Manuel Baum
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Manuel Baum joined SCIoI as a PhD researcher in January 2020. His background is in cognitive informatics and intelligent systems, with a focus on task-directed exploration, interactive perception, robotics, and biological manipulation.
At SCIoI, under the supervision of Prof. Oliver Brock, he studied how robots and animals gather the information they need to solve complex physical tasks. His work compared how cockatoos and robots explore and solve mechanical puzzles.
His doctoral thesis, Robustness in Robotic and Biological Manipulation, completed in 2024, investigates how robust manipulation emerges in both robotic and biological systems.
Projects
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Publications +
For the Public -
Science of Intelligence Fair 2023
Wissen aus Berlin - 4 October 2022 - Intelligent Kinematic Problem Solving
Der Tagesspiegel – February 2019 - Robotik und Intelligenzforschung: Kakadus helfen beim Roboterbau




