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0000-0001-6033-801X, Scopus16022558700, IEEE Xplore37085504634, GitHubnoheton, LinkedInflorian-krebs, DLR eLib (creator facetKrebs, Florian (Augsburg)), and the bibliography at /bibliography. Every entry below resolves to a verifiable record on at least one of these surfaces.
Contact
- Full name — Florian Benedikt Krebs (b. 4 February 1982, Donauwörth)
- Affiliation — Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institute of Structures and Design (BT) — Center for Lightweight Production Technology (ZLP), Augsburg
- Email —
florian.krebs@dlr.de - ORCID —
0000-0001-6033-801X - GitHub —
@noheton - LinkedIn — florian-krebs
- Bluesky —
@nucli.de
Summary
Research engineer with 16+ years of continuous work at the DLR ZLP Augsburg on the data-substrate problem of full-scale composite manufacturing. Lead author of the peer-reviewed Shepard architecture paper of record (DLRK 2021). Architect of the iDMS research-data prototype (2017–2020), its predecessor critique line (PRAESTO / KIBID / ProDES), and the open-source Shepard substrate (2021–present). Generalist across robotics process automation, composite manufacturing, distributed data systems, and AI-collaborative research method. Group leader.
Current role
Leader, Flexible Automation Systems Group — DLR Institute of Structures and Design, ZLP Augsburg. Deputy Head of Department. 2009-10 to present.
Experience
| Period | Role |
|---|---|
| 2009-10 – present | DLR Institute of Structures and Design, ZLP Augsburg — Leader of Flexible Automation Systems Group; Deputy Head of Department |
| 2008-04 – 2009-09 | KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg — Industrial year at the robotics vendor whose KR-series robots later anchor every MFZ / FPC / T-AFP cell at ZLP |
| 2007-10 – 2008-03 | Studentische Hilfskraft, Lehrstuhl für Multimedia-Konzepte und Anwendungen, Universität Augsburg — paid tutorial assistant at the chair where the Diplomarbeit lab work was based |
| 2005-04 – 2008-03 | Student lab contributor (volunteer + later paid), same chair — multi-agent robotics framework: developed the server components; independently built an interactive simulation environment for hardware-free testing of robot-control intelligence |
Per ORCID employment record + primary-source Empfehlungsschreiben by Dr. M.E. Müller (2008).
Education
Diplom-Informatiker (Angewandte Informatik / Applied Computer Science) — Universität Augsburg, 2002–2008. Pre-Bologna 5-year German Diplom. Nebenfach: Philosophy (Logik / Sprachphilosophie, Erkenntnistheorie / Kognitionswissenschaften, Philosophie des Geistes, Ethik / Praktische Philosophie).
Diplomarbeit (24 May 2008, advisor Dr. Martin Eric Müller, Lehrstuhl für Multimedia-Konzepte und Anwendungen, Univ. Augsburg) — Entwicklung eines Systems zur Implementierung von Layered Module Architekturen (PARIA). A modular reactive-agent runtime in Java 1.6, grounded in Rodney Brooks’s Subsumption Architecture (1986), with first-class Layered Module Architectures as the original contribution (strong typing, arbitrary module functions, immediate inhibition / suppression). The runtime includes a setSnapshotBehavior(...) API on the architecture root and propagated + instant Snapshot primitives — a precursor to provenance-by-snapshot design choices that recur in the present shepard work.
Recognition
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes — nominated 2006 by Dr. Martin Eric Müller (Univ. Augsburg) on the basis of three years of lab contribution and academic record. Germany’s most selective national merit scholarship.
Selected projects
Each is a verifiable DLR / EU / federal project record. Full context in aidocs/strategy/86 §1.7 / §3.6 / §4.
