Gerhard Hirzinger

Gerhard Hirzinger, next to the humanoid robot Justin in 2008

Gerhard Hirzinger (born January 17, 1945 in Schwandorf , Bavaria ) is a German professor of mechanics, robotics scientist and was head of the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics at the German Aerospace Center in Oberpfaffenhofen between 1992 and 2012 .

In 1995 he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation , since 1997 he has held the status of an IEEE Fellow , in April 2004 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in Munich , and in 2005 the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award , In 2010 with the State Medal for special services to the Bavarian economy and in 2014 with the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art . Since 2008 he has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . For 2020 he received the Ring of Honor from the Eduard Rhein Foundation .

Hirzinger is an honorary professor at the Department of Real-Time Systems and Robotics at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich .

literature

• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2013. 25th edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-027421-9 , Volume 2, p. 1591

Web links

• Information on the website of the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Center
• Literature by and about Gerhard Hirzinger in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerd Hirzinger awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. DLR, April 28, 2004, accessed October 8, 2009 . 
2. ^ Winner of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award
3. ↑ Member entry by Gerhard Hirzinger (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on May 5, 2016.
4. ↑ Prize of the Eduard Rhein Foundation 2020
5. ^ Profile of Gerd Hirzinger at the Robotics and Embedded Systems Chair in the Faculty of Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich