News & Awards

Robotic Materials Award 29-10-2025 Alona Shagan receives the Research Prize Parkinson-Tremor together with Syn Schmitt (University of Stuttgart) und Daniel Häufle (Hertie Institute for AI in Brain Health and University of Tübingen) Alona Shagan

Robotic Materials Award 06-12-2024 Daniela Macari wins the 2024 Gender Equality Award of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Daniela Macari

Robotic Materials Award 13-06-2024 Ellen Rumley and Zachary Yoder win 1st place of the 2024 EuroEAP Society Challenge. Ellen Rumley Zachary Yoder Johannes Walter Alona Shagan

Robotic Materials Award 24-06-2023 Philipp Rothemund was elected into Die Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Robotic Materials Award 08-06-2023 Hyeong-Joon Joo wins 2nd prize at the EuroEAP Society Challenge 2023 (presented at EuroEAP 2023) for his research on versatile jellyfish-like robots powered by electrohydraulic actuators

Robotic Materials Award 03-04-2023 Daniela Macari awarded 2nd place of the best poster award in RoboSoft 2023 Daniela Macari

Robotic Materials Award 15-12-2022 Christoph Keplinger is awarded a research grant, funded by the FHG-MPG Cooperation Program, for €2M, over 4 years, to develop wearable assistive exosuits for lower limb and human trunk (MaxwellSuits). Adrian Koh

Robotic Materials Award 09-09-2022 Sophie Kirkman is awarded best lightning talk at the IMPRS bootcamp. Sophie Kirkman