20.11.2023: Dr. Muhammad Yasir´s application for the co-supervision of a PhD. student at the Department of Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications(DET) Polytechnic of Turin is approved. Dr- Muhammad Yasir will co-supervise Mr Fabio Peinetti along with Prof. Patrizia Savi. The activities performed during the PhD will be related to the long-standing collaboration with the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of the Polytechnic of Turin. 

Sven Wagner started research work at AMiR in May 2020 as Research Associate.

12.12.2019: Invited Talk by Dr. Olaf C. Haenssler at the HF SPM Workshop, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO, USA.

04.06.-06.06.19  Dr. S. Jovanović Vučetić and Dr.  J. Prekodravac, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, visited AMiR for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project. Prof. Svetlana Jovanović Vučetić gave a seminar talk on "Synthesis, modification and possible application of carbon based and other nanomaterials produced in INN Vinca".

05-06.12.2018: Dr. Olaf C. Haenssler attended the BALTICS conference in Jurmala and Ventspils, Latvia.

30.11.18: Congratulations from AMiR team to Malte Bartenwerfer, who successfully passed his PhD examination!

22.-26.10.2018: Malte Bartenwerfer, Sergio Garnica and Olaf C. Haenssler visited Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project.

Photo (l.to.r.): Dr.S. Jovanović Vučetić, Dr.D.N. Kleut, Dr.D. Kepić, Dr.J. Prekodravac, S. Garnica, M. Bartenwerfer and Dr.O.C. Haenssler

Prof. Fatikow is the Founding Chair of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS). The 3rd conference is held from 04-08 July 2018 in Nagoya, Japan. This annual conference is technically supported by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and IEEE Nanotechnology Council. MARSS team at AMiR endeavours to develop MARSS to the flagship event in the field.

News (German):  MARSS-Konferenz etabliert sich (30.07.2018)

Prof. Fatikow is a Keynote Speaker at the 9th Asia-Pacific Conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology (APCOT 2018) held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong in 24–27 June 2018.
 

06.-13.06.18: Prof. Fatikow visited ETH, Zürich, Alemnis AG, Thun, und EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Seminar Talk by Prof. Huiquan Wang, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China: "Pico satellite and scientific research in space". (30.05.18)

Seminar Talk by Prof. Tie Li, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS, Shanghai, China: "High Performance Sensors by Using Silicon Nanowire Array". (30.05.18)

Prof. Tie Li, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS, Shanghai, China, Prof. Xiaowei Sun and Huiquan Wang, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, visited AMiR for discussions about current and future collaborations.

16-19.05.18: Prof. Fatikow visited the Sorbonne, Paris, and IEMN, CNRS, University of Lille, France. He offered a seminar talk on AMiR research activities.

06.-10.05.18: Prof. Andrea Di Donato, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, visited AMiR for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project.

22.02.2018: Congratulations from AMiR team to Olaf C. Hänßler, who successfully passed his bi-national PhD examination!

Photo (l. to r.) Prof. S.Peik (University of Applied Sciences Bremen), Dr.habil. D.Théron (IEMN-CNRS) and Prof. F.Marchi (Grenoble Alpes University/Néel Institute-CNRS) and Prof. K.Haddadi (IEMN-CNRS) (not on the photo) visited AMiR.

22.02.18, 13h: Seminar talk by Dr.habil. Didier Théron, IEMN, CNRS, University of Lille, France: "Microwave nanoprobing station with MEMS probes for characterisation of InAs nanowires and SMM characterisation of nanodot molecular junctions." 

22.02.18, 13:45h: Seminar talk by Prof.Dr.habil. Florence Marchi, Grenoble Alpes University and Néel Institute/CNRS, Grenoble, France:"Local force mapping of an NdFeB micro-magnet arrays using a custom-made Microparticle MFM probe."

11.12-15.12.2017: Luca Cavanini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy visited AMiR for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project.

Photo (l. to r.): M. Wieghaus, L. Cavanini, O.C. Haenssler,  F. von Kleist-Retzow, L. Hoffhues 

17.11.17: MARSS 2019 in Finland - Preparation Meeting:
Prof. Parsi Kallio (Tampere University), Prof. S. Fatikow, Prof. Quan Zhou (Aalto University, Helsinki)

1-21.10.17: Prof. Fatikow visited Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, Soochow University, Robotics and Microsystems Center, Suzhou, Zhejiang University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hangzhou, South China University of Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Guangzhou, and City University of Hong Kong, Dept. of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities.

