Thomas Speck

34 papers Journal 17Unranked 16
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Informing robot design through early public engagement: lay perceptions of soft versus rigid socially assistive and rescue robots.
Frontiers Robotics AI
J. Fenn, L. Estadieu, Michael Gorki, I. Monno, Falk J. Tauber, Joscha Teichmann, Shelly Levy-Tzedek, Thomas Speck, Oliver Mueller, Andrea Kiesel
2025 — conf
A Bioinspired Aquatic Machine Mimicking Water Caltrop.
Living Machines
Yuanquan Liu, Thomas Speck, Isabella Fiorello
2025 — conf
Design and Development of an Electronics-Free Earthworm Robot.
Living Machines
Riddhi Das, Joscha Teichmann, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2025 J jnl
Design and development of an electronics-free earthworm robot.
CoRR
Riddhi Das, Joscha Teichmann, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2025 J jnl
Lowering the Entrance Hurdle for Lab Automation: An Artificial Intelligence-Supported, Interactive Robotic Arm for Automated, Repeated Testing Procedures.
Adv. Intell. Syst.
Stefan Conrad, Philipp Auth, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck
2025 — conf
Model to Model: Understanding the Venus Flytrap Snapping Mechanism and Transferring It to a 3D-Printed Bistable Soft Robotic Demonstrator.
Living Machines
Maartje H. M. Wermelink, Renate Sachse, Sebastian Kruppert, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2025 J jnl
Model to Model: Understanding the Venus Flytrap Snapping Mechanism and Transferring it to a 3D-printed Bistable Soft Robotic Demonstrator.
CoRR
Maartje H. M. Wermelink, Renate Sachse, Sebastian Kruppert, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2025 J jnl
Smart Bioinspired Material-Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects.
Adv. Intell. Syst.
Alejandro Palacios, Léon Chiriatti, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou
2025 — conf
Thermo-Responsive Closing and Reopening Artificial Venus Flytrap Utilizing Shape Memory Elastomers.
Living Machines
Shun Yoshida, Qingchuan Song, Bastian E. Rapp, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2025 J jnl
Thermo-responsive closing and reopening artificial Venus Flytrap utilizing shape memory elastomers.
CoRR
Shun Yoshida, Qingchuan Song, Bastian E. Rapp, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2024 J jnl
3D-printed digital pneumatic logic for the control of soft robotic actuators.
Sci. Robotics
Stefan Conrad, Joscha Teichmann, Philipp Auth, Noah Knorr, Kim Ulrich, D. Bellin, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2024 J jnl
A Soft Continuum Robotic Arm with a Climbing Plant-Inspired Adaptive Behavior for Minimal Sensing, Actuation, and Control Effort.
Adv. Intell. Syst.
Giovanna Adele Naselli, Rob B. N. Scharff, Marc Thielen, Francesco Visentin, Thomas Speck, Barbara Mazzolai
2024 J jnl
A Soft Continuum Robotic Arm with a Climbing Plant-Inspired Adaptive Behavior for Minimal Sensing, Actuation, and Control Effort.
Adv. Intell. Syst.
Giovanna Adele Naselli, Rob B. N. Scharff, Marc Thielen, Francesco Visentin, Thomas Speck, Barbara Mazzolai
2023 — conf
A 3D-Printed Thermoresponsive Artificial Venus Flytrap Lobe Based on a Multilayer of Shape Memory Polymers.
Living Machines (1)
Falk J. Tauber, Fabian Scheckenbach, Mario Walter, Thorsten Pretsch, Thomas Speck
2023 — conf
A Pneumatic Bending Actuator System Inspired by the Avian Tendon Locking Mechanism.
Living Machines (2)
Peter Kappel, Lukas Kürner, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2023 — conf
An Insect-Inspired Soft Robot Controlled by Soft Valves.
Living Machines (1)
Joscha Teichmann, Philipp Auth, Stefan Conrad, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2022 — conf
Application-Oriented Comparison of Two 3D Printing Processes for the Manufacture of Pneumatic Bending Actuators for Bioinspired Macroscopic Soft Gripper Systems.
