📅 11th of November 2026
📍 luhbots Lab (InnovationLab)
The most important event of the year for us in terms of recruiting new members!
This year, for the first time in four years, the kick-off event took place at a different venue. As we had vacated our former laboratory this year and moved into the InnoLab alongside MakerLab and HorsePower, we also had to completely rethink the set-up for our kick-off. So we all met up in the afternoon to set everything up and transform the hall into a robotic ✨haven of well-being✨. As well as the small playing area, there were, as usual, individual stands for our various departments: Mechanics, Electronics, Software, Strategy and, for the first time, Organisation and PR!
Every year, from 5.30 pm onwards, the tension builds as we wait to see how well our recruitment drive has gone this term: will anyone turn up at all? But even before 6 pm, the first guests had entered the hall and were welcomed by us! The first 15 minutes were set aside for people to settle in, until our team leaders, Maxi and Katya, addressed a few official words to the many students who were interested in our work. This was followed by a short speed-dating session, during which the visitors were divided into three groups and given a three-minute introduction to each department at every stand. Our aim was to ensure that everyone had a good overview and could then decide specifically which topic they wanted to find out more about as the evening went on.
And so we had a truly wonderful evening, filled with interesting conversations and funny moments! Thanks to the new English-taught Master’s programme in “AI-driven Mechatronics and Robotics” at LUH’s Mechanical Engineering Campus, there were also quite a few international students in attendance. After about three hours, we rounded off the evening in a relaxed atmosphere with some pizza, and we’re already looking forward to seeing many of our guests again at our next team meet-up!
We’d also like to extend our warmest thanks to Paulaner for sponsoring a whole pallet of Münchner Helles – including the non-alcoholic version. It went down a treat!