14.-18.08.17: AMiR visit the Aalto University in Finland

13.-15.08.2017: Prof. Fatikow is appointed as a member of the 6-person expert committee to perform the first international evaluation of Mechanical Engineering Department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. The ME department is ranked number 1 in China by the Ministry of Education and employs more than 120 faculty, including three academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Aside from Fatikow, the committee also includes experts from the USA, Canada, Hongkong and Switzerland.

Photo: The expert committee with HUST president team and core faculty members

10.07.-12.08.17: Huahuang LUO, Hongkong University of Science and Technology, visits AMiR for joint experiments within the DAAD Project “BioCell”.

17-21.07.17: Prof. Fatikow is the Founding Chair of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS).The 2nd conference is held from 17-21 July 2017 in Montreal, Canada. This recently established annual conference is technically supported by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and IEEE Nanotechnology Council. MARSS team at AMiR endeavours to develop MARSS to the flagship event in the field.

Photo: the conference banquet on a boat night cruise on the St-Laurence River was definitely one of the highlights of MARSS2017 social program

 "MARSS-Mission" zum zweiten Mal ein voller Erfolg

• Prof. Andrea Di Donato, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, visited AMiR for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project.  (11.-17.06.17)

• Seminar talk by Prof. Andrea Di Donato, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy: "Scanning probe microscopy at microwave and infrared wavelengths" (13.06.17, 14h)
  
  

• Congratulations from AMiR team to Sören Zimmermann, who successfully passed his PhD examination! (28.03.17)

• Prof. Metin Sitti, Director Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany, and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA visited AMiR for discussions about current and future collaborations. (27.-28.03.17) Photo: Part of team AMiR with Prof.Metin Sitti

• Seminar Talk by Prof. Metin Sitti , Director Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany, and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA: "Synthetic and Bio-hybrid Untethered Mobile Microrobots" (27.03.17, 14h)
  
  

• Prof. Fatikow visited Tampere University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Finland, and joined a PhD public examination as an appointed opponent. (08-11.02.17) Photo (l.to.r.): After the examination with the commission members and the candidate.

• Prof. Fatikow visited Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Microcity-Galatea, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He offered a seminar talk on AMiR research activities. (15-18.02.17)
  
  
• Lucy Y. Pao, University of Colorado at Boulder, visited AMiR for discussions about current projects and future collaborations. (02.02.2017)

• Prof. Changhai Ru and Wenbo Zhang from Soochow University in Suzhou, China visited AMiR. (25.01.2017)   Photo (l.to.r.):M.Bartenwerfer, Prof.Ru and W.Zhang

• Cong Zhao, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong visited AMiR for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project. (21.-25.11.2016)
  
  
• Luca Cavanini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy visited AMiR for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project. (14.-18.11.2016)
  
  

• Fabian von Kleist-Retzow, Olaf C. Haenssler, Tobias Tiemerding and Markus Wieghaus visited Università Politecnica delle Marche for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project. (01.11.-20.11.2016) Photo (l.to.r.): F.von Kleist-Retzow, T.Tiemerding, O.C.Haenssler and M.Wieghaus @ Università di Urbino

• Waldemar Klauser, Sergio Garnica and Sören Zimmermann visited the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia for joint experiments and discussions on further collaborations. Photo (l.t.r): H. Xie, W. Klauser, S. Garnica, S. Zimmermann, A. Roy, J. Mead (01.10.-21.10.2016)

• Malte Bartenwerfer presented our research results at IEEE IROS 2016 in Deajeon, Korea.  (09.10.-14.10.2016)  Photo : M.Bartenwerfer

• O.C.Haenssler, F.von Kleist-Retzow and M.Wieghaus visited Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IESL-FORTH), Heraklion, Greece, for discussions and joint experiments. Photo (l. to r.): O.C.Haenssler, F. von Kleist-Retzow and M.Wieghaus (03.-13.10.2016)

• Photo: Panel discussion at Science Summit

  Prof. Fatikow is appointed as a member of the four-person Program Panel of the newly-established annual International Robotic Technology and Industry Summit organized by Guangdong province (China) in cooperation with renowned Science journal. More than one thousand representatives from industry and research joined the first Summit in September 2016 in Foshan, to discuss current robotic trends with distinguished international experts. (26.-28.09.2016) Lesen Sie die Artikel der Pressestellen der Universität Oldenburg und vom OFFIS e.V.

