Dr. Alin Albu-Schäffer

Head of Department

Mechatronic Components and Systems

Address: 

DLR Institute of Robotics and System Dynamics
- P.O.Box 1116 - 82230 Wessling / Germany
Tel.:++49-8153-28-3689
Fax.:++49-8153-28-1134

Announcements

• Vorlesung SS11: Regelungstechnische Methoden in der Robotik - ab 05.05.2011

• Special session at The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition

  Robots Interacting with Humans: Embodied Intelligence for better Robots

• ICRA 2011 Workshop: Towards Autonomous Physical Human-Robot Interaction

Fields of Interest:

• Identification, simulation and control of robotic systems, light-weight arms, control of flexible joint manipulators

• Soft robotics, impedance control, redundant robotic systems,

• Nonlinear control

• Design and control of mechatronic systems 

• Medical robotics

• Human-robot interaction, safety and dependability in robotics

• Automatic assembly strategies

• Design and control of variable impedance actuators

Projects:

• Development of Joint and Cartesian control for the DLR lightweight robot and the humanoid upper body system JUSTIN.
• ROKVISS - Technology validation experiment: Two joints of the DLR lightweight robots are redesigned for outer space conditions and validated through experiments on the ISS.
• PAPAS - technology transfer project for commercialisation of the DLR light-weight robot.
  • Automatic assembly strategies using impedance control and vision
• KineMedic, MIROSURGE - development of a robot system for minimal invasive surgery
  with computer aided navigation.
• High fidelity telepresence and teleaction: Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 453 of the DFG
• PHRIDOM - EU project on physical human-robot interaction
• PHRIENDS - European STREP project (FP6): Physical Human Robot Interaction: Dependability and Safety
• Scientific Coordinator of VIACTORS - European STREP project (FP7): Variable impedance actuation systems embodying advanced interaction behaviours 
• THE Hand Embodied - EU IP project (FP7)

Publication List