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, INF 368, room 511 (5th 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)

PostDoc


Dr. Mourad Benoussaad

mourad.benoussaad (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8878
IWR, INF 368, room 512 (5th floor)

Research topic: Human muscoloskeletal modeling and functional electrical stimulation

PhD Students

Martin Felis

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

ph.: +49-6221-54-4983
IWR, INF 368, room 509 (5th 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, INF 368, room 509 (5th 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, INF 368, room 512 (5th floor)

Research: Optimal control of humanoid robot motions

Khai-Long Ho Hoang

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

ph.: +49-6221-54-4983
IWR, INF 368, room 509 (5th floor)

Research: Stability analysis of normal and prosthetic walking

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

Students

Felix Aller

felix.aller (at) gmx.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, INF 368, room 224 (2nd floor)

Bachelor thesis in Computer Science
Research topic: Controlling the humanoid robot NAO with Kinect 

Marcel Gutsche

marcel.gutsche (at) gmail.com

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, INF 368, room 224 (2nd floor)

Bachelor thesis in Physics
Research topic: Playing soccer with NAO

Monika Harant

harant.monika (at) gmx.net

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, INF 368, room 224 (2nd floor)

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

Marina Horn

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

ph.: +49-6221-54-8856
IWR, INF 368, room 510 (5th floor)

Diploma thesis in Mathematics
Research topic: Modeling head orientation during human locomotion

Robert Küchler

Kuechler (at) stud.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, INF 368, room 224 (2nd floor)

Bachelor thesis in Computer Science
Research topic: Controlling the humanoid robot NAO with a game controller

Benjamin Reh

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

ph.: +49-6221-54-8776
IWR, INF 368, room 224 (2nd floor)

Diploma thesis in Physics
Research topic: Control and implementation of optimal trajectories on small industrial robots

Joachim Schleicher

joachim.schleicher (at) iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

ph.: +49-6221-54-8856
IWR, INF 368, room 510 (5th floor) 

Bachelor thesis in Computer Science
Research topic: RepRap - A self-replicating rapid prototyping system

Former Members

Dominik Dukati, State examination in Computer Science

Andreas Reischmann, Diploma student Mathematics

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

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

Visitors

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: 12.03.2012 - 08:47

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