Jochen J. Steil

Jochen J. Steil is a Professor of Robotics at the Technical University of Braunschweig, specializing in robot learning, human-robot interaction, and cognitive systems. He co-founded Gauss Robotics GmbH (2023) and served as Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University (2015-2021). Steil leads the SYnENZ Kommission and contributes to AI ethics frameworks.

• Research Focus: Robot learning, human-robot collaboration, soft/humanoid robots, machine learning in automation, and digitalization's impact on labor.
• Recent Publications address:

• Robot learning in curved spaces
• AI ethics and life-world perspectives
• Force sensing in continuum robots
• Exoskeleton testing
• Hyperspectral imaging for medical diagnostics

Scientific Awards:

• DAAD fellowship (1995/96)
• Theoretical Sciences Visiting Programme Fellow at OIST (2023)

Collaborations: Partnerships with Oxford Brookes University, Honda Research Institute Europe, and projects in AI ethics, exoskeleton testing, and Platform Lernende Systeme. Supervises students in robotics and cognitive interaction technologies.