Education
Thesis and Semester Projects at the Soft Robotics Lab
We are looking for master students that would like to do their semester projects or their master thesis work at the Soft Robotics Lab. We offer a range of research topics for a thesis in the areas of design, fabrication, modeling, controls, and machine learning for soft robots. The group is actively researching actuators made of silicone elastomers, electro-active polymer, or biohybrid materials, and we use these actuators to design and build soft robots for applications in robotic manipulation, underwater locomotion, walking, and flying.
Please have a look at our currently advertised student projects.
Real World Robotics Course (fall semester)
Real World Robotics is a hands-on project course to teach students about the complete robotic development process. The students develop their own dexterous robotic hand and control it using state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. The course was offered for the first time in the fall of 2023 and is offered yearly. Learn more here.
Soft and Biohybrid Robotics Course (spring semester)
The advanced course on Soft and Biohybrid Robotsics focuses on the process of creating the structure, models, controllers and machine learning of soft and biohybrid robots that exploit their impedance and dynamics to perform locomotion, manipulation and other tasks. You will gain experience of a range of soft robotic technologies and a model-based approach to design and simulation of soft continuum robots. Read More