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Gerhard Ebenhofer is a leading figure in industrial robotics and automation, whose work is reshaping how robots integrate into manufacturing. His research centers on mobile manipulation, human-robot collaboration, and reconfigurable control systems, with a particular focus on aerospace and assembly line applications. Ebenhofer’s most cited work, “Mobile manipulator is coming to aerospace manufacturing industry” (58 citations), addresses the critical challenge of bringing flexible, mobile robots to large-part manufacturing—a domain traditionally dominated by fixed automation. He is also the driving force behind the LOCOBOT project (18 citations), a low-cost toolkit that democratizes the creation of robot co-workers for assembly lines, making advanced automation accessible to a wider range of industries. His contributions to service-oriented robotics and standardized dynamic reconfiguration (10 and 6 citations, respectively) have advanced the dream of truly adaptable, software-driven industrial systems. More recently, Ebenhofer has explored cutting-edge interfaces like VR-based evaluation of human-robot interaction and sketch-based robot programming, demonstrating a commitment to intuitive, human-centric automation. With a career spanning foundational system integration to novel interaction modalities, Ebenhofer’s work continues to influence both the theory and practice of flexible, intelligent manufacturing.