Living Machines
Peter Kappel, Corinna Kramp, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2022 J jnl
Learning from Self-Sealing Deformations of Plant Leaves: The Biomimetic Multilayer Actuator.
Adv. Intell. Syst.
Jing Becker, Olga Speck, Timo Göppert, Thomas Speck, Claas Müller
2022 — conf
Multi-material FDM 3D Printed Arm with Integrated Pneumatic Actuator.
Living Machines
Stefan Conrad, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Tauber
2022 — conf
Unit Cell Based Artificial Venus Flytrap.
Living Machines
Falk J. Tauber, Laura Riechert, Joscha Teichmann, Nivedya Poovathody, Uwe Jonas, Stefan M. Schiller, Thomas Speck
2021 J jnl
Editorial: Generation Growbots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Barbara Mazzolai, Ian D. Walker, Thomas Speck
2020 J jnl
Artificial Venus Flytraps: A Research Review and Outlook on Their Importance for Novel Bioinspired Materials Systems.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Falk J. Esser, Philipp Auth, Thomas Speck
2020 — conf
Biohybrid Wind Energy Generators Based on Living Plants.
Living Machines
Fabian Meder, Marc Thielen, Giovanna Adele Naselli, Silvia Taccola, Thomas Speck, Barbara Mazzolai
2020 — ed.
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 9th International Conference, Living Machines 2020, Freiburg, Germany, July 28-30, 2020, Proceedings
Living Machines
Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Anna Mura, Falk J. Esser, Thomas Speck, Tony J. Prescott, Paul F. M. J. Verschure
2020 — conf
Multi-material 3D-Printer for Rapid Prototyping of Bio-Inspired Soft Robotic Elements.
Living Machines
Stefan Conrad, Thomas Speck, Falk J. Esser
2020 J jnl
Rinse, Sense, Adjust, Repeat: Biomimetic Continuous Process Water Analysis in Washing Machines Based on the Hammerhead Shark's Olfaction Hydrodynamics.
Adv. Intell. Syst.
Tim Kampowski, Max Langer, Georg Bold, Michael Riffel, Lutz Ose, Christian Seidler, Uwe Schaumann, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck, Marc Thielen
2020 J jnl
Searching and Intertwining: Climbing Plants and GrowBots.
Frontiers Robotics AI
James Gallentine, Michael B. Wooten, Marc Thielen, Ian D. Walker, Thomas Speck, Karl Niklas
2019 — conf
Adaptive Biomimetic Actuator Systems Reacting to Various Stimuli by and Combining Two Biological Snap-Trap Mechanics.
Living Machines
Falk J. Esser, Frank D. Scherag, Simon Poppinga, Anna Westermeier, Max D. Mylo, Tim Kampowski, Georg Bold, Jürgen Rühe, Thomas Speck
2019 — conf
Characterization of Biomimetic Peristaltic Pumping System Based on Flexible Silicone Soft Robotic Actuators as an Alternative for Technical Pumps.
Living Machines
Falk J. Esser, Friederike Krüger, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck
2019 J jnl
Silent Pumpers: A Comparative Topical Overview of the Peristaltic Pumping Principle in Living Nature, Engineering, and Biomimetics.
Adv. Intell. Syst.
Falk J. Esser, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck
2018 — conf
Development and Characterization of a Novel Biomimetic Peristaltic Pumping System with Flexible Silicone-Based Soft Robotic Ring Actuators.
Living Machines
Falk J. Esser, Friederike Krüger, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck
2017 — conf
Development of Novel Foam-Based Soft Robotic Ring Actuators for a Biomimetic Peristaltic Pumping System.
Living Machines
Falk J. Esser, Tibor Steger, David Bach, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck
2015 J jnl
A methodology for transferring principles of plant movements to elastic systems in architecture.
Comput. Aided Des.
Simon Schleicher, Julian Lienhard, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Jan Knippers
2015 J jnl
Development of a digital framework for the computation of complex material and morphological behavior of biological and technological systems.
Comput. Aided Des.
Sean Ahlquist, Tim Kampowski, Omid Oliyan Torghabehi, Achim Menges, Thomas Speck