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Prof. Dr. Tobias Dörnbach

Prof. Dr. Tobias Dörnbach

Professor for Human-Machine Interaction of Autonomous Systems, Deputy Head of Institute of Distributed Systems, Faculty of Computer Science / IT

Building Am Exer 2, Room Room 137, Lab: Room 162, Wolfenbüttel

Co-Head of the Human-Centered Robotics Lab (external link, opens in a new window) together with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Gerndt (external link, opens in a new window)

ORCiD (external link, opens in a new window) / ResearchGate (external link, opens in a new window)

 

In winter semester 2026/27, I am going to be off-campus for a research semester. Therefore, I currently cannot take on supervisions of student theses until the end of 2026.

Research

Human-Centered Robotics Lab

In the Human-Centered Robotics Lab (external link, opens in a new window) as a part of the Human-Centered Engineering Hub (external link, opens in a new window), we work on architectures, development and evaluation of robotic systems, specifically in social, health and cultural contexts as well as in special applications like environment-supporting robotics.

Our main research target is understanding user (re-)actions, proactively work with users to encounter their reservations towards robots and ensuring highest-possible usability of our systems. We evaluate solutions developed for this purpose with user acceptance as a target variable, because:

a system that users do not want to use in everyday life is not a satisfactory solution to their problems.

To develop and evaluation real robotic systems, a robot arena is available in Room 162 for various scenarios and equipped with diverse robots.

Humanoider Roboter "Pepper"

Publications

ORCiD (external link, opens in a new window)

Curriculum Vitae

  • 08/2023: Visiting Professor at Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay (UTEC), RIvera, Uruguay, Robotics and AI Lab
  • since 2022: Professor for Human-Machine Interaction of Autonomous Systems at Ostfalia
  • 2021-2022: Principal Researcher at cellumation GmbH in Bremen
  • 2019-2021: Senior Software Engineer at cellumation GmbH in Bremen
  • 2019: PhD in Computer Science at theDepartment of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Jacobs University Bremen
  • 2012-2019: Research Assistant at Robotics Group, Jacobs University Bremen
  • 2010: Visiting Researcher at Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems, Utah State University (USA)
  • 2009-2012: Research Assistant at Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences
  • 2008-2011: Computer Science (M.S. with distinction), Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences
  • 2005-2008: Computer Engineering (B.S.), Ulm University of Applied Sciences