Center for Motion Research Begins Work at Universität Heidelberg

In addition to the mathematical and methodological foundations of motion studies, research at the Heidelberg Center for Motion Research will also include the connection between movement, the psyche, cognition and the body. With the support of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, an interdisciplinary center for motion research took up its work at Heidelberg University on 1 February of this year. As part of the foundation's programme for the advancement of infrastructure, the new research facility is receiving funding in the amount of 800,000 euros over a four-year period. Researchers from different fields, including computer scientists, mathematicians, physicists, sport scientists, psychologists, physiologists and geriatricians will be collaborating at the Heidelberg Center for Motion Research. The center also includes a laboratory for motion measurements in humans and in technical systems. Katja Mombaur, head of the Optimization in Robotics and Biomechanics research group at Heidelberg University, is the center's coordinator. Work at the Heidelberg Center for Motion Research will focus on what makes human motion so complex.