Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Optimization in Robotics and Biomechanics

Members of the ORB Group

Head of Research Group

Prof. Dr. Katja Mombaur

kmombaur (at) uni-hd.de
katja.mombaur (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8867
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.317 (3rd floor)

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Secretary


Julia Feuerer

julia.feuerer (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8886
IWR, INF 368, room 504 (5th floor)

PhD Students

Martin Felis

martin.felis (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-4983
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.319 (3rd floor)

Research topic: 3D Modeling and optimization of emotional locomotion

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Alexander Schubert

a.schubert (at) uni-hd.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-4983
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.319 (3rd floor)

Research topic: Modeling perception and generation of art works by dynamic motions & robotic implementation

Henning Koch

henning.koch (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8878
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.323 (3rd floor)

Research topic: Optimal control of humanoid robot motions

Khai-Long Ho Hoang

khailong.hohoang (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-4983
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.319 (3rd floor)

Research topics: Stability analysis of normal and prosthetic walking, Capturability

Marina Horn

marina.horn (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8856
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.321 (3rd floor)

Joint PhD thesis with the Fraunhofer project group PAMB (Automation in Medicine and Biotechnology) in Mannheim

Benjamin Reh

benjamin.reh (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room G.204 (2nd floor)

Research topic: Understanding the traffic flow of Hanoi motorbikes - Modeling and validation on swarm robots

Associated PhD Students

Kathrin Hatz
AG Simulation and Optimization, IWR (Prof. Dr. H. G. Bock)

kathrin.hatz (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8830
IWR, INF 368, room 410 (4th floor)

Research: Hierarchical optimal control problems, MPEC, Modeling of cerebral palsy gaits

Manuel Kudruss
BASF Junior Research Group Optimum Experimental Design, IWR (Dr. Stefan Körkel)

manuel.kudruss (at) googlemail.com

ph.: +49-6221-54-8795
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.323 (3rd floor)

Research: Online optimum experimental design for kinematic and dynamic calibration of robots

Students

Felix Aller

felix.aller (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room G.204 (2nd floor)

Master student in Computer Science
Research topics: Humanoid robot NAO, Kinect, Quadrocopter, Human movement data analysis

Moritz Brinkmann

moritz.brinkmann (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8878
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.323 (3rd floor)

Bachelor student in Physics
Research topic: Comparison of different anthropometric data sets in dynamic models of walking

Monika Harant

harant.monika (at) gmx.net

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room G.204 (2nd floor)

Diploma thesis in Mathematics
Research topic: Optimal control of walking motions of the humanoid robot ARMAR IV (KIT)

Robert Küchler

Kuechler (at) stud.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room G.204 (2nd floor)

Master student in Computer Science
Research topics:Humanoid robot NAO, Quadrocopter

Fatma Kurt

kurtfatma61 at googlemail.com

ph.: +49-6221-54-8856
IWR, Speyerer Str. 6, room H.321 (3rd floor)

Bachelor thesis in Mathematics

Research topic: Optimal control of high bar gymnastics movements

Former Members

Dr. Wael Suleiman, PostDoc (now Assistant Professor at Sherbrooke University, Quebec, Canada)

Dr. Mourad Benoussaad, PostDoc (now in Montpellier)

Esar van Hal, Associated PhD student (now in Groningen)

Dominik Ducati, State examination in Computer Science

Andreas Reischmann, Diploma student Mathematics

Marcel Gutsche, Bachelor thesis in Physics

Joachim Schleicher, Bachelor thesis in Computer Science

Dominik Riedinger, Bachelor thesis in Computer Science

Visitors

Prof. Dr. Richard Longman, Columbia University, New York, USA, May - August 2013 (Romberg Professor of HGS)

Prof. Dr. Mickael Begon and Ariane C. Rousseau, Université de Montreal, Canada, April 2013

Prof. Dr. Michael Coleman, University of Vermont, March - April 2012

Antonio El Khoury, LAAS-CNRS, France, Jan. - Feb. 2012

Dr. Christian David Remy, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, Oct. - Nov. 2011

Prof. Dr. Richard Longman, Columbia University, New York, USA, July 2011

Dr. Manish Sreenivasa, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France (now at the University of Tokyo, Japan), Nov - Dec 2010

Dr. Hideki Kadone, College de France, Paris, France (now at the University of Tsukuba, Japan), May 2010

K. Mombaur, orb@uni-hd.de
Last Update: 27.04.2013 - 12:51

The photographs in the header of this webpage have been taken at the Musee de l'Automate in Souillac, France