Institute Homepage
Institute Homepage EN Sign In

Aktuelles & Auszeichnungen

Haptic Intelligence News 16-04-2025 Max Planck Partner Group established to strengthen ties between MPI-IS and the University of Tennessee Knoxville Assistant Professor at UTK receives five-year funding from the Max Planck Society Katherine J. Kuchenbecker Rachael Burns
Thumb ticker sm 2112 mpi is kuchenbecker 0579
Haptic Intelligence News 18-03-2025 RIG hosts first German Robotics Conference MPI-IS scientists showcase their research on soft robotics and haptic intelligence Robotics Institute Germany (RIG), founded with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), successfully hosted the first German Robotics Conference (GRC) at the Nuremberg Convention Center on March 13-15. This significant event brought together about 500 participants, including leading scientific minds based in Germany, prominent industry pioneers, and 15 current employees from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Jonathan Fiene Katherine J. Kuchenbecker Birgül Akolpoglu Yijie Gong Felix Grüninger Moaaz Hudhud Mughrabi Florian Hartmann
Thumb ticker sm img 6627
Haptic Intelligence Award 03-03-2025 Postdoc Yarden Sharon wins a 6,000 EUR stipend from the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (CNV) Foundation Yarden Sharon
Haptic Intelligence Robotic Materials Press Release 07-01-2025 Elektrohydraulische, tragbare Geräte erzeugen einzigartige haptische Empfindungen Wissenschaftler*innen des Max-Planck-Instituts für Intelligente Systeme haben ein kompaktes, tragbares Gerät entwickelt, das breitgefächerte, ausdrucksstarke und angenehme taktile Empfindungen vermittelt. Damit geht es einen wesentlichen Schritt weiter als die surrenden Vibrationen, die für heutige Verbrauchergeräte typisch sind. Die Forschenden haben ihre Erfindung nun im Fachjournal Advanced Science veröffentlicht. Natalia Sanchez-Tamayo Zachary Yoder Philipp Rothemund Giulia Ballardini Christoph Keplinger Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Thumb ticker sm thumbnail 20241113 haptic intelligence 139
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 01-01-2025 Rachael Bevill Burns becomes an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville Rachael Burns
Haptic Intelligence Award 09-10-2024 Yarden Sharon and Vani Sundaram are selected for the MPG workshop Sign Up! Yarden Sharon Vani Sundaram
Haptic Intelligence Award 03-10-2024 Doctoral student Nataliya Rokhmanova is selected to attend "Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering" held at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA Nataliya Rokhmanova
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 01-10-2024 David Gueorguiev becomes Independent Scientist at UCLouvain, Belgium David Gueorguiev
Haptic Intelligence Award 19-09-2024 Doctoral student Bernadett Kiss wins an honorable mention for the prize for best poster presentation at the 2024 IMPRS-IS Boot Camp Bernadett Kiss
Haptic Intelligence Award 19-09-2024 Doctoral student Iris Andrussow wins the prize for best poster presentation at the 2024 IMPRS-IS Boot Camp Iris Andrussow
Haptic Intelligence Award 15-07-2024 Rachael Bevill Burns receives an honorable mention for the MPI-IS Outstanding Female Doctoral Student Prize Rachael Burns
Haptic Intelligence Award 17-06-2024 Postdoc Mayumi Mohan receives the prize for best presentation at the ELLIS Unit Stuttgart Summer Symposium for her talk "Crafting Motion: From Robotic to Expressive" Mayumi Mohan
Haptic Intelligence Award 27-05-2024 Doctoral student Nataliya Rokhmanova is selected by the Max Planck Society to be a nominee for 2024 Schmidt Science Fellows program Nataliya Rokhmanova
Haptic Intelligence Award 27-05-2024 Postdoc Mayumi Mohan and her team win the competition at MPG Career Evolution Games Week Mayumi Mohan
Haptic Intelligence News 17-05-2024 Katherine Kuchenbecker debattiert über den Peer-Review-Prozess auf der ICRA 2024 Auf der diesjährigen fünftägigen Veranstaltung in Yokohama diskutierten Kuchenbecker und andere führende Wissenschaftler aus der Robotik-Community das Für und Wider dreier kontroverser Themen: Single-Blind Peer Review, generative KI und die Bedeutung von Universitäten für die moderne Robotik. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Thumb ticker sm img 2586 kopie
Haptic Intelligence Award 17-05-2024 Katherine J. Kuchenbecker debates on the Future of Robotics Research at ICRA 2024 in Yokohama, Japan Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 10-05-2024 Hyosang Lee becomes Assistant Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology Hyosang Lee
