Universität Freiburg

The approach taken in Freiburg to doing bionics is that the first step is carrying out basic biological research in biomechanics and functional morphology. In a second step, new insights are prepared for and made available to technology for further processing (bottom up). Additionally, we also follow an alternative strategy, i.e. searching for possible biological model solutions for specific technical problems (top down). From our point of view, the latter approach enables the development of bionically inspired products in shorter time, whereas the former approach has the potential to yield greater steps in innovation.

Research interests: Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck is the director of the Botanical Garden of the University of Freiburg since march 2002 He is one of the initiators of the biomimetic competence-network at the university of Freiburg, which can be seen as link between science and industry for the technology transfer.

Research interests: Biomechanic and Bionics