Introduction

Are you fascinated by nonlinear mechanical and dynamical behaviour? Do you want to explore how we can use effects such as self-oscillations, mechanical adaptation and self-regulation to introduce and design emergent autonomous behaviour in soft machines? Do you want to directly apply these fundamental insights to control a soft artificial heart? Do you operate best in an interdisciplinary team?

Job Description

How can we harness embodied nonlinear mechanical and dynamical behaviour to effectively control a soft robotic heart? In this PhD, you will design effective (physical) control strategies that can harness the embodied intelligence present in soft robotic hearts currently under development in the . Current devices that we work on are driven by compressed fluid (air or liquid). Based on a simulation framework that is currently being developed, you will explore how fluidic circuits that include self-oscillatory d...