Every two years the Universities of Graz honor their inventors and on the 11 th of November 2025 it was time to do it again! Among the recipients of the awards were four of our own who were honored for their creative patents developed in regard to the Robocoenosis project. We proudly present to you: Thomas Schmickl, Ronald Thenius, Wiktoria Rajewicz and Nikolaus Helmer We congratulate them for their success. Link

In early November the team went back to Lake Millstatt to retrieve the Biohybrid stationed there since September. It successfully gathered data which provide valuable insights into the autumnal ecosystem of the lake. With this success we conclude our field data collection for Robocoenosis and look forward for the next round of gathering in BioDiMoBot !

It is official, Robocoenosis has ended. As we look back and recapitulate on all we have achieved and learned with this project, the teams are finishing the data evaluation and sum ups for the last reviews and reports. Robocoenosis taught us a lot, and the gathered knowledge and experiences will build the basis for a new project. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are happy to present to you BioDiMoBot .

Time flies, the project is coming to an end. The last data is being reviewed, reports are written and the last Review-Meeting is almost upon us.

The team from Uni-Graz got invited to the Altweibersommer event of the Österreichische Bundesforste (ÖBF) at Lake Millstatt and three team members were happy to join the celebra- tion. This opportunity was also used for some experiments and testing in the field as well as presenting the project to interested guests of the event. The final prototype of the Project Robocoenosis was submerged in Lake Millstatt on one of the last sunny days of September 2025. Long-term data will

Some of the older data were analyzed by hand and annotated as best possible. The plankton was grouped in categories and thus only roughly...

Team Robocoenosis from Graz (from the left): Wiktoria Rajewicz, Johannes Diebold, Nikolaus Helmer and Doris Kolleger. A long-term...

How do most creatures react to extreme and sudden stress? They run around! The world’s freshwater is filled with tiny organisms that do...

The Daphnia module underwent extensive testing both in the field and in the laboratory. The field tests included placing the setup in...