Bernd Kuhlenkötter

Bernd Kuhlenkötter received the Dipl.-Ing. degree and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor with the Chair of Production Systems, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, and the Director of the Center for the Engineering of Smart Product Service Systems, Bochum. His research interests include the field of robotics focus on manufacturing (milling and forming processes with robots), mobile robotics, andhuman–robotcollaboration.