Wolfgang Zesch

Work Address:
Zühlke Engineering AG
Wiesenstrasse 10a
CH-8952 Schlieren-Zürich

off: +41 1 733-6611
fax: +41 1 730-3021
email: zesch@ifr.mavt.ethz.ch

Home Address:
Grundstrasse 20-2
CH-8048

+41 1 491-3328

Personal

Born on November 3, 1968 in Hard/Austria
Nationality: Austria

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Education

• University of California: Berkely, CA, Dept. Electrical Eng. & Computer Science (EECS)
  September 1997 - November 1998
  Postdoctoral research investigating
  • Microoperations Using Tactile Sensor Feedback.
  • Sticking of Geckos on Smooth Surfaces.
• Institute of Robotics (IfR), ETHZ: Zürich, CH
  April 1994 - August 97
  PhD in robotics, PhD thesis written on "Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Micropositioning Using Stepping Principles".
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ): Zürich, CH
  October 1989 - February 94
  Master of Science in mechanical engineering, Master thesis written on "Forming of superconductive Wires" at the Inst. of Forming, ETHZ.
• Höhere Technische Lehranstalt: Bregenz, AUT (class of 1988: HE5 87/88)
  September 1984 - Mai 88
  Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

Work Experience

• F&E Engineer at Zühlke Engineering, Schlieren, Switzerland
  from January 1999.
• Teaching assistant at the Institut für Mechanik (Prof. Sayir) and the Institut für Konstruktion und Bauweisen (Prof. Flemming).
• Teaching assistant for courses in "Robotik I" (Prof. Schweitzer) and "Computergestützte Kinematik und Dynamik" (Prof. Hiller) during my stay at the IfR.
• Practical at Saurer AG, Arbon (3 times):
• Design of an eccentric drive for an embroidery machine.
• Investigation of a motor controller to synchronize two heavily imbalanced drives.
• Implementation of a measurement system to observe the dynamic behavior of an embroidery machine.
• signal processing, and software engineering.
• Practical at Leica AG, Heerbrugg:
• Design and building of test equipment for electronic devices.
• Quality management.
• Co-chairman at the SPIE Conf. on Microrobots and Micromechanical Systems, Oct. 1995, Philadelphia, USA.

Other Projects

• Fast and precise magnetic micropositioning stage, together with industry (ESEC, CEVATEC, AGIE,....)

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Publications

Codourey A., Zesch W., "High precision robots for automated handling of micro objects", Seminar on Handling and Assembly of Microparts, Nov 14th, Vienna, Austria.

Codourey A., Siegwart R., Zesch W., Büchi R., "A robot system for automated handling in micro-world, Conf. on Intel. Robot Systems", 1995, Pittsburgh.

Zesch W., Büchi R., Siegwart R., "Inertial mechanisms for positioning microobjects: Two novel mechanisms", SPIE Conf. on Microrobots and Micromechanical Systems., p 80-88, Oct. 1995, Philadelphia, USA.

Büchi R., Zesch W., Siegwart R., "Inertial mechanisms for positioning microobjects: An analytical analysis", SPIE Conf. on Microrobots and Micromechanical Systems, p. 89-97, Oct. 1995, Philadelphia.

Zesch W., Brunner M., Weber A., "Vacuum tool for handling microobjects with a nanorobot", presented at ICRA`97 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics & Automation, p1761-1766, April 1997, Albuquerque, USA.

Danuser G., Pappas I., Voegeli B., Zesch W., Dual J., "Manipulation of Microscopic Objects with Nanometer Precision: Potentials and Limiations in Nano-Robot Design", first submission to Int'l J. of Robotics Research, August 1997.

Zesch W., Fearing R.S., Alignment of Microparts Using Force Controlled Pushing, to be presented at SPIE Conf. on Microrobotics and Micromanipulation, Nov. 2-5 1998, Boston, MA, USA.

Zesch W., Codourey A., Büchi R., Siegwart R., "Auf zehn Nanometer genau", Technische Rundschau, Transfer Nr. 29/30, p 20-21, Juli 1995, Zürich.

Zesch W., Büchi R., "Hochkomplexe Mechanik im Kleinstformat", Schweizerische Technische Zeitschrift STZ, Nr. 4/95, p 22-24, April 1995, Zürich.

PhD Thesis

Zesch W., "Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Micropositioning Using Stepping Principles", Diss. No. 12318, 1997, ETH Zürich.

Patents

Zesch W., Siegwart R., Büchi R., "Mikrodrehantreb zur genauen Winkelpositionierung mit kinematischer Achslagerung", Schweizerisches Patent 1501/95, Patentwerber: ETH Zürich, 12.5.95, pending.

Zesch W., Siegwart R., Büchi R. Codourey A., "Mikropositioniermechanismus mit drei Freiheitsgraden", Schweizerisches Patent 1502/95, Patentwerber: ETH Zürich, 12.5.95, pending.

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