Haptic Intelligence Award 10-04-2024 Behnam Khojasteh, Yitian Shao, and KJK win best IEEE Transactions on Haptics short paper at the IEEE Haptics Symposium Behnam Khojasteh Yitian Shao Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence Award 01-03-2024 Andrew K. Schulz wins a two-year Humboldt Research Fellowship Andrew Schulz
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 01-03-2024 Saekwang Nam becomes Assistant Professor at Kyungpook National University Saekwang Nam
Haptic Intelligence Award 26-02-2024 Former Postdoc Hasti Seifi wins an NSF CAREER Award titled “Democratizing Haptics: Enabling Novice Designers with Vibrotactile Models and Tools” Hasti Seifi
Haptic Intelligence Award 22-11-2023 Giulia Ballardini is selected for the MPG workshop Sign Up! Giulia Ballardini
Haptic Intelligence News 09-10-2023 David Gueorguiev receives ERC Starting Grant The researcher from the Haptic Intelligence Department and from CNRS receives 1.5 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC). He and his team will develop an experimental and computational framework that will open new possibilities for engineers and designers to develop applications that rely on the sense of touch. David Gueorguiev Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Thumb ticker sm david
Haptic Intelligence Award 01-10-2023 Arnaud Allemang-{-}Trivalle is selected for the ICMI Doctoral Consortium Arnaud Allemang--Trivalle
Haptic Intelligence Award 15-09-2023 Iris Andrussow wins the top prize for best demonstration at the Tübingen open house at the IMPRS-IS Boot Camp Iris Andrussow
Haptic Intelligence Award 13-09-2023 Doctoral student Rachael Bevill Burns wins an honorable mention for the prize for best demonstration at the Stuttgart open house at the 2023 IMPRS-IS Boot Camp Rachael Burns
Haptic Intelligence Award 13-09-2023 Yijie Gong and Guido Caccianiga win the top prize for best demonstration at the Stuttgart open house at the IMPRS-IS Boot Camp Yijie Gong Guido Caccianiga
Haptic Intelligence Award 05-09-2023 Part-time postdoc David Gueorguiev wins an ERC Starting Grant at CNRS in Paris David Gueorguiev
Haptic Intelligence News 22-08-2023 Blog: Creating the Tools to Conserve our Wildlife Conservation tools vary, but are united in their potential to aid conservation of wildlife We have published a perspectives piece on the different tools used throughout the world that are aiding in conservation of wildlife, and helping preserve the biodiversity of our planet. The perspectives highlight advances in technology, including both hardware and software, as well as frugal resources that are changing the way animals are conserved. For researchers and persons interested in learning about the ways conservation technology and tools are created and the foundational building blocks this piece serves as a starter guide to the field. Andrew Schulz
Thumb ticker sm audiomothimage
Haptic Intelligence News 13-07-2023 Haptic Intelligence Keeping in Touch with Research at World Haptics 2023 Director Katherine J. Kuchenbecker and 24 other current members of the MPI-Haptic Intelligence (HI) Department presented an abundance of their current research projects at the 2023 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in Delft, Netherlands. Dr. Yasemin Vardar, a former HI Department postdoctoral researcher and current Assistant Professor at TU Delft, helped organize the conference as Local Arrangements Chair. WHC combines EuroHaptics, AsiaHaptics, and the IEEE Haptics Symposium (North America) every other year. The HI team presented posters for six work-in-progress (WIP) papers, posters for two IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH) articles, a talk for one World Haptics technical paper and three hands-on demonstrations. Dr. Kuchenbecker also served on the four-person Editorial Board that managed the review of all ToH short papers and technical papers submitted to the conference. Additionally, HI’s brand-new CaCTüS intern, Moaaz Mughrabi, supported the conference as a student volunteer by helping participants check in, get accustomed to the presentation rooms, and set up their posters and demos. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker Iris Andrussow Giulia Ballardini Farimah Fazlollahi Ifat Gertler Yijie Gong David Gueorguiev Ravali Gourishetti Moaaz Hudhud Mughrabi Autumn Hughes Haliza MatHusin Bernard Javot Behnam Khojasteh Rachael Lorsa Zhaoyang Li Ben Richardson Baptiste Rohou--Claquin Nataliya Rokhmanova Natalia Sanchez-Tamayo Andrew Schulz Gokhan Serhat Demet Tangolar Arekh Tiwari Lijuan Wang Cara Nunez Hasti Seifi Adam Spiers Yasemin Vardar Jonathan Fiene Hojin Lee Yitian Shao
Thumb ticker sm fig1
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 03-07-2023 Alexis E. Block becomes Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University Alexis Block
