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Prof. Dr. Tobias Dörnbach

Prof. Dr. Tobias Dörnbach

Professor for Human-Machine Interaction of Autonomous 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)

 

Student hours: in room 137 or online only by appointment: book an appointment (external link, opens in a new window)

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, specifially 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

  • 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.), Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences
  • 2005-2008: Computer Engineering (B.S.), Ulm University of Applied Sciences

Seminar, Bachelor and Master Theses

Here you can find current topics (click here) (external link, opens in a new window) for seminar and final theses. Own ideas are most welcome!

My main topics are:

  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Interaction with and within heterogeneous robot fleets
  • Interaction using Generative AI
  • Usability and user acceptance
  • visual programming for autonomous systems
  • assistive Technologies, service robotics

Please check the information sheet on theses (German only): Informationen zu Praxisprojekt, Seminar- und Abschlussarbeiten (Stand: August 2025) (PDF, 60.52 KB) (opens in a new window), (not accessible)