Prof. Dr. Ruprecht Altenburger

Prof. Dr. Ruprecht Altenburger
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Control Engineering & Advanced Control
Technikumstrasse 9
8400 Winterthur
Personal profile
Management role
- Head of Research/Focus Area, Advanced Control
- Head, Control Engineering Laboratory
Position at the ZHAW
Professor in Control Engineering
Lecturer for Mechanics, Mechatronics and Control Engineering
Lecturer MAS Automation Management
www.zhaw.ch/ims/
Expertise and research interests
- Research and development of mechatronic systems
- Simulation of mechatronic systems
- UAV navigation and implementation on embedded systems
- Coupled simulation of finite element models with control
Educational background
2007 Dr.Ing. (PhD); Universität Stuttgart
2001 Physicist; Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
1992 Machine Mechanic; SIG Neuhausen/CH
Professional milestones
2004-2007 Startup and project engineer, PKSystems GmbH
2001-2004 Project engineer, Zentrum für Fertigungstechnik Stuttgart
Membership of networks
Projects
- HumanTech / Project leader / Project ongoing
- BIMprove – Build Smarter. Cleaner. Cheaper. / Project leader / Project ongoing
- Holistic mechatronic design for a sonic toothbrush / Project leader / Project completed
- Optimierung des Schwingungsverhaltens eines Vergleichsmikroskops für ballistische Expertisen / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- OGT – Optical Ground Terminal / Project leader / Project completed
- DIWA – Drone Interaction with Wild Animals / Project leader / Project completed
- Vision inspection systems for process optimization and quality assurance in the manufacturing of technology components for textile machines / Team member / Project completed
- Robo-Mate / Team member / Project completed
- ACTIVAL – Electromechanical valve for reciprocating piston compressors / Project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Altenburger, Ruprecht; Scherly, Daniel; Stadler, Konrad S.,
2016.
Design of a passive, iso-elastic upper limb exoskeleton for gravity compensation.
ROBOMECH Journal.
3(12).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40648-016-0051-5
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Altenburger, Ruprecht; Heitz, Christoph; Timmer, Jens,
2002.
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
35(11), pp. 1149-1163.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/35/11/309
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Stadler, Konrad S.; Altenburger, Ruprecht; Schmidhauser, Emilio; Scherly, Daniel; Ortiz, J.; Toxiri, S.; Mateos, L.; Masood, J.,
2016.
Robo-Mate an exoskeleton for industrial use : concept and mechanical design [paper].
In:
Tokhi, M. O.; Virk, G. S., eds.,
Advances in Cooperative Robotics : Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on CLAWAR 2016.
19th International Conference on CLAWAR, London, 12-14 September 2016.
London:
World Scientific.
pp. 806-813.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813149137_0094
Patents and patent applications
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Altenburger, Ruprecht; Aul, Peter; Bergmann, Andreas,
2005.
Bewegungsvorrichtung mit gelenkigen Stäben für eine Plattform mit sechs Freiheitsgraden.
Patent number EP1609563 A1
(2005-12-28)
.
Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP1609563A1