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Dr. Rolf Mueller directs the Bio-Inspired Technology Lab where his main research goal is the development of bio-inspired technology, furthering his work developing smart sensory systems inspired by bats. He has been conducting interdisciplinary research that bridges gaps between engineering and the disciplines of physics, computer science and biology.
The primary goal of the BIT Lab's research is to design novel sensory systems that can adapt to a range of different and difficult sensing tasks and conditions. This is done by studying how the biosonar system of bats can adapt at different levels.At the level of an individual bat, BIT is interested in how the bat can actively change the shape of its ears to turn its biosonar into a dynamic sense. At the level of biodiversity, BIT studies how different bat species are adapted to solve different biosonar problems.
Dr. Mueller received a Ph.D. in 1998 at the University of Tuebingen, Germany where he developed computational models for the biosonar system of bats. While doing postdoctoral research at Yale University's Department of Electrical Engineering from 1998-2000, he worked on biosonar-inspired autonomous robots and statistical signal processing methods in natural outdoor environments. He returned to Tuebingen University in 2000 to set up a new lab developing robots inspired by bats. In 2003, he joined The Maersk Institute of Production Technology at the University of Southern Denmark as an assistant professor followed by a professorship at Shandong University in China.
Mueller has published 28 peer-reviewed articles and given more than 60 conference presentations. He has been awarded numerous honors including: a Taishan endowed professorship, the Friendship Award of China, Virginia Tech College of Engineering College Award for Excellence in Outreach, two Top Ten Scholars Awards from Shandong University and the Dean's Award of Shandong University's School of Physics. He was also awarded Tuebingen University's 1999 Dissertation Award, and held a NATO Post-Doctoral Fellowship. His work has been featured by international media such as Nature, Physics Today, Popular Science magazine, the BBC and the Discovery Channel.
Check out the video below featuring the BIT Lab's research on Discovery Channel Canada.
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The primary goal of the BIT Lab's research is to design novel sensory systems that can adapt to a range of different and difficult sensing tasks and conditions. This is done by studying how the biosonar system of bats can adapt at different levels.
