Postdoctoral Researcher
Cluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT – Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies | Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg, Botanic Garden Freiburg
Email: sebastian.kruppert@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
Bio-inspired gait optimization in soft autonomous machines (SaM) My main research interest lies in the mechanics of predator-prey-interactions. I have studied a variety of invertebrate and vertebrate and even plant predators and prey for their defensive and offensive morphological traits to understand the respective mechanics in a predatory event. At livMatS, I am contributing my ecological and zoological background to the development of soft autonomous machines, aiming to optimize their gaits by transferring gait patterns found in animals. In dependence of the respective SaM’s application, we expect to increase its speed, maneuverability or load-bearing capacity by learning from nature.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck