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Our mission is to contribute toward a future of user interfaces that seamlessly merge with the physical world and the human body. We develop advanced interactive technologies and investigate new user interface concepts to create more effective, expressive and engaging interactions with interactive systems. [read more]
Featured Projects
WRLKit: Computational Design of Personalized Wearable Robotic Limbs
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Double-Sided Tactile Interactions for Grasping in Virtual Reality
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For graspi...more
Biohybrid Devices: Prototyping Interactive Devices with Growable Materials
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Design and Fabrication of Body-Based Interfaces
(Demo of Saarland HCI Lab)
This Interactiv...more
I Need a Third Arm! Eliciting Body-based Interactions with a Wearable Robotic Arm
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Handheld Tools Unleashed
A Mixed-Initiative Physical Sketching with a Robotic Printer
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SparseIMU: Computational Design of Sparse IMU Layouts for Sensing Fine-Grained Finger Microgestures
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SparseIMU: Computational Design of Sparse IMU Layouts for Sensing Fine-Grained Finger MicrogesturesClient Review :
(TOCHI 2022)
(TOCHI 2022)
Interactive Bioplastics
A DIY approach for composing soft interactive devices from bio-based and ...more
Print-A-Sketch
A Handheld Printer for Physical Sketching of Circuits and Sensors on Everyday Surf...more
Computational Design and Optimization of Electro-Physiological Sensors
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Weirding Haptics
In-Situ Prototyping of Vibrotactile Feedback in Virtual Reality through Vocaliza...more
BodyStylus
Freehand On-Body Design and Fabrication of Epidermal Interfaces
In traditional bo...more
News
03/11/2021
Article in Nature Communications
We present a computational method for designing wearable electro-physiological sensors that capture muscle movement, heart rate, and galvanic skin response....
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14/10/2021
Paper at UIST 21 on Prototyping Haptic Feedback in VR
At UIST 21 we present a paper on rapid prototyping of vibrotactile feedback in virtual reality by leveraging the user's...
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09/06/2021
Multiple PhD and Post-Doc Positions
We are hiring! We have a total of 6 openings for post-doctoral researchers and PhD researchers. The application deadline is...
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05/03/2021
Paper on Human-Robot Interaction at ICRA’21
We will present the following paper at the IEEE Intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation 2021: Human-Like Artificial Skin Sensor...
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20/01/2021
5 Papers Accepted to CHI 2021
We will present the following main track papers at CHI 2021: BodyStylus: Freehand On-Body Design and Fabrication of Epidermal Interfaces...
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20/11/2020
Keynote at MUM’20 on Augmented Materiality
Jürgen Steimle will give the closing keynote at the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia MUM'20 on "Augmented Materiality"....
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19/10/2020
Marion Koelle receives Helene-Lange Award
She was awarded the Helene-Lange-Preis 2020 for her doctoral research on "Designing Socially Acceptable Body-worn Cameras". The award recognises outstanding dissertations contributing...
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25/09/2020
Special Issue of ToCHI on Digital Touch
We invite submissions to a special issue of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction on "Digital Touch: Reshaping interpersonal communicative capacity...
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12/03/2020
Honorable Mention Awards at ACM CHI 2020
Two of our contributions at ACM CHI 2020 were recognized with Honorable Mention awards: Rapid Iron-On User Interfaces: Hands-on Fabrication...
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03/03/2020
ACM SIGCHI Dissertation Award for Paul Strohmeier
We are excited that Paul Strohmeier is going to receive an ACM SIGCHI Dissertation Award for his PhD thesis. Paul...
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