Günter Niemeyer

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Design Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Degrees

B.S. RWTH Aachen, Germany - Physics (1986)

M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1990)

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1996)

Research Interests

Professor Niemeyer is interested in the dynamics and control of nonlinear systems and especially of robotic systems. His research focuses on teleoperation, where a human operator becomes part of the feedback system. This includes the design and analysis of the user interface, haptic feedback, as well as the effects of delayed network transmissions, for example as found in Internet-based applications.

 

Dr. Niemeyer came to Stanford University from Intuitive Surgical Inc., where he helped develop the daVinci Minimally Invasive Surgical System. This telerobotic system enables surgeons to perform complex procedures through small (10mm) incisions using an immersive interface and is now being used at numerous hospitals worldwide.

Laboratory

Professor Niemeyer leads the Telerobotics Lab, which is located in Room 129 of the Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory (Building 02-660).

Recent Publications

Niemeyer, G., and Slotine, J.-J. E., 2001, "Towards Bilateral Internet Teleoperation", in Beyond Webcams: An Introduction to Internet Telerobotics, eds. K. Goldberg and R. Siegwart, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, in press.

 

Niemeyer, G., and Slotine, J.-J. E., 1998, "Towards Force-Reflecting Teleoperation Over the Internet", IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Leuven, Belgium, vol. 3, pp. 1909-1915.

 

Madhani, A.J., Niemeyer, G., and Salisbury, J.K.Jr., 1998, "The Black Falcon: A Teleoperated Surgical Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery", IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Victoria, BC, vol. 2, pp. 936-944.

 

Niemeyer, G., and Slotine, J.-J. E., 1997, "A Simple Strategy for Opening an Unknown Door", IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, NM, vol. 2, pp. 1448-1453.

 

Niemeyer, G., and Slotine, J.-J. E., 1997, "Using Wave Variables for System Analysis and Robot Control", IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, NM, vol. 2, pp. 1619-1625.

 

Niemeyer, G., and Slotine, J.-J. E., 1997, "Designing Force Reflecting Teleoperators with Large Time Delays to Appear as Virtual Tools", IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, NM, vol. 3, pp. 2212-2218.

 

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