• Prof. Fatikow visited the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW Dresden), Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Germany. He offered a seminar talk on AMiR research activities. (15-16.09.16)
  
  

• Olaf C.Haenssler, Fabian von Kleist-Retzow and Markus F.Wieghaus visited Università Politecnica delle Marche for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project. (28.08.-17.09.2016)  Photo (l.to.r.): F.von Kleist-Retzow, O.C.Haenssler, Prof.M.Farina and M.F.Wieghaus

• Prof. Fatikow visited Aalto University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Finland. He offered a seminar talk on AMiR research activities. (05-09.08.16)
  
  

• Tobias Tiemerding visited the Institute of Microtechnology, TU Braunschweig, Germany for joint experiments in the framework of the common research project "Papiersensor". (02.-04.08.2016)

• Seminar Talk by Prof.Davide Mencarelli, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy: "Modelling of nano devices" (02.08.16, 10h) in the framework of MTT-25 RF Nanotechnology Committee.
  
  
• Seminar Talk by Prof. Yi-Kuen Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong: "Bio-MEMS/NEMS and Microfluidics at HKUST" (01.08.16, 14h)
  
  

• Prof. Yi-Kuen Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, and Prof. Davide Mencarelli, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, visited AMiR for discussions about current and future collaborations. (01.08.-05.08.2016) Photo (l.to.r.): M.Bartenwerfer, Prof.D.Mencarelli, Prof.Y.-K. Lee, M.Knaust and S.Zimmermann

• Waldemar Klauser, Sören Zimmermannm, Malte Bartenwerfer and Sergio Garnica visited the group of Prof. Pucci, Kirchhoff Institute for Physics at the University of Heidelberg. (27./28.07.16)

• Aditi Roy, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia and Josh Pinskier, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia visited AMiR for joint experiments. (26.07.16) Photo (l.to.r.): S.Garnica, S.Zimmermann, M.Bartenwerfer A.Roy and J.Pinskier

• Seminar Talk by Prof. Huiquan Wang, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China: "Advances in pico-satellite technology" (25.07.16).
  
  

• Tobias Tiemerding visited the Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISIR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France within the context of MARSS. (19.07.2016)

• Tobias Tiemerding attended the first International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS). He presented two papers entitled “Modularized SPM-Controller based on an FPGA for combined AFM and SMM measurements” and “Integration of different hardware interfacing protocols into a robotic software framework”. (18-22.07.2016)

• Prof. Fatikow is the Founding Chair of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS).The inaugural conference is held from 18-22 July 2016 in Paris marss-conference.org/. This new annual conference is technically supported by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and IEEE Nanotechnology Council. MARSS has the ambition to provide the major forum for cross-disciplinary R&D communities to discuss current activities in all areas related to manipulation and automation at micro and nano scales, and all kinds of small scale robots and their applications. MARSS team at AMiR is confident to meet this high challenge and to develop MARSS to a flagship conference in the field.

  Photo from the Closing ceremony, the presentation of Big-on-Small Award (l.to.r.): Prof. Micky Rakotondrabe, FEMTO-ST, France; Prof. Stéphane Régnier, UMPC, France, MARSS2016 General Chair; Prof. Raja Chatila, Director of Research, CNRS, France / President of IEEE-RAS (2014-2015); Prof. Sergej Fatikow, MARSS Founding Chair.

