Publications

Isabell Wochner, Pierre Schumacher, Georg Martius, Dieter Büchler, Syn Schmitt, and Daniel Haeufle. Learning with Muscles: Benefits for Data-Efficiency and Robustness in Anthropomorphic Tasks. 6th Annual Conference on Robot Learning, 2022. [PUMA: cbb conf-long imsb iw myown sys] URL

Pierre Schumacher, Daniel Häufle, Dieter Büchler, Syn Schmitt, and Georg Martius. DEP-RL: Embodied Exploration for Reinforcement Learning in Overactuated and Musculoskeletal Systems. arXiv, 2022. [PUMA: cbb conf-long jour myown] URL

Marcel Waldhof, Isabell Wochner, Katrin Stollenmaier, Nejila Parspour, and Syn Schmitt. Design and Scaling of Exoskeleton Power Units Considering Load Cycles of Humans. Robotics, (11)5:107, 2022. [PUMA: cbb imsb jour]

Danny Driess, Syn Schmitt, and Marc Toussaint. Active Inverse Model Learning with Error and Reachable Set Estimates. Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotsand Systems (IROS), 2019. [PUMA: cbb conf-long imsb myown simtech]

Stefanie Brändle, Syn Schmitt, and Matthias A. Müller. A systems-theoretic analysis of low-level human motor control: application to a single-joint arm model. Journal of Mathematical Biology, (80)4:1139--1158, Mar 1, 2020. [PUMA: cbb imsb jour myown simtech] URL

Michael Günther, Daniel Häufle, and Syn Schmitt. The basic mechanical structure of the skeletal muscle machinery: One model for linking microscopic and macroscopic scales. 2018. [PUMA: cbb imsb jour myown simtech]

M. Hammer, M. Günther, D.F.B. Haeufle, and S. Schmitt. Tailoring anatomical muscle paths: a sheath-like solution for muscle routing in musculoskeletal computer models. Mathematical Biosciences, (311):68 - 81, 2019. [PUMA: cbb imsb jour myown simtech] URL

Kasper B. Christensen, Michael Günther, Syn Schmitt, and Tobias Siebert. Strain in shock-loaded skeletal muscle and the time scale of muscular wobbling mass dynamics. Scientific Reports, (7)1:13266, October 2017. [PUMA: cbb jour myown] URL

Niklas Brown, Dieter Bubeck, Daniel F. B. Haeufle, Johannes Weickenmeier, Ellen Kuhl, Wilfried Alt, and Syn Schmitt. Weekly Time Course of Neuro-Muscular Adaptation to Intensive Strength Training. Frontiers in Physiology, (8):329, 2017. [PUMA: cbb jour myown] URL

Stefan Hochstein, Philipp Rauschenberger, Bernhard Weigand, Tobias Siebert, Syn Schmitt, Wolfgang Schlicht, Světlana Převorovská, and František Maršík. Assessment of physical activity of the human body considering the thermodynamic system. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, (19)9:923-933, Taylor & Francis, 2016. [PUMA: cbb jour myown]

N. Karajan, O. Röhrle, W. Ehlers, and S. Schmitt. Linking continuous and discrete intervertebral disc models through homogenisation. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, (12)3:453--466, Jun 1, 2013. [PUMA: cbb jour myown] URL

Sina David, Syn Schmitt, Julianne Utz, Andreas Hub, and Wolfgang Schlicht. Navigation within buildings: Novel movement detection algorithms supporting people with visual impairments. Research in Developmental Disabilities, (35)9:2026 - 2034, 2014. [PUMA: cbb jour myown] URL

Robert Rockenfeller, Michael Günther, Syn Schmitt, and Thomas Götz. Corrigendum to 'Comparative Sensitivity Analysis of Muscle Activation Dynamics'. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, (2017):2, 2017. [PUMA: cbb jour myown] URL

S. Wolfen, J. Walter, M. Günther, D. F. B. Haeufle, and S. Schmitt. Bioinspired pneumatic muscle spring units mimicking the human motion apparatus: benefits for passive motion range and joint stiffness variation in antagonistic setups. 2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP), 1--6, 2018. [PUMA: cbb conf-long myown]

Dan Suissa, Michael Günther, Amir Shapiro, Itshak Melzer, and Syn Schmitt. On Laterally Perturbed Human Stance: Experiment, Model, and Control. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, (2018):20, 2018. [PUMA: cbb jour myown] URL

Syn Schmitt, and Michael Günther. Human leg impact: energy dissipation of wobbling masses. Archive of Applied Mechanics, (81)7:887--897, 2011. [PUMA: cbb jour myown] URL

O. Röhrle, M. Sprenger, and S. Schmitt. A two-muscle, continuum-mechanical forward simulation of the upper limb. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, (16)3:743--762, Jun 1, 2017. [PUMA: cbb jour myown] URL

Danny Driess, Heiko Zimmermann, Simon Wolfen, Dan Suissa, Daniel Haeufle, Daniel Hennes, Marc Toussaint, and Syn Schmitt. Learning to Control Redundant Musculoskeletal Systems with Neural Networks and SQP: Exploiting Muscle Properties. Proc. of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018. [PUMA: cbb conf-long myown]

D. F. B. Haeufle, M. D. Taylor, S. Schmitt, and H. Geyer. A clutched parallel elastic actuator concept: Towards energy efficient powered legs in prosthetics and robotics. 2012 4th IEEE RAS EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 1614-1619, June 2012. [PUMA: cbb conf-long myown]

Tille Rupp, and Syn Schmitt. Inverse dynamics of the lower extremities: novel approach considering upper and lower ankle joint axis. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 13 pages, 2011. [PUMA: cbb jour myown]