Meet the People Involved!
At Way of Water, we are a team of passionate engineers, researchers, and innovators dedicated to pushing the boundaries of swarm robotics and autonomous systems. Our work is fueled by a shared passion: innovating robotic systems by blurring the lines between technology and artistic expression.
Research Assistants
Noa Sendlhofer
Ruiheng Jiang
Sebastian Burmester
Focus Project 2024/2025
Daniel Gelfenbaum
Fjodor Lundgren
Jan Kamm
Janis Weyrich
Jonathan Nowack
Noa Sendlhofer
Ruiheng Jiang
Sebastian Burmester
Master Theses
Simon Frech, 2025, Trajectory generation and optimization for a USV swarm for collision avoidance and safe exit plan
Jannis Reichenstein, 2026
Bachelor Theses
Christopher Golling, 2025, A Sequencing Framework for Timeline-Based Multi-Robot Choreographies
Fjodor Lundgren, 2025
Jan Kamm, 2026
Janis Weyrich, 2025
Jonathan Nowack, 2026
Nicolas Fischer, 2026
Noa Sendlhofer, 2026
Ruiheng Jiang, 2026
Sebastian Burmester, 2026
Semester Projects
Ilyas Seckin, 2024: Developing a Coordinated Kinetic Manipulation Framework for Water-Based Quad-Thruster Robotic Swarms
Simon Frech, 2024, Applying the Fossen Model and the Extended Kalman Filter for Model-Based State Estimation in Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Aloha Churchill, 2026
Apprentices
Scaling to 25 robots, Jan 2025:
Lorin Wunderlich
Elina Fey
Jannis Stürm
Emile van Doornick
Noah Weisstanner
Julian Willi
Leo De Genua
Nils Achermann