Jens Volker Rüppel

Jens Volker Rüppel is a doctoral researcher at the Perception for Intelligent Systems chair within the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich. His work bridges interdisciplinary research between human-robot interaction, intent recognition, and multimodal communication interfaces.

• Joined TUM in April 2025
• Focus areas: robotics, AI, and human factors

His research explores how humans and robots can collaborate more effectively through advanced perception and communication systems.

Team Members: Achim J. Lilienthal, Valeria Salazar, Thomas Wiedemann, Han Fan, Tim Schreiter, Maximilian Hilger, Marius Schaab, Parviz Asghari.

The chair is based at:

• Headquarters: Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60-62, 80992 Munich
• Lab Space: Siemens Technology Center, Friedrich-Ludwig-Bauer-Str. 3, 85748 Garching