As the year comes to a close, we at the Chair of Applied Mechanics would like to wish all our colleagues, students, and partners a joyful holiday season and a prosperous new year!2024 has been an exciting year for us, with advancements in the dynamics of mechanical systems, structural dynamics, and… [read more]

We are thrilled to announce the release of OASIS-UROS - the Open Acquisition System for IEPE Sensors - Upgraded, Refined, and Overhauled Software! OASIS-UROS continues the previously published Open Acquisition System for IEPE Sensors (OASIS), a fully open acquisition system for IEPE (also called… [read more]

In a recently published article  in the Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM) one of the major challenges of bipedal human walking, namely the recirculation of a heavy leg in a very short amount of time, has been investigated. The result highlights substantial differences between… [read more]

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]