• Olaf C.Haenssler visited the Centre for Integrated RF Engineering, University of Waterloo for joint experiments in the framework of a joint DAAD exchange project and gave an invited talk at IEEE Canada, Kitchener-Waterloo Section, University of Waterloo. (04.-26.07.2016)

• AMiR went canoeing. (24.06.2016)

• Dong Zhang from Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China visited AMiR. (30.05.16) Photo (l.to.r.): M.Bartenwerfer, T.Timerding and Dong Zhang

• M.Bartenwerfer, P.Elfert and Dr. A.Sill visited industrial collaboration partners in Vienna. (18.-19.05.16) Photo (l.to.r.): P. Elfert, Dr. A. Sill and M.Bartenwerfer

• Prof. Quan Zhou and his Micro- and nanorobotics group, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, visited AMiR for discussions about current and future collaborations. (25.-27.14.16) Photo: Team AMiR with Prof.Zhou and his team

• Dr. Akemi Tamanai, Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, visited AMiR for discussions about current and future collaborations. (24.11.15) Photo (l.to.r.): S.Zimmermann, M.Bartenwerfer and Dr. A.Tamanai

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  • Prof. Fatikow is a Keynote Speaker at DGIST Global Innovation Festival held in Daegu, South Korea (05-08.12.12)
  • Manuel Mikczinski is a Keynote Speaker at the First Workshop of the new COST Action FP1105 held in Stockholm, Sweden (03.-04.12.12)
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  • Florian Krohs and Christioph Reinicke visited Changchun University of Science and Technology (CUST), Centre for Nano Metrology and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), The State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems, China
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Stéphane Régnier,MAP research division Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et Robotique (ISIR), Paris, France: "Microrobotics, microrobots: interactive systems for small scales" (27.11.12)
    
     
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    Volkmar Eichhorn, Malte Bartenwerfer and Sören Zimmermann visited University of Cambridge, Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE), Electrical Engineering Department, UK. Volkmar Eichhorn offered a seminar talk on “Robotic Manipulation, Characterization and Processing on the Nanoscale”.
    (20.-21.11.12)
    
     
  • Prof. Fatikow is a Keynote Speaker at International Conference of the Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology and at International Workshop on Innovation and Commercialization of Micro & Nanotechnology, Hangzhou, China (04-07.11.12)

  • Olaf C.Haenssler attended the 8th ESA Round Table on Micro and Nano Technologies for Space Applications, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands (15.10.-18.10.12)

  • Prof. Fatikow visited University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Honolulu, USA. He offered a seminar talk on AMiR research activities. (12.10.12) 

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    Volkmar Eichhorn participated in the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Vilamoura, Portugal, giving a talk and chairing the micro-nano scale automation session.
    (07.-12.10.12)
     
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    Seminar Talk by Dr. Tawfique Hasan, Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK: "Applications of Graphene Liquid Dispersions in Optoelectronics"
    (15.10.12)
     
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    News (German): "Hochrangige Delegation aus China an der Universität empfangen"
    lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite von der Pressestelle Universität Oldenburg (04.10.12)

    Photo: Dr.A.Sill, Prof.S.Fatikow,Prof.B.Simon, Prof.H.Yu und Prof.Z.Wang
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Michaël Gauthier, Automation and Micromechatronics Department (AS2M), FEMTO-ST Institute, Besancon, France: "Overview of the activities in micro-nano-robotics in FEMTO-ST institute" (21.09.12)
    Photo (l.to.r.): C.Diederichs, Prof.E.Piat, Dr.V.Eichhorn, Prof.P.Lutz and Prof.M.Gauthier at AMiR Labs
    
    
    
     
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Dr. Vladimir A. Basiuk, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: "Carbon nanotubes and their applications"
    (10.09.12)
    
    Photo (l.to.r.): Prof.V.A.Basiuk, Prof.E.V.Basiuk and Dr.V.Eichhorn at AMiR Labs
  • News (German): "3M-NANO-Konferenz in China"
    lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite von der Pressestelle Universität Oldenburg (04.09.12)
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    Prof. Fatikow is the General Chair of the International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO),
    29 Aug - 1 Sept 2012, Xian, China. 3m-nano.org , Call for Participation and Call for Papers

    Photo: 3M-NANO Award Ceremony
    
     

  • Prof. Fatikow is a Keynote Speaker at nanoMan2012, 3rd International  Conference on Nano-Manufacturing held in Tokyo, Japan (25.-27.07.12) 
  • Prof. Fatikow visited University of Tokyo, RCAST, Japan, Meijo University, School of Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, South China University of Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Guangzhou, Peking University, Institute of Microelectronics, China, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dept. of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, China, Southwest Jiao Tong University, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Chengdu, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang Institute of Automation. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities. (23.07-05.09.12)
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Youfu Li, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong : "Motion tracking from visual sensing"
    (19.07.12)
    
