Center for Robotics

Center for Robotics

Purpose

The Center for Robotics stands for collaborative approaches to basic research and teaching in robotics at the University of Bonn, aiming to increase its international visibility. The Center brings together the research groups and faculties working on robotics, especially in the fields of engineering and computer science, and supports developing joint research and training strategies. The Center's aim is to strengthen cutting-edge research on and with intelligent autonomous robots and educate students at the highest international level while also increasing the attractiveness of Bonn as a location. In addition, the Center for Robotics supports networking activities with national and international partners and transfer activities. It also tightly links the robotics research activities that happen in the context of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2070 "PhenoRob - Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production" in the long term, strengthening the Center's visibility in the robotics community.

Governance

The Center was founded in January 2024 with the nine founding members. Further members can be admitted. The Center has a Spokesperson and an Executive Board consisting of six Professors. The Statute of the Center is available (in German). 

Members

Cyrill Stachniss

Spokesperson
and Founding Member

Sven Benke

Executive Board 
and Founding Member

Maren Bennewitz

Executive Board 
and Founding Member

Jürgen Gall

Executive Board 
and Founding Member

Heiner Kuhlmann

Executive Board 
and Founding Member

Christopher McCool

Executive Board 
and Founding Member

Jens Behley

Founding Member

Lasse Klingbeil

Founding Member

Raphael Memmesheimer

Founding Member

Hermann Blum

Voting Member

Tiziano Guadagnino

Voting Member

Becoming a Member

Membership is primarily reserved for active robotics researchers at the University of Bonn. New members can be admitted to the Center upon application. Applications must be submitted to the Board by a voting member and must contain and present a CV of the person to be ​admitted; see the statute for further details.

Voting Member: A researcher with a doctorate degree who has demonstrated independent scientific activities in the research field of the Center, actively publishes in the relevant, high-quality robotics journals and robotics conferences, is a member of the University of Bonn, and actively supports the objectives of the Center can also become a voting member.

Non-voting Member: Any scientist who is a member of the University of Bonn or works as a guest researcher at the University and actively supports the objectives of the Center can become a non-voting member.