| Project | Years | Role |
|---|---|---|
| MFFD — Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (JEC World Innovation Award 2025 — Aerospace Parts) | 2020–2025 | Data-substrate architect |
| DaMaST — Data Management for Space Transport (DLR Raumfahrt cluster Vorhaben) | 2025–2026+ | Vorhaben proposer; LUMEN + STORT use-cases |
| ODIX — DLR cross-platform integration | 2024–2025 | Milestone 2 lead |
| ForInfPro — semantically-driven data analytics | ongoing | Co-author |
| NFDI4Ing — Phase 2 (Measure F-1 + F-2) | 2024–2030 | ZLP positioning |
| HMC — Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration Phase 2 | 2025–2027 | Three Shepard-bearing WPs proposed |
| Aerospace-X — Catena-X-for-aeronautics positioning | 2024–2025 | JAXA-side briefing author |
| iDMS — CUBE Integrated Data Management System (predecessor of Shepard) | 2017–2020 | Sole architect |
| AZIMUT — Automatisierungslösungen für große Faserverbundbauteile | 2010–2013 | Co-author of final report (eLib 94104) |
| XPRESS (FP6-26674, EU IP) — Flexible Production experts for reconfigurable assembly technology | 2008–2009 (industrial-year participant at KUKA) | KUKA Schweissanlagen × Premium Aerotec × Airbus consortium |
| PLUTO — DLR satellite mission (data-management contribution) | ongoing | Co-author with Welzmüller et al. |
Selected publications
A small selection from the ORCID work list (28 works listed) and the DLR eLib record set (broader institutional-footprint count ≈ 63). Full bibliography at /bibliography.
- Krebs, F.; Willmeroth, M.; Haase, T.; Kaufmann, P.; Glück, R.; Deden, D.; Brandt, L.; Mayer, M. (2021). Systematische Erfassung, Verwaltung und Nutzung von Daten aus Experimenten. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress (DLRK) 2021. (The architecture paper of record for Shepard.)
- Audet, J.-M.; Fortin, Y.; Côté, G.; Vistein, M.; Brandt, L.; Krebs, F.; Monsarrat, B. (2024). Iterative Robot Calibration with Accuracy Saturation Termination. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024). (Joint DLR–NRC publication; ICAST algorithm for in-situ elastic calibration of the DLR ZLP T-AFP cell.)
- Schönheits, M.; Krebs, F. (2018). Embedding AR in Industrial HRI Applications. VAM-HRI 2018 (ACM workshop). (Industrial HRI testbed: KUKA KR120 Quantec extra HA + HoloLens + UWB-RTLS + OPC-UA.)
- Körber, M.; Nieberl, D.; Schmidt-Eisenlohr, C.; Nuschele, S.; Krebs, F.; Kaps, R. (2014). AZIMUT Abschlussbericht. DLR-Interner Bericht DLR-IB 435-2014/52 (eLib 94104). (Final report of the AZIMUT LuFo-era CFRP-automation project.)
- Krebs, F.; Jung, B. (2013). Hightech auf vier Säulen — Glanzstück im DLR Augsburg. DLR magazin #140 (Roboter issue). (Public-facing institutional exposition of the MFZ at commissioning.)
- (2008). Relational Cognitive Structures for Intelligent Agent and Robot Control. IEEE SMC 2008. DOI 10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811781. (Earliest peer-reviewed ORCID-listed work; Diplom-thesis era; the ontology-first signal that anchors the later substrate work.)
Plus internal working artefacts available on request: Steuerungskonzept der MFZ-Anlage (2010), iDMS Final Presentation (2020), Integrating Metrology, Spatial Analyzer and Industry 4.0 (2025), Generative KI: Technologie, Ethik und Zukunft (2026), and the DLR-internal DaMaST + HoKiTeP working decks.
Software
- shepard — Verantwortliche Person (software maintainer) of the noheton fork; lead author of the upstream DLRK 2021 architecture paper.
- f(ai)²r — sole author of the FAIR-for-AI-Research vocabulary; PROV-O extension for authoring-stage AI provenance with 13 classes + 3 properties + 7-rung verification ladder.
Methodological signature
- Plugin-first design — every new payload kind / integration is a plugin from day one; the in-tree core stays small.
- Ontology-first thinking — the data model is named in a shared vocabulary before the schema is written.
- AI-collaborative research method — explicit, captured in the 2026 GenKI tutorial deck; treats AI as substrate-contributor with PROV-O-traceable provenance via f(ai)²r.
- Substrate-builder over paper-mill — the iDMS prototype (2017–2020) and Shepard (2021–present) are the primary research outputs; peer-reviewed papers cite them rather than substituting for them.
Languages
- German (native)
- English (research working language; conference + peer-reviewed publications)
Maintenance
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