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Human Factors & Data Analytics

Postdoc researcher at TUM, specializing in human-robot interaction for surgical robotics. PhD in legible robot motion. Background in mechanical engineering with experience in industry data analytics.

Introduction

I'm a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Ergonomics, Technical University of Munich (TUM), where I lead the Robotics For Life and Healthcare research group. My work focuses on Human Factors in Robotic Assisted Surgery, bringing together my expertise in data analytics, user research, and human-robot interaction.

Previously, I worked as a Data Analyst at Corpuls, a leading medical device company, where I developed data analysis concepts for post-market clinical follow-up studies using real-world rescue mission data.

My academic path includes a PhD at TUM on legible robot motion, an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from TUM, and research exchanges at RMIT Melbourne and Aalto University Helsinki.

PhD

Human-Robot Interaction, TUM

Data Analytics

Python, SQL, R

Robotics

Surgical Robotics & HRI

Research

Human Factors & Ergonomics

Experience

2025 — Present

Postdoc Researcher

Chair of Ergonomics, TUM

  • Research on Human Factors in Robotic Assisted Surgery
  • Group Lead: Robotics For Life and Healthcare
  • Speaker of the ForNeRo Project
  • Teaching: Seminar on Human-Robot Interaction
2021 — 2025

Data Analyst

Corpuls

  • Developed data analysis concepts for post-market clinical follow-up studies using medical field data from rescue missions
  • Released enterprise-wide Python tools for data analysis
  • Supported analytics software and data product development
  • Managed cross-department data requirements
  • Led inferential statistics workshops
  • Analyzed annotator behavior for dataset quality control
2016 — 2021

Research Associate & PhD Candidate

Chair of Ergonomics, TUM

  • UNICARagil: Researched legible motion for robots and automated vehicles
  • IMAGinE: Designed human-machine interfaces for cooperative automated maneuver planning
  • Quick-Check Digitalization: Consulted medium-sized businesses on Industry 4.0 applications
  • Taught the lab course on system ergonomics
  • Supervised 20 bachelor and master theses
  • Acquired a DFG project
  • Strategic advisory board of the institute, establishing a strong link to MIRMI
Education

Academic Background

TUM, RMIT Melbourne, Aalto University

  • PhD (Dr.-Ing.): Parametrization and evaluation of legible motion for human-robot interaction (TUM, 2016–2021)
  • M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering: TUM (2013–2015)
  • Research Exchange: RMIT Exertion Games Lab, Melbourne (2013)
  • B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering: TUM (2008–2012)
  • Exchange Semester: Aalto University, Helsinki (2011)

Publications

Selected publications. For a full list, see my profiles on Google Scholar or ResearchGate.

2021

Design of a hesitant movement gesture for mobile robots

J. Reinhardt, K. Bengler

PLOS ONE, 16(3), e0249081

2021

Back-off: Evaluation of robot motion strategies to facilitate human-robot spatial interaction

J. Reinhardt, L. Prasch, K. Bengler

ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 10(1)

2017

Dominance and movement cues of robot motion: A user study on trust and predictability

J. Reinhardt, A. Pereira, D. Beckert, K. Bengler

IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2017

Get in Touch

Interested in research collaborations, data analytics, or human-robot interaction? Feel free to reach out.

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