Thomas Vögele

Thomas Vögele is a researcher at the Robotics Innovation Center within the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). He focuses on applying robotics and AI to address ecological and infrastructural challenges, particularly in sustainable waste management and planetary exploration.

His work spans projects like SmartRecycling, which aims to enhance circular economy practices through intelligent robot systems, and TESTUDO, involving autonomous swarms for infrastructure threat prediction. Additional projects include SHARC for renewable energy integration in ports and FUSE for AI-driven energy grid stability.

• Research Interests: Robotics, AI, sustainability, autonomous systems
• Projects: SmartRecycling, TESTUDO, SHARC, FUSE

His publications highlight field-tested cooperative multi-robot systems in diverse environments, from waste sorting to planetary lava tube exploration.