Higher, faster, and further on the one hand, but also safer and more efficient on the other hand – this trend demands a great deal of today’s and future engineers. In addition to the challenging maxim, economic aspects lead to the desire to reduce time to market of products required to master… [read more]

It seems that as computing power increases, models simply become more complex. So model order reduction remains crucial. Reducing complexity is often achieved by coordinate reduction, but may be enhanced by clever mathematical formulations to obtain simpler equations of motion. That’s exactly what… [read more]

Our two FRANKA EMIKA arms are currently learning to cooperate for assembly tasks. They do so on top of the mobile platform of our project partner Lehrstuhl für Fördertechnik Materialfluss Logistik. Together, we are developing a mobile dual-arm robot system for complex handling and assembly tasks.… [read more]

We are proud to have hosted a robotics competition as part of the robotics club at the chair. Groups of students were given identical motors and batteries as well as access to various tools and 3D printing capabilities. The goal? Cross the finish-line using a legged robot as fast as possible, while… [read more]

Considering flexible bodies in engineering analysis is crucial to achieve lighter, smarter, and therefore more efficient designs. The bottleneck in doing so is often computational efficiency, especially for control and/or optimization purposes. Recursive formulations are usually computationally more… [read more]

In WS22/23 we will again offer our interdisciplinary project seminar ExoskeleTUM. This seminar deals with the development of a fully actuated lower-limb exoskeleton to allow paraplegic patients to walk again. To reach this challenging goal, a wide variety of topics from joint design and control,… [read more]

Please check out our latest article titled "Path Quality Improvement of Sampling-Based Planners: An Efficient Optimization-Based Approach Using Analytical Gradients", where we propose two approaches based on nonlinear optimization to post-process computed paths for collision-free robot motions with… [read more]

Please check out our latest article titled "Model Order Reduction using Hyperreduction Methods (DEIM, ECSW) for Magnetodynamic FEM Problems". The following link provides free access to the article until August 18, 2022: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fKIv,3rleoXuV… [read more]

"Developing a fully actuated lower limb exoskeleton with a students team to remobilize gait impaired patients - that's what ExoskeleTUM is about. The long term project goal is the participation at Cybathlon organized by ETH Zurich. Developing exoskeletons requires knowledge from various disciplines… [read more]