People | Cognitive Robotics at Tampere University

Group leader

Roel Pieters

Associate Professor
Intelligent Machines and Robotics.
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University
+358504478347
roel.pieters@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6728-304X

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About me

I lead the Cognitive Robotics research group. My research interests are in enabling humans and robots to interact and collaborate.

Responsibilities

Co-responsible for TAU's robotics major studies and Robolab Tampere

Research topics

Human-robot collaboration
Cognitive robotics
Deep learning for robotics
Robot design

Research unit

Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering

Research career

I obtained my MSc and PhD in robotics at Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) in 2009 and 2013, respectively. I was a postdoctoral researcher in ETH Zurich (CH) from 2013 to 2016 and in Aalto University (FI) from 2016 to 2017.
Since September 2017 I lead the Cognitive Robotics research group at Tampere University.

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