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 01-07-2023 Yitian Shao is appointed L4 Professor at HIT Shenzhen Yitian Shao
Haptic Intelligence Award 06-06-2023 Doctoral student Yijie Gong wins a 500 USD travel grant to attend the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in London, England Yijie Gong
Haptic Intelligence Award 28-04-2023 Rachael Bevill Burns is named an RSS Pioneer Rachael Burns
Haptic Intelligence Award 12-04-2023 Doctoral student Nataliya Rokhmanova wins a 750 EUR travel grant to attend the 2023 CHI Doctoral Consortium in Hamburg, Germany Nataliya Rokhmanova
Haptic Intelligence Award 03-03-2023 Former doctoral student Alexis E. Block is selected for the "Microsoft Future Leaders in Robotics and AI" seminar series organized by the Maryland Robotics Center Alexis Block
Haptic Intelligence Award 12-02-2023 Katherine J. Kuchenbecker is recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer for her contributions to the peer-review process of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2023 Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence News 15-11-2022 Gokhan Serhat and Yitian Shao become faculty members at prestigious European universities KU Leuven and TU Dresden have hired outstanding postdoctoral researchers from the MPI-IS Haptic Intelligence Department Gokhan Serhat Yitian Shao
Thumb ticker sm serhat shao news
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 08-11-2022 Katherine J. Kuchenbecker appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Stuttgart Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence Award 25-10-2022 Katherine J. Kuchenbecker is selected as an honoree of 35 Women in Robotics Engineering and Science (WiRES), announced at IROS Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 01-10-2022 Gokhan Serhat becomes Assistant Professor at KU Leuven Gokhan Serhat
Haptic Intelligence Award 26-07-2022 Katherine J. Kuchenbecker participates in the Berlin Summit on Robotics 2022 Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence Appointment 01-07-2022 Yitian Shao becomes Junior Professor at the Technische Universität Dresden Yitian Shao
Haptic Intelligence Award 29-06-2022 Guido Caccianiga and KJK are best poster finalists at the Hamlyn Symposium Guido Caccianiga
Haptic Intelligence Award 25-05-2022 Alexis E. Block, Hasti Seifi, Sammy Christen, Bernard Javot, and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker win Best Demo at EuroHaptics 2022 for their demonstration of "HuggieBot: a human-sized haptic interface" Alexis Block Hasti Seifi Bernard Javot Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence News 22-05-2022 HI at EuroHaptics 2022 Director Katherine J. Kuchenbecker and sixteen other members of the MPI-IS Haptic Intelligence (HI) Department presented seven of their current research projects at the 2022 EuroHaptics conference, which was held on-site and in-person from May 22 to 25, 2022, in Hamburg, Germany. EuroHaptics is a major international conference on haptics and touch-enabled computer applications and is the primary European meeting for researchers in this field. Together, the HI team presented two workshop talks, one workshop poster, two oral session talks, and three hands-on demonstrations, winning one award. Two HI members also chaired sessions of the conference. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker Gokhan Serhat Hasti Seifi Yasemin Vardar David Gueorguiev Gunhyuk Park Bernard Javot Saekwang Nam Farimah Fazlollahi Alexis Block
Thumb ticker sm picture 1
Haptic Intelligence News 31-03-2022 Otto-Hahn-Medaille an Alexis E. Block verliehen Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ehrt Block mit dieser renommierten Auszeichnung für ihre grundlegende und innovative Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion durch die Entwicklung und Evaluation intelligenter Umarm-Roboter. Alexis Block Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Thumb ticker sm alexisblockheadshot ls
Haptic Intelligence Award 22-03-2022 Ravali Gourishetti and KJK win an honorable mention for their IEEE Transactions on Haptics short paper at the IEEE Haptics Symposium Ravali Gourishetti Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence Award 15-03-2022 Former doctoral student Alexis E. Block is selected to receive the Max Planck Society's Otto Hahn Medal for her doctoral dissertation; she is the first doctoral student from MPI-IS to win this prize from the new research direction of intelligent systems Alexis Block
Haptic Intelligence Award 10-03-2022 Doctoral student Mayumi Mohan wins third place at the HRI 2022 Student Elevator Pitch Competition Mayumi Mohan