Simulation, Systems Optimization and Robotics Group

Head: Prof. Dr. Oskar von Stryk

Our main focus in research and teaching is on simulation-based optimization and control and robotics. For example, we investigate

• the efficient numerical optimal control of nonlinear dynamic processes (as motor vehicles, multi-joint robots and human motions) with continuous or hybrid discrete-continuous control and state variables,
• the robust, simulation-based optimization with real-valued or mixed-integer nonlinear parameters (e.g., for CAE optimization of fluid flow or electromagnetic field simulations),
• humanoid and four-legged robots,
• biologically inspired robots (BioRob),
• cooperating teams of autonomous, mobile robots in dynamic or unstructured environments (e.g., Darmstadt Dribblers & Dribbling Dackels & Rescue Robot Team).