the JIA group of Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium in Aschaffenburg visited our Robotics department.

On the 2nd of February the project kickoff for WISP - Windkraft Inspektion (Wind Power Plant Inspection) took place at Oktopus in Kiel.

Lionel Ferra, the XR-Lab lead of ESAs European Astronaut Center (EAC) in cologne visited our facilities for a progress meeting on the "Underwater VR for astronaut training” study.

We have qualified for the AMADEE-24 mission! The simulation of human-robot operations could be an essential tool in future Mars missions. The previous AMADEE missions led by the Austrian Space Forum (ÖWF), have

shown that robotic systems in the form of UAVs or UGVs can support astronauts very well

in their field missions.

With a very international group, the fifth batch of 'Satellite Technology' students begin their masters studies in Würzburg.

The President of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Dr. Klaus D. Mapara, presented the 30,000-euro University Sponsorship Award of the Main-Franconian economy to Professor Dr. Andreas Nüchter from the Chair of Robotics at the University of Würzburg. The money will go towards the further development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Main-Franconian economy.