Welcome to the home page of the Laboratory for Soft Machines, where we pioneer the creation of squishy robots and machines!
Our research focuses on designing and manufacturing autonomous materials systems that can interact with their environment safely, efficiently, and agilely at various scales due to the physical properties of soft matter.
This Physical Intelligence is implemented through multifunctional materials and structures with distributed actuation, sensing, control, and energy.
We are part of the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) at the University of Freiburg and the DFG Cluster of Excellence livMatS.
Our laboratories are located at the FIT - Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies.
Laboratory for Soft Machines
Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK)
University of Freiburg
Georges-Köhler-Allee 103
D-79110 Freiburg
FIT – Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies
University of Freiburg
Georges-Köhler-Allee 105
D-79110 Freiburg
Office: 01.025
Phone: +49 (0) 761 203 95090
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