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(UC-BOULDER)
 

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LAB NEWS
 

In March 2005 we started to build the first bipedal robots to investigate walking and running based on biological design and control principles. Furthermore, we installed a circular treadmill table making the analysis of robot movements much easier.
Since September 2004 we have a new treadmill specially designed to measure 3D ground reaction forces during both walking and running. The forces can be separated between left and right foot.

Earlier in 2004 we started to build a series of very simple legged robots to investigate the influence of leg design on the control for stable locomotion. In contrast to computer simulation, the physical contact with the environment and the properties of the actuator become now important for obtaining periodic movement patterns. Videos  >  Movie of the 2nd biped robot  >  slow motion  >  Handelsblatt  >  JenaTV  >  Movie of the first biped robot  >  Movie of the pogo runner  >  Movie of the two-segment runner  >  Movie of a quadruped runner

Special Exhibition / Sonderausstellung  NEW Bionik - Vom Ursaurier zum laufenden Roboter Museum der Natur Gotha 1.7.-15.10.2006    >  download flyer PDF

starting January 13th:

 >  Every Friday 
10:00 Seminar on Locomotion Models
            I   Running with elastic legs, Stability and Control
            II  Walking and Running, Gait Transitions
            III Control of Segmented Legs, Muscles and Reflexes

 >  March 3rd, 2006
15:00 Open Lab Talks
            I   Robotics: Jürgen Rummel, Elmar Dittrich
            II  Experiments: Susanne Lipfert, Christian Jäger
            III Models: Yvonne Blum, Zully Ritter

>  March 6th, 2006
15:00 James Smith, McGill University; Montreal
            Recent Developments in Legged Locomotion:
            Galloping and Hybrid Wheeled-Leg Robots
          Download TALK as PDF (password required)

>  April 3rd, 2006  NEW
15:00 Prof. F. Wörgötter
        Computational Neuroscience
        University of Goettingen
            Adaptive Learning in Neurons and Robots:
            Towards improved motor control.

 

 >   Previous talks ...
 

 >    NEW  May 2005: TLZ, Schleichen wie einst Schmidtchen Schleicher
 more...

 >   April 2005: Walking Robots, Handelsblatt more...

 >   March 2005: The data webspace of the lab is now online more...

 >   November 28th, 2004:
Walking Robots
Deutsche-Welle TV
22:30 in English
18:30 in German
www.dw-wordl.de
Laufroboter

 >   November 14th, 2003: Introduction of the new Locomotion Lab at the University of Jena  more...

 >   Since October 1st, 2003, we have our new facilities at the University in Jena more...

CONFERENCES
 

 >   June 2-4, 2005: EWOMS 2 European Workshop on Movement Science. Vienna, Austria more...

 >   July 11-15, 2005:
SEB at Barcelona more...

 >   July 31-Aug 5, 2005:
XXth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) more...

 >   Sep 7-9, 2005:  Fast Motions in Biomechanics and Robotics
- Optimization and Feedback Control -
 Heidelberg, Germany more...

 >   Sep 2005: AMAM - 3rd International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines more...

NEWS & MEDIA

  >  more news...

PRESS INFO

Fluchtreflex versus Entdeckung der Langsamkeit ...

Laufbandunikat  ...

Mit neuem Laufband auf den Spuren des Olympia-Siegers ...

LAB STORY
The Locomotion Lab is a young investigator group supported by the German Science Foundation (DFG) within the framework of the Emmy-Noether program. It was founded in October 2003 by Andre Seyfarth and follows the traditions in biomechanics and movement science in Jena. more...

RESEARCH FOCUS
In our research we aim to achieve a better understanding on the way how humans and animals move (e.g. run or walk). Based on such knowledge we try to identify general principles which could then be used to improve therapeutical or technical approaches, for instance in rehabilitation or robotics.