    Photo (l.to.r.): S.Zimmermann, C.Dahmen and Prof.Y.Li at AMiR Labs
     
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    Seminar Talk by Dr. Quan Zhou, School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland : "Fusion of robotics and self-assembly for microsystem integration"
    
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  • Dr.Wei-Han Wang, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Mr.Tao Yue, Nagoya University, Japan visited AMiR.
    (13.07.12)
    
    Photo (l.to.r.): Dr.V.Eichhorn, Dr.W.-H.Wang, T.Yue and C.Diederichs
    
     
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  • Delegation of Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN), Lille, France visited AMiR.
    
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  • Seminar Talk by Dr. Bernard Legrand, Nano and MicroSYStems (NAM6), Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, Lille, France : "MEMS resonators at IEMN: a 12-year story from signal processing devices to Atomic Force Microscopy sensors" (12.07.12)
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  • C. Dahmen and O.C.Haenssler stayed at Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
    (27.06.-03.07.12)
    Photo: Dr. X.Xia, Prof. Y.Wang, O.C.Haenssler, C.Dahmen, Prof. T.Li and H.Zeng
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Jean-Marc Breguet, Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique SA (CSEM SA), Neuchâtel, Switzerland: "Overview of CSEM activities with focus on mechatronics development" (21.06.12)
    Photo (l.to.r.): Dr.V.Eichhorn, Prof. Fatikow, Prof. Breguet and C.Diederichs
     
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    Prof. Xianmin Zhang, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, visited AMiR.
    (11.06.12)
    
    Photo (l.to.r.): Prof. Fatikow, Prof. Zhang, C.Diederichs, Dr.A.Sill and Dr.V.Eichhorn
    
    
     
  • Prof. Fatikow visited in France University of Orléans, PRISME Institute, Bourges, and FEMTO-ST Institute, AS2M department, Besançon. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities. (04-06.06.12)
  • Prof. Fatikow is Invited Professor at University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France, Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics (01.-30.06.12)
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    Congratulations from AMiR team to Tim Wortmann, who successfully passed his PhD examination!
    
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    The first technical meeting of the PowerBonds Project was held in Oldenburg.
    (29.-30.05.12)
    
    
    
     
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Pasi Kallio, Tampere University of Technology, Finland :
    "Automatic Microsystems in Handling and Characterization of Micro-scale Biosamples and Materials" (30.05.12)
    
     
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    Prof.Dr.A.Dietzel, Head of the Institute for Microtechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany visited AMiR.
    (07.05.12)
    
    Photo (l.to.r.): C.Diederichs, Dr.A.Sill, Prof.Dr.A. Dietzel, Dr.V.Eichhorn
    
     
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    Dr.  Raphaël Passas, Laboratoire Génie des Procédés Papetiers (LGP2), Grenoble INP-Pagora, France visited AMiR for joint experiments.
    (18.04.12)
    
    Photo (l.to.r.): M. Mikczinski, Dr.R. Passas and K. Ikououbel
  • Kenza Ikououbel, Laboratoire Génie des Procédés Papetiers (LGP2), Grenoble INP-Pagora, France, is visiting AMiR for joint experiments on paper fibres inside SEM. (11.-20.04.12)
  • Prof. Fatikow visited South China University of Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Guangzhou, Advanced Material Research Center, Guangzhou, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Taipei, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, Instrument Technology Research Center, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, National Cheng Kung University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tainan, Taiwan, Industrial Technology Research Institute, MEMS Research  Division, Tainan, Taiwan, Tianjin University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, China. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities. (19.03-12.04.12)
     
    
    Photo: Visit to Instrument Technology Research Center, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, with Prof. Din Ping Tsai, Director General (mid), Dr. Fong-Thi Chen, Deputy Director General (l.), and Dr. Chi-Hung Huang, Deputy Director General (r.)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
    
    Photo: with Prof. Shuo Hung Chang, National Taiwan University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Taipei
    
    
    
