"How can the delivery robot help grandma and grandpa?" - this question will be explored in an exciting lecture on 11 and 12 March 2026 by participants at the children's university of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

12 hours of live power from the sternchen.fm studio: for International Women's Day, the BTU radio project is broadcasting a special 12-hour live programme. Under the title "Feminist Radio Day", the free radio station for Cottbus and Lusatia will take over the programme from 12 noon to midnight - with voices, sounds and perspectives from science, activism, culture and the community.

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) Campus Senftenberg will become a meeting place for young scientific talent on Wednesday, 4 March 2026. At the Konrad Zuse Media Centre, 40 young people from ten schools in the region will demonstrate their research spirit and present their projects.

Conflicts are part of everyday life in software development, for example when teams work together on a system. A new DFG project at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and Philipps-Universität Marburg is now researching a proactive approach that not only recognises conflicts, but also specifically prevents them.

"The thought machine: How to go on a voyage of discovery with AI" - this is the title of the next event at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) pupil university on Wednesday, 25 February 2026 at 4 p.m. on the Campus Senftenberg.

BTU researchers are investigating how mower conditioners affect insect diversity in agricultural grassland in a new project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

What will the aircraft engines of tomorrow look like - efficient, clean and safe? BTU provides the answer: in the new 14.5 million euro joint project "LoPPer", researchers are developing autonomous production methods for hybrid-electric drives for air taxis and regional aircraft. Core technology: the digital twin and the industrial metaverse.

Heat, heavy rain, floods: extreme weather situations are on the rise - and with them the burden on emergency services and control centres. The AIRCIS research project in the Lusatia model region, funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV), shows how emergency structures can be made more crisis-proof with the help of AI, data-based forecasts and simulation-based planning.

What resources and tools does an environmental criminalist have? These and other questions will be explained on Friday, 13 February 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cottbus main campus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) using an example from the state of Brandenburg.

Joint press release: MUL - CT, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, CHESCO and Airbus Helicopters lay the foundation for an innovation ecosystem in healthcare, digitalisation and mobility