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| Michael R. Zinn |
| Michael R. Zinn Assistant Professor |
| 2242 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572 |
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Tel: 608/263-2893 E-mail: mzinn@wisc.edu |
Publications
Zinn, M., Roth, B. ,Khatib, O., Salisbury, J.K., "New Actuation Approach for Human-Friendly Robot Design", International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 23, No.4-5, April-May 2004, pp. 379-398
Zinn, M., Khatib, O., Roth, B., Salisbury, J.K., "Toward A Human-Centered Intrinsically-Safe Robotic Manipulator", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue (to be published Autumn 2003).
Zinn, M., Khatib, O., Roth, B., Salisbury, J.K., "Actuation Methods For Human-Centered Robotics and Associated Control Challenges", Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Vol. 4 Control Problems in Robotics, Spring-Verlag 2003.
Zinn, M., Khatib, O., Roth, B., Salisbury, J.K., "New Actuation Approach for Human-Friendly Robotics", 8th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, July 2002.
Zinn, M., Khatib, O., Roth, B., Salisbury, J.K., "Toward A Human-Centered Intrinsically-Safe Robotic Manipulator" In Proceedings of 2nd IARP/IEEE-RAS Joint Workshop on Technical Challenge for Robots in Human Environments, October, 2002.
Zinn, M., "Design and Development of the Gravity Probe-B Mass Trim Mechanism", 33rd Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, May 19, 1999.
Zinn, M., "Lockup Failure of a Four-Bar Linkage Deployment Mechanism", 27th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium, NASA Ames Research Center, May 12, 1993.
Patents
US Patent - Robotic Catheter System (US Utility), filed March 4, 2005.
US Patent - Instrument Driver for Robotic Catheter System (US Utility), filed July 6, 2005.
US Patent - Robotic Catheter System and Methods I (US Utility), filed July 6, 2005.
US Patent - Robotic Catheter System and Methods II (US Utility), filed July 6, 2005
US Patent - Robotic Catheter System and Methods III (US Utility), filed July 6, 2005
Project: Flexible medical robotics - control with localization
Position: Controls / System Modeling of Flexible Robots
Skill Set:
- Mechanical systems dynamic modeling, analysis or synthesis
- Experience designing, implementing, and debugging real-time control systems
- Hands on experience with electro-mechanical system components, including sensors, actuators, signal conditioning and data acquisition electronics
- Strong, demonstrable experience with Matlab/Simulink environment for analysis of electro-mechanical systems
- Software development experience in C a must. Knowledge of C++ a plus
- Experience with robotics modeling including 3D transformations, forward and inverse kinematics a plus
NOTICE: the funded position has been filled. If your are interested in working on a research project for credit or come with your own funding, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Interested candidates - please contact me via email and attach a copy of your resume. A brief description of your research interests would also be helpful
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Director of Systems/Controls Engineering - Hansen Medical Inc (2003-2007)
Senior Research Engineer / Project Manager - Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space (1988-2001)
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