Address	Andreas Hofmann Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics University of Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 9 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
	Office	Pfaffenwaldring 9, 4th Floor Room 4.157
	Phone Fax	+49 711 685-66556 +49 711 685-66400
	Email	andreas.hofmann@itm.uni-stuttgart.de (Public PGP-Key, vCard)

Field of Research

Control of Systems with Uncertainties

Publications

• Rezapour, E.; Hofmann, A.; Pettersen, K.Y.; Mohammadi, A.; Maggiore, M.: Virtual Holonomic Constraint Based Direction Following Control of Planar Snake Robots Described by a Simplified Model. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA 2014), pp. 1064-1071, 8-10 Oct. 2014, Antibes, France.
• Rezapour, E.; Hofmann, A.; Pettersen, K.Y.: Maneuvering Control of Planar Snake Robots Based on a Simplified Model. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014), pp. 548-555, Dec. 2014, Bali, Indonesia.
• Rezapour, E.; Pettersen, K.Y.; Gravdahl, J.T.; Hofmann, A.: Cross-Track Formation Control of Underactuated Bio-Inspired Snake Robots. First International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics (SWARM 2015), 28-30 Oct. 2015, Kyoto, Japan.
• Rezapour, E.; Pettersen, K.Y.; Gravdahl, J.T.; Hofmann, A.: Formation Control of Underactuated Bio-Inspired Snake Robots. Artificial Life and Robotics, 2016.
• Hofmann, A.; Walz, N.-P.; Hanss, M.: An Approach to Feed-Forward Controller Design for Underactuated Multibody Systems in the Presence of Uncertainty. V. Bach and H. Fassbender (eds.): Special Issue – Joint 87th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) and Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung (DMV), PAMM, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 59–60, Braunschweig. Germany, 2016.
• Hofmann, A.; Hanss, M.: A Fuzzy Arithmetical Strategy for Robust Controller Design in the Presence of Model Uncertainties. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (USD 2016), 19-21 Sep. 2016, Leuven, Belgium.
• Hofmann, A.; Hanss, M.: Fuzzy Arithmetical Controller Design for Active Road Vehicle Suspension in the Presence of Uncertainties. In Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR 2017), 28-31 Aug. 2017, Miedzyzdroje, Poland.

Poster-Presentations

• 25. November 2016, 9. SimTech Statusseminar, Bad Boll; "Uncertainty in Controlled Multibody Systems"
• 5. Oktober 2017, 10. SimTech Statusseminar, Bad Boll; "Active Road Vehicle Suspension in the Presence of Uncertainties"
• 13. Dezember 2018, 11. SimTech Statusseminar, Bad Boll; "Possibilistic Anaysis of Stability Constraints of Dynamical Systems"

Talks

• 17. Juni 2015, Statusseminar Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, Bad Liebenzell; "Stabilitätsanalyse von prädiktiv geregelten totzeitbehafteten Systemen"
• 28. Juni 2016, Statusseminar Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, Bad Liebenzell; "Feedforward Controller Design in the Presence of Uncertainty"
• 20. September 2016, International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (USD 2016), Leuven, Belgien; "A Fuzzy Arithmetical Strategy for Robust Controller Design in the Presence of Model Uncertainties"
• 27. Januar 2017, SimTech Meilenstein-Präsentation, Stuttgart; "Robust Control of Multibody Systems"
• 22. Mai 2017, Statusseminar Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, Bad Liebenzell; "Analysis of an Active Road Vehicle Suspension in the Presence of Uncertainties"
• 29. August 2017, 22nd IEEE International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR 2017), Miedzyzdroje, Polen; "Fuzzy Arithmetical Controller Design for Active Road Vehicle Suspension in the Presence of Uncertainties"
• 26. March 2018, 2nd International Conference on Simulation Technology, Stuttgart; "Uncertainty in Controlled Multibody Systems"
• 28. Mai 2018, Statusseminar Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, Bad Herrenalb; "Uncertainties and State Feedback Control of Multibody Systems"
• 16. Juli 2018, CRRC Project Meeting, Stuttgart; "Simulation and Analysis of Dynamical Systems with Uncertainties"

Supervised Theses

• Implementierung von Zwangsbedingungen für Körper mit austauschbaren SID-Daten in Neweul-M². Masterarbeit, MSC-240, Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2016. Betreuung gemeinsam mit Dipl.-Ing Igor Iroz .
• Entwurf einer aktiven Fahrzeugdämpfung unter Berücksichtigung von Unsicherheiten. Bachelorarbeit, BSC-66, Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2016.
• Stabilitätsuntersuchung eines geregelten unteraktuierten Stabpendels unter Berücksichtigung von Modellierungsunsicherheiten. Studienarbeit, STUD-453, Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2016.
• Balancierter Ball auf Felge - Regelung mit Single-Board Computer. Bachelorarbeit, BSC-76, Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2017.
• Modellierung von Energieketten für die mechatronische Simulation. Masterarbeit, MSC-256, Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2017.
• Possibilistische Stabilitätsuntersuchungen und Reglersynthese eines dynamischen Systems. Masterarbeit, MSC-263, Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2018. Betreuung gemeinsam mit Dominik Hose, M.Sc.
• Modellierung und Regelung eines ebenen unteraktuierten Schlangenroboters mit Neweul-M². Bachelorarbeit, Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Technische und Numerische Mechanik, 2019. (laufend)

Teaching

• Teaching assistant of the lecture Numerical Methods for Dynamics (SS 2015)
• Exercises in Applied Mechanics III (WS 2015/2016)
• Teaching assistant of the lecture Numerical Methods for Dynamics (SS 2016)
• Exercises in Applied Mechanics I (WS 2016/2017)
• Supervising of the Practical Multibody simulation with Neweul-M² (WS 2016/2017)
• Teaching assistant of the lecture Numerical Methods for Dynamics (SS 2017)
• Exercises in Applied Mechanics III (WS 2017/2018)
• Supervising of the Practical Multibody simulation with Neweul-M² (WS 2017/2018)
• Teaching assistant of the lecture Numerical Methods for Dynamics (SS 2018)
• Supervising of the Practical Multibody simulation with Neweul-M² (WS 2018/2019)
• Teaching assistant of the lecture Numerical Methods for Dynamics (SS 2019)

Services at the Institute

• Development of the simulation platform for mechanical multibody systems Neweul-M²