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Dr.-Ing. Jakob Reinhardt

Lehrstuhl für Ergonomie (Prof. Bengler)

Postadresse

Boltzmannstr. 15
85747 Garching b. München

Biography

Mr. Reinhardt is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Ergonomics since May 2025. He completed his doctorate in the field of human-robot interaction, focusing on developing legible and intuitive movement patterns for robots. Following his PhD, he worked in medical technology, where he analyzed device usage data from emergency services. In both roles, his work centered on data-driven development of user-friendly products.

Currently, Mr. Reinhardt leads the “Robotics for Life an Healthcare” research group, contributing his interdisciplinary expertise in robotics and medical technology to ongoing research efforts.

His research interests include:

  • Human-robot interaction and motion planning
  • Data analysis for user-centered product development
  • Robotics in medical applications

In addition to the currently advertised theses, suggestions for your own topics are also welcome. If you are interested in a thesis related to my research topics, please contact me directly!

Publications

2022

  • Boos, Annika; Herzog, Olivia; Reinhardt, Jakob; Bengler, Klaus; Zimmermann, Markus: A Compliance--Reactance Framework for Evaluating Human-Robot Interaction. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9, 2022, 146 more…

2021

  • Reinhardt, Jakob; Bengler, Klaus: Design of a hesitant movement gesture for mobile robots. PLOS ONE 16 (3), 2021, e0249081 more…
  • Reinhardt, Jakob; Prasch, Lorenz; Bengler, Klaus: Back-off:Evaluation of Robot Motion Strategies to Facilitate Human-Robot Spatial Interaction. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction 10 (3), 2021, 1-25 more…

2020

  • Boos, Annika; Sax, Michaela; Reinhardt, Jakob: Investigating Perceived Task Urgency as Justification for Dominant Robot Behaviour. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference, HCII 2020, Springer, 2020Denmark, Compenhagen more…
  • Reinhardt, Jakob; Boos, Annika; Bloier, Magdalena; Bengler, Klaus: Effect of variable motion behavior of a mobile robot on human compliance in human-robot spatial interaction. 66. Frühjahrskongress der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft 2020, GfA-Press, 2020Webkonferenz more…

2019

  • Prasch, Lorenz; Geßler, Florian; Reinhardt, Jakob; Bengler, Klaus: You do the talking. Passengers are happy when the automation decides on cooperation. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 4.-7.11-2018, IEEE , 2019Maui, HI, USA more…
  • Reinhardt, J.; Schmidtler, J.; Bengler, K.: Corporate Robot Motion Identity. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) 2018, Springer, Cham, 2019Florence, Italy more…

2017

  • Reinhardt, Jakob; Pereira, Aaron; Beckert, Dario; Bengler, Klaus: Dominance and movement cues of robot motion: A user study on trust and predictability. Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Elsevier, 2017Banff, Canada more…

2016

  • Reinhardt, J.; Schmidtler, J.; Körber, M.; Bengler, K.: Follow Me! Wie Roboter Menschen führen sollen. Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft 70 (4), 2016, 203--210 more…

2013

  • {von Saucken}, C.; Reinhardt, J.; Michailidou, I.; Lindemann, U.: Principles for User Experience Design - Adapting the TIPS Approach for the Synthesis of Experiences. Proceedings of the 5th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) 2013, 2013Tokyo, Japan more…
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