Lab: Medical Robotics & Simulation Lab

Supervise applied robotics research projects involving robotic manipulation, simulation, control, and intelligent robotic systems.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise student research from problem formulation and literature review through implementation, experimentation, evaluation, and technical reporting.
• Provide technical guidance on robot simulation, manipulation planning, control logic, debugging, and experiment design.
• Supervised a Franka robotic-arm project involving manipulation-task development, simulation workflow, system integration, and performance evaluation.
• Currently supervise a dual-arm Franka cable-manipulation project focused on coordinated bimanual manipulation of flexible objects.
• Guide the development of cable grasping, coordinated arm motion, object-state tracking, and manipulation strategies for deformable linear objects.
• Support students in designing measurable experiments, identifying task failures, analyzing results, and improving robot behavior.
• Review software implementations, simulation design, research methodology, experimental results, and publication-oriented technical writing.

Research areas: Medical robotics, robot manipulation, dual-arm systems, flexible-object manipulation, simulation, robot control, and failure-aware evaluation.

Project: Acceptance Model Generator for Human–Robot Interaction

Funded by the Bavarian Research Foundation (Bayerische Forschungsstiftung)

Responsibilities:

• Conducted literature research in social robotics, focusing on acceptance factors in human–robot interaction.
• Reviewed and synthesized insights from approximately 200 papers and taxonomies covering trust, usability, autonomy, safety, and robot acceptance.
• Built a web-based acceptance-model generator based on the Onnasch et al. taxonomy.
• Implemented backend logic using Flask and Python with a structured multi-page interface in HTML and CSS.
• Mapped user inputs such as robot type, autonomy level, task context, and team structure to relevant psychological constructs.
• Used Pandas and Excel-based backend data integration for structured model generation.
• Added bilingual English and German interfaces and styling aligned with the research project identity.
• Collaborated with researchers to validate the model and prepare it for behavioral experiments.

Responsibilities:

• Delivered undergraduate lectures in Signals and Systems, Electronics, and Digital Logic Design .
• Prepared and evaluated assignments, quizzes, and final examinations and maintained academic records.
• Supervised laboratory sessions covering MATLAB, Python fundamentals, digital circuit design, and microprocessor and microcontroller programming.
• Guided students in 8085 and 8051 programming, hardware interfacing, and embedded-system development.
• Mentored students on final-year embedded-system projects and implementation planning.
• Supported curriculum updates and laboratory-manual improvements aligned with practical engineering skills.

Department: Power Plant Operations and Maintenance

Responsibilities:

• Supported continuous operation of a large gas-based industrial power-generation facility.
• Monitored and maintained Rolls-Royce Bergen gas engines and associated electrical and mechanical systems.
• Supported operation and monitoring of high-voltage power-distribution and grid-synchronization systems.
• Designed and installed sensing solutions for abnormal condition detection, including temperature, vibration, and leakage monitoring.
• Performed scheduled maintenance on engines, alternators, compressors, cooling systems, control panels, and auxiliary equipment.
• Managed grid intake and synchronization with in-house generation under varying industrial loads.
• Executed troubleshooting and fault diagnosis to reduce downtime and operational risk.
• Prepared daily operational, maintenance, and energy output reports for senior management.