News & Awards
Haptic Intelligence
Perceiving Systems
Award
16-10-2025
Doctoral student Maria-Paola Forte is recognized as a NeurIPS 2025 Top Reviewer
She is awarded a non-transferable complimentary registration to attend the conference.
Maria-Paola Forte
Haptic Intelligence
Organizational Leadership and Diversity
News
30-09-2025
Carl Schneider Foundation supports innovative technology at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart
Funding enables purchase of a functional near-infrared spectroscopy system
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Matthias Tröndle
Ksenia Keplinger
Haptic Intelligence
News
16-04-2025
Max Planck Partner Group established to strengthen ties between MPI-IS and the University of Tennessee Knoxville
Assistant Professor at UTK receives five-year funding from the Max Planck Society
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Rachael Burns
Haptic Intelligence
News
18-03-2025
RIG hosts first German Robotics Conference
MPI-IS scientists showcase their research on soft robotics and haptic intelligence
Robotics Institute Germany (RIG), founded with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), successfully hosted the first German Robotics Conference (GRC) at the Nuremberg Convention Center on March 13-15. This significant event brought together about 500 participants, including leading scientific minds based in Germany, prominent industry pioneers, and 15 current employees from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems.
Jonathan Fiene
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Birgül Akolpoglu
Yijie Gong
Felix Grüninger
Moaaz Hudhud Mughrabi
Florian Hartmann
Haptic Intelligence
Robotic Materials
Press Release
07-01-2025
Electrohydraulic Wearable Devices Create Unprecedented Haptic Sensations
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems invented compact wearable devices that deliver rich, expressive, and pleasant tactile sensations that go far beyond the buzzing vibrations of today’s consumer devices. The team just published their findings in Advanced Science.
Natalia Sanchez-Tamayo
Zachary Yoder
Philipp Rothemund
Giulia Ballardini
Christoph Keplinger
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence
News
17-05-2024
Katherine Kuchenbecker debates about the peer-review process at ICRA 2024
At this year’s five-day event in Yokohama, Kuchenbecker and other leading scientists from the robotics community argued the pros and cons of three controversial topics: single-blind peer review, generative AI, and the relevance of universities for modern robotics.
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence
News
09-10-2023
David Gueorguiev receives ERC Starting Grant
The researcher from the Haptic Intelligence Department and from CNRS receives 1.5 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC). He and his team will develop an experimental and computational framework that will open new possibilities for engineers and designers to develop applications that rely on the sense of touch.
David Gueorguiev
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence
News
22-08-2023
Blog: Creating the Tools to Conserve our Wildlife
Conservation tools vary, but are united in their potential to aid conservation of wildlife
We have published a perspectives piece on the different tools used throughout the world that are aiding in conservation of wildlife, and helping preserve the biodiversity of our planet. The perspectives highlight advances in technology, including both hardware and software, as well as frugal resources that are changing the way animals are conserved. For researchers and persons interested in learning about the ways conservation technology and tools are created and the foundational building blocks this piece serves as a starter guide to the field.
Andrew Schulz
Haptic Intelligence
News
13-07-2023
Haptic Intelligence Keeping in Touch with Research at World Haptics 2023
Director Katherine J. Kuchenbecker and 24 other current members of the MPI-Haptic Intelligence (HI) Department presented an abundance of their current research projects at the 2023 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in Delft, Netherlands. Dr. Yasemin Vardar, a former HI Department postdoctoral researcher and current Assistant Professor at TU Delft, helped organize the conference as Local Arrangements Chair. WHC combines EuroHaptics, AsiaHaptics, and the IEEE Haptics Symposium (North America) every other year. The HI team presented posters for six work-in-progress (WIP) papers, posters for two IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH) articles, a talk for one World Haptics technical paper and three hands-on demonstrations. Dr. Kuchenbecker also served on the four-person Editorial Board that managed the review of all ToH short papers and technical papers submitted to the conference. Additionally, HI’s brand-new CaCTüS intern, Moaaz Mughrabi, supported the conference as a student volunteer by helping participants check in, get accustomed to the presentation rooms, and set up their posters and demos.
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Iris Andrussow
Giulia Ballardini
Farimah Fazlollahi
Ifat Gertler
Yijie Gong
David Gueorguiev
Ravali Gourishetti
Moaaz Hudhud Mughrabi
Autumn Hughes
Haliza MatHusin
Bernard Javot
Behnam Khojasteh
Rachael Lorsa
Zhaoyang Li
Ben Richardson
Baptiste Rohou--Claquin
Nataliya Rokhmanova
Natalia Sanchez-Tamayo
Andrew Schulz
Gokhan Serhat
Demet Tangolar
Arekh Tiwari
Lijuan Wang
Cara Nunez
Hasti Seifi
Adam Spiers
Yasemin Vardar
Jonathan Fiene
Hojin Lee
Yitian Shao
Haptic Intelligence
Appointment
01-07-2023
Yitian Shao is appointed L4 Professor at HIT Shenzhen
Yitian Shao
Haptic Intelligence
News
15-11-2022
Gokhan Serhat and Yitian Shao become faculty members at prestigious European universities
KU Leuven and TU Dresden have hired outstanding postdoctoral researchers from the MPI-IS Haptic Intelligence Department
Gokhan Serhat
Yitian Shao
