Jens Kober

Delft University of Technology — Netherlands

Engineering · Physical Sciences

33h-index8.4kcitations235works2.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Robot Manipulation and Learning(97), Reinforcement Learning in Robotics(86), Robotic Locomotion and Control(25), Soft Robotics and Applications(19), Motor Control and Adaptation(16)

Publications235 total

Infinite-Dimensional Closed-Loop Inverse Kinematics for Soft Robots via Neural Operators
ArXiv.org·2026Open Access
Infinite-Dimensional Closed-Loop Inverse Kinematics for Soft Robots via Neural Operators
arXiv (Cornell University)·2026Open Access
Experimental validation of model-based collocated control for shape regulation in elastically decoupled underactuated soft robots
Mechatronics·2026Open Access
SENSE-STEP: Learning Sim-to-Real Locomotion for a Sensory-Enabled Soft Quadruped Robot
ArXiv.org·2026Open Access
SENSE-STEP: Learning Sim-to-Real Locomotion for a Sensory-Enabled Soft Quadruped Robot
arXiv (Cornell University)·2026Open Access
Model-based Optimal Control for Rigid-Soft Underactuated Systems
arXiv (Cornell University)·2026Open Access
Model-based Optimal Control for Rigid-Soft Underactuated Systems
arXiv (Cornell University)·2026Open Access
TacLight: A Six-Axis Soft Optical Tactile Sensor for Physical and Virtual Interaction
2026Open Access
Neural Linear Oscillator Networks and Their Application to Soft Robots Model Learning and Control
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters·2026
Real-Time Generation of Near Minimum-Energy Trajectories via Constraint-Informed Residual Learning: A Paradigm for Learning From Optimal Solutions
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine·2026
Sequentially Teaching Sequential Tasks ( <i>ST</i> ) <sup>2</sup> : Teaching Robots Long-Horizon Manipulation Skills
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine·2026Open Access
Strain-Based Shape and 3-D Force Estimation for Rod-Driven Continuum Robots With Stretch Sensors
IEEE Transactions on Robotics·2026
Exponentially Stable Projector-Based Control of Lagrangian Systems With Gaussian Processes
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control·2026
Human-Interactive Robot Learning: Definition, Challenges, and Recommendations
ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Scalable Task Planning via Large Language Models and Structured World Representations
Advanced Robotics Research·2025Open Access
Studying the Effect of Explicit Interaction Representations on Learning Scene-level Distributions of Human Trajectories
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Explosive Jumping with Rigid and Articulated Soft Quadrupeds via Example Guided Reinforcement Learning
2025
Controllable Generative Trajectory Prediction via Weak Preference Alignment
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
LLM-Guided Task- and Affordance-Level Exploration in Reinforcement Learning
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
STEP: Structured Training and Evaluation Platform for benchmarking trajectory prediction models
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jan Peters(25), Michael Gienger(8), Robert Babuška(8), Katharina Mülling(6), Tim de Bruin(5), Erhan Öztop(4), Karl Tuyls(4), Jihong Zhu(3), Carlos Celemin(3), Giovanni Franzese(3), J. Andrew Bagnell(2), Oliver Krömer(2), T.C.T. van Riet(2), Kevin T.H. Chin Jen Sem(2), Jean‐Pierre T. F. Ho(2), René Spijker(2), Jan de Lange(2), Simon Manschitz(2), Tamas Bates(2), Leandro de Souza Rosa(2)