     
  • Keynote talk by Prof. Fatikow at the 7th International Conference on Micro-Manufacturing, Evanston, IL, USA
    Title "Robot-based Nanohandling and Automation" (12.-14.03.12)
  • Prof. Fatikow visited Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Institute, NanoRobotics Lab (08-11.03.12)
  • SAT1 TV reported about AMiR-Research presented at CeBIT 2012. (07.03.2012)
  • News: "FIBLYS – a "Swiss-knife" Nano-tool" A No.1 success story. See the website of the EC Research & Innovation  (07.03.12)
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    News: AMiR attended the CeBIT 2012 as an exhibitor, Hannover, Germany
    Demonstrator:"Automated Nanorobotics"
    Hall 26, Booth C50
    (06.-10.03.12)
    
    
    
    
    
     
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    Prof. Hongmei Xu, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, China, Prof. Tie Li and Anran Gao, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, visited AMiR for joint experiments.
    (01.02.-28.02.12)
    Photo (l.to.r.): Prof. H.Xu, M.Bartenwerfer, A.Gao and S.Zimmermann
     
  • "PowerBonds," the recently funded ERA-NET project, was kick started on February 9th, 2012, at the premises of VTT in Espoo, Finland. Learn more about the project "Enhancement of Fibre and Bond Strength Properties for Creating Added Value in Paper Products" - PowerBonds - on the project-website: www.wwnet-powerbonds.eu .
  • Prof. Fatikow appointed as a member of the advisory board of Robotics Engineering Department at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), South Korea. After Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, DGIST is the second high-profile research oriented university in South Korea established by the government. The concept is to develop an international center of convergence science and technology, with highly advanced technological research facilities and research-oriented education. DGIST opened graduate program in 2011. (07.02.12)
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    Seminar Talk by PD Dr. Andrey Turchanin, University of Bielefeld, Germany:
    "From organic monolayers to carbon nanomembranes and graphene with tunable structural, chemical and electrical properties " (06.02.12)
    
    
     
  • Volkmar Eichhorn and Michael Weigel-Jech visited Institut d´ Electronique, de Microelectronique et de Nanotechnologie, Micro and Nano Systems Department, Lille, France. (24.01.12)
  • Manuel Mikczinski assigned as Management Committee Member of the recently realised COST Action FP1105: Understanding wood cell wall structure, biopolymer interaction and composition: implications for current products and new material innovation. (15.01.12)
  • Prof. Fatikow visited in China South China University of Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Guangzhou, Xi’an Technological University, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Research Institute of Micro-/Nanometer Science and Technology. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities. (18.12.11-10.01.12)
  • Photo: with Prof. Yuelin Wang, Deputy Director of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
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  • Prof. Fatikow elected as a fellow of the International Society for Nanomanufacturing (ISNM). ISNM is an international nonprofit organization launched in 2008. The purpose is to promote nanomanufacturing technology and to serve the fast growing international community in this area. ISNM promotes technological innovation by encouraging collaboration and networking among peers, progressing education of nanotechnology on all levels of society, and publishing journals, books, and newsletters of the latest developments in nanomanufacturing. (16.01.12)
  • News (German): "Oldenburger Informatiker in den Vorstand des Technischen Komitees der IEEE Gesellschaft berufen"
    lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite von der Pressestelle Universität Oldenburg (06.01.12)
  • Prof. Fatikow appointed as Chair of IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation(06.01.12)

• • Manuel Mikczinski participated in the kick-off meeting of the project "Couplage ESEM / microrobotique pour l'étude de la deformation des fibres cellulosiques" (Study of the deformation mechanisms of cellulosic fibres by coupling microrobotic tools and environmental scanning electron microscopy) at the Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés Papetiers (LGP2), INP-Pagora, Grenoble, France (15.12. - 16.12.2011)
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    Dr. Sabine Heinemann, Biofibre Processing, VTT, Espoo, Finland visited AMiR for joint experiments on wood and wood fibres.
    
    (28.11.-30.11.11)
    
    Photo (l.to.r.): M.Mikczinski and Dr. S.Heinemann
    
     

  • Dr.C. Edeler and H.X. Nguyen participated and contributed to the German-Russian Workshop "Theoretical foundations, applications and problems of methods of reduction of dimensionality" at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. (22.-24.11.11)
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    Daniel Jasper won the Research Award 2011 of the Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg (UGO)for his PhD thesis.
    
    lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite der Nordwest-Zeitung und in Einblicke (16.11.11)
    
    Photo (l.to.r.): M.Wefers (President of the UGO), D.Jasper and B.Simon (President of the University of Oldenburg)
    
     
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    Congratulations from AMiR team to Christoph Edeler, who successfully passed his PhD examination!
    
