Annika Kirner received the M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, in 2021. In 2022, she joined Robotic Systems Lab (RSL) at ACIN, TU Wien. Her research interests include robot control, elastic robots, and impact-aware robotics.

Publications:

• A. Kirner and C. Ott, „Impact Analysis for the Planning of Targeted Non-Slippage Impacts of Robot Manipulators,“ in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 2750-2757, March 2024. [Video]
• A. Kirner and C. Ott, „Reinterpretation of the Non-Slippage Impact Direction for Elastic Contact Transitions“, in AIRoV 2024 InterAC-Workshop, 2024.
• H. Höppner, A. Kirner, J. Göttlich, L. Jakob, A. Dietrich and C. Ott, „Variable Stiffness Actuation via 3D-Printed Nonlinear Torsional Springs,“ in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 4324-4331, May 2025.
• X. Wu, A. Kirner, G. Garofalo, C. Ott, P. Kotyczka and A. Dietrich, „Adaptive Tracking Control With Uncertainty-Aware and State-Dependent Feedback Action Blending for Robot Manipulators,“ in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 12307-12314, Oct. 2022

Teaching Responsibilities

• Exercise for „Foundations of Robotics“
• Available student theses can be found on TISS.