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Knut Drewing is a leading researcher at the intersection of human perception, cognitive science, and robotics, with a primary focus on how humans interact with autonomous systems—particularly robotic hands and swarms. His work bridges fundamental questions about sensorimotor control and tactile perception with applied challenges in human-robot collaboration. Drewing’s most impactful contribution is a hierarchical sensorimotor control framework for human-in-the-loop robotic hands (2023, 33 citations), which models robotic dexterity on the nervous system’s own hierarchical controllers to better integrate tactile sensing with action—a critical step toward more capable prosthetic and collaborative robots. He also investigates how the size and behavior of robot swarms affect human cognitive processes, including subjective time perception and mental load (2023, 12 citations; 2024, 7 citations), revealing that even intermittent interaction with many robots can strain human operators. In tactile robotics, Drewing has advanced active texture recognition using vision-based tactile sensors (2024, 7 citations), formalizing information-theoretic exploration strategies for fabric classification. His work is notable for systematically linking human perceptual and cognitive constraints to the design of more intuitive, effective robotic systems—making him a key voice in human-swarm interaction and sensorimotor robotics.