Digital innovations you can touch: Citizens' dialog showcases future technologies

At the Hessian Digital Minister's Citizens' Dialogue on September 27 in Kassel's Opernplatz, visitors had the opportunity to experience digital technologies at first hand and talk to the people who are driving these developments forward. With 15 exhibitors, it was the largest Citizens' Dialogue to date. "Artificial intelligence can already be found in many applications that we use every day. At the same time, it still causes uncertainty for many people. With our AI Citizens' Tour, we are actively seeking dialog with the people of Hesse at eye level. We want to provide information, reduce reservations and highlight the opportunities and benefits of AI for everyday life and people's lives," emphasized Digital Minister Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus.

Lord Mayor Dr. Sven Schoeller, Head of Digital Affairs Dr. Norbert Wett and numerous visitors accompanied the Minister on her tour, which was moderated by Willi Weitzel, of "Willi wills wissen" fame. Professor Dr. Ludger Schmidt and Estella Landau were on hand to answer questions at the stand of the Department of Human-Machine Systems Engineering. Here visitors could experience how a 3D-scanned real workshop workstation can be explored interactively in virtual reality. Changes to the work system, e.g. the integration of a lightweight robot into an assembly process, can then be examined and evaluated in the simulation from an economic and ergonomic point of view. The virtual workplace can also be used as a training environment in which, for example, assembly can be practiced until a semi-skilled employee can be deployed in production.

Press release from the Hessian Ministry for Digitalization and Innovation

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