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Bernhard Irrgang is a philosopher of technology at the Dresden University of Technology, whose research sits at the compelling intersection of robotics ethics, artificial consciousness, and the philosophical dimensions of emerging technologies. His most influential work, "On the Consciousness of Robots" (2014, 36 citations), tackles fundamental epistemological questions about what distinguishes human consciousness from potentially machine-generated equivalents, bringing rigorous philosophical tradition to bear on one of the most pressing questions in contemporary AI discourse. Alongside this, his edited volume "Robotics in Germany and Japan" (2014, 17 citations) demonstrates his commitment to intercultural and interdisciplinary dialogue, bridging roboethics, hermeneutics, and technology assessment across cultural boundaries. Irrgang's broader scholarly concerns extend to posthuman identity, as reflected in his German-language monograph on artificial intelligence, cyborgs, and designer humans (2005), and to the ethics of warfare transformed by autonomous technologies, explored in "Drones @ Combat" (2016). His earlier foundational piece on ethical acts in robotics (2006) helped establish normative frameworks for human-robot interaction. Across these works, Irrgang consistently foregrounds the embodied, intersubjective human subject as the essential reference point for evaluating technological transformation — making his contributions indispensable reading for anyone navigating the philosophy of advanced robotics and AI.