Curriculum Vitae

Thomas Hulin joined the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in 2003 as a research associate. Since 2020, he heads the Telemanipulation Research Group. His research interests include haptic teleoperation (control, devices, and algorithms), physical human-robot interaction, robot visualization, augmented reality, and skill transfer. He is co-author of more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals, books and conferences. He was granted 9 patents and is co-inventor of the robotic systems HUG and SwarmRail, and of the interaction devices CoaxHaptics, VibroTac S, and FingerTac. He has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE since 2019 (IEEE ICRA 2020 and 2021, IEEE WHC 2021, RA-L since 2021).

Projects/Cooperation within CeTI you are involved in:

I am involved in two main cooperative activities, (i) researching haptic codecs and control approaches for teleoperation over the internet, and (ii) creating a haptic data glove that combines sensory technology with tactile augmented feedback.

What do you value most about your work at CeTI?

In CeTI, I enjoy the great collaboration with excellent scientists and the stimulating conversations and meetings. CeTI offers an inspiring work environment and enough freedom to realize my own ideas.

What was your best moment at CeTI so far?

The best CeTI moment was when I was able to experience augmented haptic feedback for the first time: Our tactile device FingerTac changed the perception with the real world, in a way that the touch of the keys on the keyboard was altered. I wish everyone interested could experience augmented haptic feedback soon.

What else would you like to research?

I would like to make haptic teleoperation tangible for everyone. For this purpose, I want to research new haptic control approaches, haptic devices, haptic algorithms, and teleoperation concepts.

How do you spend your spare time?

In my spare time, I teach my kids the important skills for little robotic engineers that often fall short in school, e.g. programming, mechanical design and 3d printing.

Publications

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Christian Mühl; Corinna Kührt; Katja Gayraud; Sarah Piechowski; Irene Valori; Thomas Hulin; Giang T. Nguyen; Max A. Pötter; Jens Krzywinski; Harsimran Singh; Sebastian Pannasch; Jens Jordan; Merle T. Fairhurst

Space (Book Section)

In: Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Li, Shu-Chen; Speidel, Stefanie; Strufe, Thorsten; Mahmoodi, Toktam; Reisslein, Martin (Ed.): Humans, Robots, and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet, pp. 79–96, Academic Press, 2026.

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Başak Güleçyüz; Harsimran Singh; Thomas Hulin; Yuankai Wu; Lars Nockenberg; Corinna Kührt; Katja Krug; Merle T. Fairhurst; Eckehard Steinbach

Human–machine interface and anticipatory interaction (Book Section)

In: Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Li, Shu-Chen; Speidel, Stefanie; Strufe, Thorsten; Mahmoodi, Toktam; Reisslein, Martin (Ed.): Humans, Robots, and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet, pp. 189–205, Academic Press, 2026.

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Shu-Chen Li; Evelyn Muschter; Loreen Pogrzeba; Kathleen Y. L. Kang; Jonas Schulz; Robert Rosenkranz; Annalisa Palmisano; Brais Gonzalez Sousa; Kaan Karan; Robert Kirchner; Yichen Fan; M. Ercan Altinsoy; Shirong Huang; Gianaurelio Cuniberti; Eckehard Steinbach; Thomas Hulin; Felix Quirmbach; Jakub Limanowski; Merle T. Fairhurst; Irene Valori

Human sensory perception and action (Book Section)

In: Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Li, Shu-Chen; Speidel, Stefanie; Strufe, Thorsten; Mahmoodi, Toktam; Reisslein, Martin (Ed.): Humans, Robots, and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet, pp. 269–283, Academic Press, 2026.

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M. Ercan Altinsoy; Carola H. Böhmer; Chokri Cherif; Gianaurelio Cuniberti; Susanne Fischer; Amartya Ganguly; Sonja Groß; Sami Haddadin; Shirong Huang; Thomas Hulin; Robert Kirchner; Jens Krzywinski; Hung Le Xuan; Max A. Pötter; Leif Riemenschneider; Robert Rosenkranz; Nadja Schenk; Harsimran Singh; Abdalla Swikir; Grace A. Whitaker; Hans Winger

Peripherals (Book Section)

In: Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Li, Shu-Chen; Speidel, Stefanie; Strufe, Thorsten; Mahmoodi, Toktam; Reisslein, Martin (Ed.): Humans, Robots, and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet, pp. 115–130, Academic Press, 2026.

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M. Ercan Altinsoy; Pablo Alvarez Romeo; Carola H. Böhmer; Chokri Cherif; Gianaurelio Cuniberti; Amartya Ganguly; Sonja Groß; Sami Haddadin; Shirong Huang; Thomas Hulin; Gangadhar Mamillapalli; Anindya Nag; Suresh Nuthalapati; Leif Riemenschneider; Robert Rosenkranz; Yitian Shao; Harsimran Singh; Abdalla Swikir; Gregor Uhlig; Mareen N. Warncke; Grace A. Whitaker; Hans Winger

Sensors and actuators – new materials and technologies (Book Section)

In: Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Li, Shu-Chen; Speidel, Stefanie; Strufe, Thorsten; Mahmoodi, Toktam; Reisslein, Martin (Ed.): Humans, Robots, and Virtual Worlds in the Tactile Internet, pp. 285–300, Academic Press, 2026.

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Başak Güleçyüz; Ribin Balachandran; Michael Panzirsch; Harsimran Singh; Thomas Hulin; Xiao Xu; Eckehard Steinbach

Enhancing shared autonomy in teleoperation under network delay: Transparency- and confidence-aware arbitration (Journal Article)

In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 9654–9661, 2025.

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Annika Schmidt; Dennis Höhn; Harsimran Singh; Michael Walter; Maximilian S. Mühlbauer; Eyk-Uwe Pap; Michael Panzirsch; Bregje Lodewikus; Hubert van Strien; Siwei Zhang; Armin Dammann; Fabio Broghammer; Axel Hahn; Thoralf Noack; Neal Y.-S. Lii; Alin O. Albu-Schäffer; Thomas Hulin

Conceptual framework for teleoperated robotic recovery of large subsea UXOs (Proceedings Article)

In: Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Telepresence (TELEPRESENCE), 2025.

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Harsimran Singh; Michael Panzirsch; Ribin Balachandran; Jee-Hwan Ryu; Christian Ott; Thomas Hulin

Perceptual-based method for mitigating force chattering in time domain passivity approach (Proceedings Article)

In: Proceedings of the IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2025.

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Andreas Wicht; Tobias Franke; Alina Hahn; Nils Håkansson; Christian Kürbis; Robert Smol; Thomas Hulin; Thomas Eiband; Peter Lehner; Maximilian S. Mühlbauer; Korbinian Nottensteiner; Richard Pietschmann; Bernhard Thaler; Diana Thaler; Jürgen Bosse

Human-centric concept for a reconfigurable robotic system enabling low-volume assembly of photonic and quantum modules (Proceedings Article)

In: Proceedings of the IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2025.

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Michael Panzirsch; Harsimran Singh; Xiao Xu; Alexander Dietrich; Thomas Hulin; Eckehard Steinbach; Alin O. Albu-Schäffer

Enhancing the force transparency of the energy-reflection based time domain passivity approach (Journal Article)

In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 181–188, 2025.

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