From July 29 to 31, the Chair of Applied Mechanics at TUM hosted the second "LOLA's Adventure" program, part of the TUM Girl Explorers program, in which girls aged 12 to 15 explored the fascinating world of robotics. During the three days, the eleven participants gained hands-on experience with… [read more]

Philipp's groundbreaking research focused on multi-contact locomotion of humanoid robots and vision-based model building and motion planning. His dedication and expertise have significantly advanced our understanding of robotics. Join us in celebrating Philipp's remarkable achievement and wishing… [read more]

We are proud to announce that Sebastian Sterr's master's thesis supervised by Tomas Slimak at our Chair of Applied Mechanics has won the prestigious RENK Prize! The thesis, titled "Design and Construction of a Direct-Drive Axial-Flux Permanent Magnet Actuator for Humanoid Robot Locomotion" marks a… [read more]

Oliver Hausdoerfer won the competition for young researchers at the "AI-based robotics" conference, which was organized by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK). He presented work he did for his… [read more]

Since the end of April, a new resident has moved into the Chair of Applied Mechanics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM): the two-legged robot EcoWalker. The Stuttgarter Zeitung recently reported on this fascinating newcomer, developed in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute (MPI) in… [read more]

We're pleased to announce the continuation of the EcoWalk project with EcoWalk II, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation. Led by Dr. Daniel Renjewski and in collaboration with MPI-IS led by Dr. Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Alexandra Buchmann and Bernadett… [read more]

The program for this year's lecture series “Applied Mechanics Seminar” has been fixed. We will have 7 lectures by representatives from research and industry on current topics in applied mechanics. The seminar will be held in room MW3102 on selected Thursdays, 17:00 – 18:30. Schedule: 25.04.2024:… [read more]

Advances in prosthetic evaluation have been achieved through a joint project with the IPD CAD Lab at the University of Maribor and the Chair of Applied Mechanics at the Technical University of Munich. Exciting possibilities in prosthetics are emerging through additive manufacturing, especially with… [read more]

The Chair of Applied Mechanics is doing very well in teaching mechanical engineering: Two second places in the department's teaching award! Moritz Sattler won second place in the category “exercise in the early Bachelor” for the exercise Engineering Mechanics 3. Robot Dynamics was awarded second… [read more]

MPI seeks an intern with a passion for bipedal robots and a desire to gain hands-on experience working with robot hardware, electronics, and software. You will assist the MPI team in constructing a replica of our EcoWalker small biped robot and documenting the procedure. Further information and… [read more]