Chair of Dynamics and Control - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. Söffker
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Contact:
University of Duisburg-Essen Tel: +49 (0) 203 / 3 79 - 34 29 E-Mail: soeffker [at] uni-due.de |
Scientific Interests
- Elastic mechanical structures (1989 - today)
- turbo machines
- elastic robots
- smart structures
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(modeling, diagnosis, control, health monitoring)
- Modern methods of control theory (1993 - today)
- model-based approaches
- observers
- robust diagnosis and control
- model-less control
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- Individual human interaction with technical systems of safety importance (1995 - today)
- system-theoretic modeling of human-machine-interaction (HMI)
- modeling of cognitive functions and procedures (learning, planning, etc.) and of human errors
- interaction between humans and autonomous / intelligent machines
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- Safety and Reliability Control Engineering of Technical Systems (1996 - today)
- limb home mode of mechatronical systems
- reliability-adaptive systems
- integrated hybrid diagnosis
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- Control of modern mechatronic actuators (piezo, sma) (1997 - today)
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- Autonomous systems (2000 - today)
- cognitive technical systems
- realization of intelligent technical systems (like mobile robots) able to learn from the interaction with the environment
- autonomous > intelligent > able to learn > model-less control with controllers able to realize given goals by its own
- systems with emergence
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