Short CV

Rainer Konietschke received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Munich in 2002 and his master’s degree from the Ecole Centrale Paris. Since then, he has been working at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, DLR, in the field of medical robotics, kinematics, optimization, and optimal surgery planning. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich in 2007. He has participated in several national and international projects, including AccuRobAs, SFB-453, Naviped, and Mirosurge

Awards

• Best video award: Borst, Ch.; Wimboeck, Th.; Schmidt, F.; Fuchs, M.; Brunner, B.; Zacharias, F.; Robuffo G.; Konietschke, R.; Sepp, W.; Fuchs, S.; Rink, Ch.; Albu-Schäffer, A.; Hirzinger, G. (2009) Rollin' Justin - Mobile Platform with Variable Base. Video contribution presented at ICRA 2009
• Finalist for best video award: Konietschke, R.; Hagn, U.; Nickl, M.; Jörg, S.; Tobergte, A.; Passig, G.; Seibold, U.; Le.Tien, L.; Kuebler, B.; Gröger, M.; Fröhlich, F.; Rink, Ch.; Albu-Schäffer, A.; Grebenstein, M.; Ortmaier, T.; Hirzinger, G. (2009) The DLR Miro Surge - A Robotic System for Surgery. Video contribution presented at ICRA 2009
• Best Paper Award Mechatronik 2005: T. Ortmaier, C. Ott, H. Weiß, U. Hagn, M. Grebenstein, M. Nickl, A. Albu- Schäffer, S. Jörg, R.  Konietschke, G. Hirzinger, B. Essenreiter

• Outstanding Paper Award: Hagn, U., Nickl, M., Jörg, S., Passig, G., Bahls, T., Nothhelfer, A., Hacker, F., Le-Tien, L., Albu-Schäffer, A., Konietschke, R., Grebenstein, M., Warpup, R., Haslinger, R., Frommberger, M. & Hirzinger, G. (2008) The DLR MIRO: A versatile lightweight robot for surgical applications Industrial Robot: An International Journal, EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, 2008, Vol. 35(4), pp. 324 - 336

  Third Place at CURAC: Hagn, U., Nickl, M., Jörg, S., Tobergte, A., Kübler, B., Passig, G., Gröger, M., Fröhlich, F., Seibold, U., Konietschke, R., Le-Tien, L., Albu-Schäffer, A., Grebenstein, M., Ortmaier, T. & Hirzinger, G. (2008) DLR MiroSurge -- towards versatility in surgical robotics 7. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie e.V. Proceedings of CURAC, 2008, pp. 143 - 146

Patents

• Bodenmüller T., Kielhöfer S., Hagn U., Konietschke R., Suppa M., and Hacker F. (2008). Intelligenter  Triangulationsscanner zur autonomen oder teilautonomen Erfassung von 3D Oberflächen  und zur Anzeige von positionsgebundenen Informationen in der Realität, Patent pending.
• Hagn U., Albu-Schäffer A., Grebenstein M., Joehl K., Nickl M., Ortmaier T., Hacker F., Jörg S.,  and Konietschke R. (2007). Anthropomorpher medizintechnischer Roboterarm mit Bewegungseinschränkung,  Patent Europe: EP000001754448B1, USA: Pending.
• Konietschke R. (2008). Verfahren und System zum Übertragen von positionszugeordneten Informationen  aus einer virtuellen in eine tatsächliche Realität und zum Anzeigen dieser Informationen  in der tatsächlichen Realität, Patent pending.

Reviewing

• Reviewer for Transactions on Robotics, Transactions on Mechatronics, ICRA, IROS, ICAR, EMBS, AIM, GWR, HCRS
• Program committee member for ICAR 2009

Organization

• ICRA 2009 Workshop on Advanced Sensing and Sensor Integration in Medical Robotics