On the 2 of July Lina Behrends (Fraunhofer IMTE) and Miriam Pfau (Fachhochschule Kiel) presented the HospiBot project in this year’s Summer Academy of the Industrie- und Handelskammer Lübeck. Under the motto Digitalization and robotics in the area of conflict between medical innovation and regulatory compliance the team talked about the project in general, the regulatory challenges and the cultural influence on regulations. Other speakers included Nick Schneider (Federal Ministry of Health), Georg Rauter (University Basel) and Dorothee Stamm (Medtronic Germany).