CURRENT PROJECTS
2003-2007 Principles of legged systems: safety, redundancy and stability (DFG SE1042)
Project A Neuromechanical triggers for running and walking
Project B Construction of a single leg robotic testbed
Project C Leg control in human running

LAB PEOPLE

Locomotion Lab	Andre Seyfarth
Project A	Hartmut Geyer	Susanne Lipfert
Project B	Juergen Rummel	Fumiya Iida
Project C	Elmar Dittrich	Christian Wunder
Suspension System	Anwar Abdulrazak
previous lab members	Heidi Knüsel	Jan Michel

OPEN POSITIONS / DIPLOMA PROJECTS
Project A 1 PhD or postdoc position  NEW
Project A 1 diploma project
Project B 1 PhD or postdoc position  NEW
Project C 1 diploma project
 >  please contact: oas@uni-jena.de

TEACHING / STUDENT PROJECTS

 >  Software LSF (Lehre, Studium, Forschung)

Wintersemester

Klausur-Ergebnisse
 >  Einführung in die Biomechanik Vorlesungsklausur
      Ergebnisse Vorlesungsklausur DIPLOM PDF (11. Feb. 05)
      Ergebnisse Seminarklausur DIPLOM PDF (22. Feb. 05)
      Ergebnisse Vorlesungsklausur LA+MA  PDF (11. Feb. 05)
 >  Biomechanik II Vorlesungsklausur
      Ergebnisse WS0405 PDF (11. Feb. 05)
      Ergbenisse WS0506 PDF (28. Feb. 05) NEW
 >  Einführung in die Programmierung (Klausur+Projekt)
      Ergebnisse PDF (WS04/05)
      Ergebnisse Klausur+Projekt PDF (WS05/06) NEW

 >  Evaluation der Lehre an der FSU Jena
 >   Evaluationsbericht Einführung in die Biomechanik
 >   Evaluationsbericht Biomechanik II

Lectures	Einführung in die Biomechanik   >  PDF Skript Kinematik (12. Jan. 05)   >  PDF Skript Dynamik (13. Jan 05)   >  PDF Skript DynamikRotation (13. Jan. 05)   >  PDF Skript Kräfte und Muskel (28. Jan. 05)    >  PDF Skript Zusammenfassung (25. Jan. 05) (Kennwort erforderlich!)
	Biomechanik II   >  PDF Skript Kinemetrie1 (25. Jan. 05)   >  PDF Skript Kinemetrie2 (25. Jan. 05)   >  PDF Skript Kraft  (25. Jan. 05)     >  PDF Skript EMG  (18. Jan. 05)  (Kennwort erforderlich!)   >  Demonstration LAVEG (Peter Fackelmeier)   >  Demonstration Kraftmessung (Peter Fackelmeier)   >  Demonstration sonoSens (Steffen Adler)
	Forschungsmethoden   >  PDF Skript Grundlagen (25. Okt. 04)   >  PDF Skript Projekt Biomechanik (14. Apr 05) (Kennwort erforderlich!)   >  Beispieldaten sj.txt   >  PDF Paper Aristoteles   >  PDF Paper JEB Seyfarth
Seminars	Programmierung   >  PDF Skript Programmierung (28. Nov. 04)   >  Übungsaufgaben Matlab in kleinen Schritten   >  Lösungen: Drehung.m Reckturner.m   >  Kraftdaten: kraft_horizontal.txt  (Kennwort erforderlich!)
	Integrative Systeme   >  PDF Skript IntegrativeAnalyse (21. Jan. 05) (Kennwort erforderlich!)
Project	Running with different shoes  Running and walking with impeding  horizontal forces (IHF)   >  goto webspace

Sommer 2004

Lecture:  Sportgeräte (Kennwort erforderlich!)
Formel 1 PDF (555KB)	Böden PDF (1.1MB)	Schuhe PDF (5.9MB)

Winter 2003/2004

Lecture/Seminar	Lecture	Project
Biomechanics I	Biomechanics II	Kinematics in Running

last update:
March 10th, 2006

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