Research Profile
Research Areas
- Cable-driven parallel robots (wire robots)
- Real-time systems and automation
- Kinematics, simulation, and control of multibody systems
- Workspace analysis and synthesis of rope-driven Stewart platforms
- Interval arithmetics
Scientific Activities
Conferences and Workshops
- Member of Scientific Committee for “Third International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots” (CableCon2017), 2.-4. August 2017, Université Laval, Quebec City, Kanada unter Schirmherrschaft der IFToMM
- Member of Scientific Committee for "IFToMM D-A-CH Conference 2017", Chemnitz
- Member of Scientific Committee for "International Conference of the XIII International Conference on Mechanisms and Mechanical Transmissions (MTM) and the International Conference on Robotics (Robotics’16)"
- Member of Scientific Committee for "IFToMM D-A-CH Conference 2016", Innsbruck
- Member of Scientific Committee for "IFToMM D-A-CH Conference 2015", Dortmund
- Organizer & General Chair of Second International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (CableCon2014) (in collaboration with Fraunhofer IPA, under IFToMM patronage)
- Organizer & General Chair of First International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (in collaboration with Fraunhofer IPA, under IFToMM Patronage)
- Organizer of workshop Wire-Driven Parallel Robots auf dem European Robotic Forum 2012, Odense, zusammen mit INRIA (Frankreich) und Fraunhofer IPA
- Organizer of workshop Control and Application of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots aut dem European Robotic Forum 2013, Lyon, zusammen mit INRIA (Frankreich) und Fraunhofer IPA
Reviewer Activities
- Associate Editor for 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015)
- Associate Editor for 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015)
- Reviewer for IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
- Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
- Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Robotics
- Reviewer for Mechanism and Machine Theory
- Reviewer for Robotica (Cambridge Journals)
- Reviewer for Meccanica (Springer Publishing)
- Reviewer for Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (SAGE Publications)
- Reviewer for Mechanism and Machine Theory (Elsevier)
- Reviewer for Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (Elsevier)
- Reviewer for International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (InTech Open)
Awards
- Duisburger Sparkassenpreis 2011, Stadtsparkasse Duisburg
- Award for outstanding qualification, Faculty for Engineering, University Duisburg-Essen
Invited Talks
- "Application of Large-Scale Cable-Driven Parallel Robots", 2016 Science - International Robotics Alliance Conference, China Europe International Conference Center, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China, 29. September 2016
- „Perspektiven für Seilrobotik in der Schiffs- und Offshoretechnik“ im „Schiffs‐ und Meerestechnisches Kolloquium“, ISMT der Universität Duisburg-Essen, 12. Dezember 2015
- “Cable Robot Applications and Research Trends” am CNU-RRI, Chonnam National University, Korea, 7. Juli 2013
- "Anwendung paralleler Seilroboter“ at IGM-Seminar “Kinematik, Dynamik und Mechatronik in der Bewegungstechnik“, Institut für Getriebetechnik und Maschinendynamik, July 11, 2012, Aachen and „Mechatroniktag 2012“, Westfälische Hochschule, November 8, 2012
- “Application Examples of Wire Robots” at ACCM Workshop on „Multibody System Dynamics, Robotics and Control“, September 26-27, 2011, Linz, Austria
- “Cable Robot Applications and Research Trends” am CNU-RRI, Chonnam National University, Korea, Juli 7, 2013
Committee Functions and Memberships
- Member of Technical Committee for Robotics and Mechatronics of the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM)
- Member of Fachausschuss GMA 4.15 „Mechatronik“
- Member of Fachausschuss GMA 4.10 „Interdisziplinäre Produktentstehung“
- Member of Global Young Faculty (Universitätsallianz Metropole Ruhr/Stiftung Mercator) 2013-2015
- Member of Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)