Philipp Beckerle received his Dr. Ing. in Mechatronics from TU Darmstadt, Germany, in 2014, and his habilitation from TU Dortmund, Germany, in 2021. He is a full professor and chair of Autonomous Systems and Mechatronics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (www.asm.tf.fau.de) and was a visiting researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Arizona State University, and the University of Siena. His research interest is in human-centered mechatronics and robotics and his work was honored with various awards.