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Assistive Technologies for Care and Health Professionals The work of the research group is concerned with the targeted relief of caregivers as well as the active support of the cared for with the help of innovative technologies from the fields of robotics, telecare, virtual and augmented reality as well as artificial intelligence.

Ensuring the long-term provision of nursing care is one of the greatest challenges of the future. The number of people in need of care is rising sharply, while the number of care professionals is falling. No other sector of the healthcare industry is growing as strongly as the care market, whose gross value added rose from 21.3 to 36.3 billion euros between 2006 and 2017, thus reaching the level of importance of numerous "classic" industrial sectors. The OFFIS Health research area has been facing up to these societal developments for many years, for example with the only nursing innovation center in Germany as part of the Future of Nursing cluster. Through this lead project, the area has been able to greatly expand its visibility and network within care and is now consolidating this socially relevant topic in the form of the research group: "Assistive Technologies for Care and Nursing" (ATP).

The work of the ATP group is aimed both at relieving the burden on nursing staff and at supporting the people receiving care. Technologies from the fields of robotics, telecare, virtual and augmented reality, and artificial intelligence are being used. Beyond professional care, the increasingly important group of informal caregivers, such as relatives, neighbors and friends, is also addressed in research projects. In addition, the effects of digitalization on the design of work processes are being investigated.

GROUP MANAGER

Dr. Ing.
Tobias Krahn

Persons

F

Mareike Förster

E-Mail: mareike.foerster(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-259

K

Dr. Ing. Tobias Krahn

E-Mail: tobias.krahn(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-145

N

Celia Nieto Agraz

E-Mail: celia.nietoagraz(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-149, Room: E64

T

Tabea Tschigor

E-Mail: tabea.tschigor(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-249

Projects

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PIZ

Pflegeinnovationszentrum

Duration: 2017 - 2029

V

VAPiAR

Verbesserung von Arbeitsbedingungen in der ambulanten Pflege durch innovative Arbeitskonzepte in der Region

Duration: 2021 - 2024

Publications

2026

Development and iterative optimization of an independently usable assistance system to assess, maintain and improve the nutritional and mobility status of older adults: an iterative usability study

Förster, M. , Happe, L., Quinten, V., Diekmann, R.; BMC Geriatrics; Januar / 2026

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2025

Development of a technical assistance system for older adults to improve mobility and nutritional status

Förster, M., Quinten, V., Timper, M., Puhlemann, R., Diekmann, R.; ISB Stockholm; Juli / 2025

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Entwicklung eines technischen Assistenzsystems zur Verbesserung des Mobilitäts- und Ernährungszustandes von älteren Erwachsenen

Förster, M., Quinten, V., Timper, M. Puhlemann, R., Diekmann, R.; DKVF Hamburg; September / 2025

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Entwicklung eines Telepräsenzsystems mit virtueller Realität und einem humanoiden Roboter

Celia Nieto Agraz, Tabea Tschigor, Samuel Orwoll, Tobias Krahn, Andreas Hein; PPZ Berlin 7. Clusterkonferenz 2025; März / 2025

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Relational Dimensions in the Implementation and Use of Robotics in Outpatient Care – An Empirical Exploration and Ethical Analysis of Stakeholder Perspectives

Ellerich-Groppe, Niklas; Krahn, Tobias; Hein, Andreas; Schweda, Mark; International Journal of Social Robotics; 07 / 2025

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Telerobotik im Gesundheitswesen: Überwindung von Entfernungen für eine bessere Patientenversorgung

Tabea Tschigor, Christian Kowalski, Tobias Krahn, Andreas Hein; PPZ Berlin 7. Clusterkonferenz 2025 ; März / 2025

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Telerobotik im Gesundheitswesen: Überwindung von Entfernungen für eine bessere Patientenversorgung

Tabea Tschigor, Christian Kowalski, Tobias Krahn, Andreas Hein; PPZ Berlin 7. Clusterkonferenz 2025 ; März / 2025

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„READY?“ – Reflexives Dialoginstrument zu Fragen des Einsatzes robotischer Systeme für die Pflege

Lienenbrink, Simone and Nieto Agraz, Celia and Behrens, Jonathan and Biedermann, Heidrun and Eichelberg, Marco and Fricke, Christa and Garthaus, Marcus and Hein, Andreas and Meyer, Sibylle and Müller, Claudia and Paluch, Richard and Seefeldt, Dominic and Hülsken-Giesler, Manfred; Cluster Zukunft der Pflege 2.0: Konferenzband der 7. Clusterkonferenz; 2025

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