Soft Machines and Robotic Systems Group
"Intelligence through Design"
Welcome to the Soft Machines and Robotics Systems group! We are a group of researchers working on soft robotics, embodied physical intelligence, and mechanical metamaterials. Our research is interdisciplinary: at the intersection of mechanical engineering, materials science, and robotics.
We are part of the Institute for Applied Mechanics at the University of Stuttgart with affiliations to the Cluster of Excellence SimTech and the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems (IMPRS-IS).
We are actively recruiting MS students, PhD researchers, and postdoctoral researchers at my lab. Interested in what we do?
Recent news and updates
New paper alert! Article on mechanical computation in Nature Communications!
New paper alert! Article on LCE-based localized microactuation in Nature Materials!
New paper alert! Article on reconfigurable magnetic putty published in Advanced Materials!
Aniket gives a "thunder talk" at the IMPRS-IS Bootcamp 2023.
Aniket gives a talk at the first "Soft Robotics Seminar" at the University of Stuttgart, organized by the Functional Soft Materials (FSM) Lab.
New paper alert! Article on reconfigurable buckling of micro metastructures published in Nature Materials!
A commentary article is published on our recent PNAS publication. Thanks, Tian "Tim" Chen!
New paper alert! Article on tunable bistability is published in PNAS!
Aniket gives a talk at APS March Meeting 2023 (DSOFT).