Rate My Professor Luka Peternel

Peternel is course manager and instructor for RO47001 Robot Dynamics & Control and instructor for RO47013 Control in Human-Robot Interaction in TU Delft's Master in Robotics program, and contributes to courses like Mechanics of Materials and Human-Robot Interaction. He is a member of the Works Council for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2020-2026), serving on sub-committees for HR, Education, and Communication. Editorial roles include Associate Editor for International Journal of Robotics Research (Human-Robot Interaction, 2023-present), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (Robot Learning, 2020-2023), and associate editor for conferences ICRA, IROS, Humanoids. He has organized workshops at IROS, ICRA, and Humanoids, and delivered invited talks at RSS, ICRA, IROS, and others. Awards include Best Paper at FICTA 2024 for "Computer vision- and human-robot interaction-supported assembly for collaborative off-earth habitat construction" and Finalist Best Interactive Paper at Humanoids 2023 for "Real-time tendon strain estimation of rotator-cuff muscles during robotic-assisted rehabilitation." Key publications are "Robot adaptation to human physical fatigue in human-robot co-manipulation" (Autonomous Robots, 2018), "A Human-Robot Collaboration Framework for Improving Ergonomics During Cyclic Tasks" (Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2021), "Dynamic movement primitives in robotics: A tutorial survey" (Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2023), and "Visio-verbal teleimpedance interface: enabling semi-autonomous control of physical interaction via eye tracking and speech" (Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2026).