Carsten Behn

Carsten Behn is a Professor at Hochschule Schmalkalden, specializing in Engineering Mathematics within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He holds a habilitation from TU Ilmenau in biologically inspired motion systems and has served as a lecturer at Hochschule Merseburg and TU Ilmenau.

• Education: Diplom-Mathematiker (2001), Dr.-Ing. (2005), Dr.-Ing. habil. (2013)

His research focuses on tactile sensors for surface texture and object contour detection, adaptive control in compliant robotics, and mathematical modeling of biomimetic systems. Publications emphasize sensor dynamics, mechatronic design, and applications of vibrissae-inspired engineering.

Recent articles explore tactile sensor signal tuning, flow detection using artificial vibrissae, and adaptive control in snake-like locomotion systems. His work bridges mechanical modeling, control theory, and bioinspired robotics.

Behn has served on technical program committees for conferences like ICINCO 2018 and IEEE IRC 2019. He supervises PhD students Moritz Scharff and Lukas Merker in Mechanical Engineering at TU Ilmenau.