    (16.11.11)
    
    
    
    
    
     
  • Manuel Mikczinski visited Carnegie Mellon University, Nanorobotics Lab, Pittsburgh, USA. (4.11.-13.11.11)
  • Plenary Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the International Symposium on Micro-Nano Mechatronics and Human Science , Nagoya, Japan
    Title "Robot-based Automation on the Nanoscale" (06.-09.11.11)
  • Prof. Fatikow served as a judge at the International Micro Robot Maze Contest (MAZE 2011), Nagoya, Japan. (06.11.11)
     
    
    Photo: Japanese tea ceremony in Koshoji-Temple, Nagoya
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
  • Prof. Fatikow visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dept. of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, and City University of Hong Kong, Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities. (30.10.-04.11.11)
  • 
    Plenary Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the First International Symposium on Medical Robotics, Daegu, South Korea
    Title "Robot-based Micro-Nano Handling"
    (27.-28.10.11)
    
    Photo: On the symposium banquet
    
     
    
    
    Photo: Greetings by a friendly robot at Incheon airport in Seoul
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
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    Prof. Fatikow visited in South Korea Daegu Gyungbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Department of Robotics Engineering, and Kyungpook National University, Daegu, School of Electronics Engineering. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities
    (25.-26.10.11)
    Photo: Reception by DGIST president, Prof.Sung-Chul Shin
     
  • Prof. Fatikow is one of the winners of the national "1000 Scholars Program" in China. He was nominated by the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, and is the only winner at SCUT in 2011. The "1000 Scholars Program" is regarded as a major effort of China's talent recruitment plans. Starting in 2008, China has planned to spend five to ten years importing overseas high-level researches into national key innovation programs, the pivotal disciplines and key laboratories, with focus on the development of high-tech industries. 
  • Manuel Mikczinski visited the Paper and Fibre Institute, Trondheim, Norway, for joint experiments in the COST Action FP0802 framework. (10.10.-19.10.11)
  • Prof. Fatikow visited Tampere University of Technology, Finland, Micro- and Nanosystems Research Lab, Institute of Automation and Control. (01.-04.10.11)
  • Claas Diederichs visited the group of Prof. Dan Popa, Next Generation Systems at the University of Texas at Arlington  Automated Nanorobotic Systems and AMiR Research Activities. (19.-27.10.2011)
  • Daniel Jasper won the Research Award 2011 of the Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburgfor his PhD thesis. (21.09.11)
    lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite der Nordwest-Zeritung (16.11.11)
  • 
    Prof. Fatikow and Prof. Wang Zuobin (Changchun University of Science and Technology, China) are the Founding Chairs of the new annual International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO). The conference was held for the first time on 29 Aug - 2 Sept 2011 in Changchun, China.
    3m-nano.org  and Call for Papers
    Photo: Opening ceremony at 3M-NANO 2011
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    Prof. Fatikow stayed as an adjunct professor at Changchun University of Science and Technology, China, Center for Nano Metrology and Manufacturing Technologies.
    
    Photo: with CNMMT professors and students
    
     
  • Prof. Fatikow visited Shenyang Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He offered a seminar talk on AMiR research activities (13-14.09.11)
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    Prof. Yanling Tian is staying with AMiR as a Humboldt scholar.
    Prof. Tian is Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China (01.09.-28.02.13).
    
    
    
     
  • The poster “Nanorobotic enabling technologies for carbon nanoelectronics” presented by V.Eichhorn, won the "pi"-Award at the "Carbonhagen 2011" symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark (19.-21.08.10)
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    Cover picture from the Journal of Advanced Microscopy Research showing AMiR-Research results
    
    (25.08.11)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
  • Seminar Talk by Dr.rer.nat.habil. Ilja Kruglikov, Wellcomet GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany: "LDM - neue Behandlungstechnologie in der Medizin" (17.08.11) 
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    Dr.rer.nat.habil. Ilja Kruglikov, Wellcomet GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany, visited AMiR to discuss possible collaboration projects.
    (16-17.08.11)
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
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    The paper “Towards Automated AFM-based Nanomanipulation in a Combined Nanorobotic AFM/HRSEM/FIB System” submitted by V. Eichhorn, S. Fatikow, R. Tunnell, U. Mick, C. Stolle, C. Diederichs, D. Jasper and M. Bartenwerfer, won the Best Paper Award in Automation at the IEEE ICMA 2011,Bejing, China (10.08.11)
     
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    Prof. Hyungsuck Cho is staying with AMiR as a Humboldt scholar.
    Prof. Cho is DGIST Chair Professor, Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyungbuk Institute of Science and Technology and E-Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Dae Jeon, South Korea (01.-31.08.11).
     
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    Prof. Nguyen Phong Dien, Director Vietnamese-German Center, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, visited AMiR to discuss further development of joint research activities. (15.07.11)
    
    
    
     
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    Dr. Alexey Savenko and Izzet Yildiz,
    Nanointegration Group, DTU Nanotech, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark visited AMIR for joint experiments
    
    Photo: (l. to r.) M. Bartenwerfer, Dr.A.Savenko, Dr.V. Eichhorn, I.Yildiz and F.Krohs (06.07.-08.07.11) 
     
  • Michael Weigel-Jech and Olaf C.Haenssler visited the group of Prof. Antoine Ferreira, École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs, Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique et Energétique, Bourges, France (16.-21.06.2011)  

  • Prof. Fatikow visited in Mexiko Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Advanzed Studies and Research Center (CINVESTAV), Mexico-City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico-City, and on Cuba La Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas (UCLV), Santa Clara, und Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE), Havanna. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities

  • Prof. Fatikow, Prof. Dan O. Popa (The Univ. of Texas at Arlington, TX, U.S.A.), Prof. Philippe Lutz (FEMTO-ST, UMR CNRS, Besancon, France), and Prof. Jack G. Zhou (Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.) are organizing Symposium on Micro-Nano Assembly Systems, Metrology, Instrumentation and Their Applications as a part of 2011 ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A. (13.-17.06.11)
  • Seminar Talk by Prof. Jayantha Katupitiya, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: "Use of v-disparity image for traversable terrain identification" (14.06.11)
  • Prof. Jayantha Katupitiyah, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, visited AMiR to conduct experiments within a joint DAAD project. (13-16.06.11)
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Nicolas Chaillet, FEMTO-ST Institute CNRS/UFC/ENSMM/UTBM, Besançon, France: 
    "Microrobotics at FEMTO-ST: from mechatronics to micromanipulation"
    
    (06.06.11)
    
    
     
  • 
    Congratulations from AMiR team to Daniel Jasper, who successfully passed his PhD examination!
    
    (06.06.11)
    
    
    
    
    
     

  • AMiR-Research on NANO-TV video series by European Research Media Center (01.06.2011) 

  • News (German): Spende eines Rasterelektronenmikroskops von AMiR an die FH für Wirtschaft und Technik, Oldenburg (01.06.11)
  • Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the German-Chinese Workshop on Nanomanufacturing and Nanotribology, Berlin, Germany
    Title "Robot-based Nanohandling" (30.05-01.06.11) 
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Tie Li and Yuelin Wang, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China: 
    "MEMS activity in Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences"
    
    (30.05.11)
     
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    Visitors: Prof. Yuelin Wang and Prof.Tie Li, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
    
    Photo: (l. to r.) Dr.Huiquan Wang, Prof.Yuelin Wang, Prof.Tie Li and Malte Bartenwerfer
    
    (30.-31.05.11)
     
  • Prof. Fatikow and Daniel Jasper are organizing Special Session on Robot-based Automation of Nanohandling at the IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM 2011), Tampere, Finland (25.-27.05.11)
  • Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the 4th European Conference for Clinical Nanomedicine, Basel, Switzerland
    Title "Nanorobotics – Medical Reality tomorrow?" (23-25.05.2011)
  • News(German): "Große Pläne mit kleinsten Robotern"
    lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite der Nordwest-Zeitung (04.05.11) 
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    Research stay by Dr. Huiquan Wang, with a scholarship provided by Zhejiang University, China
    Dr. Wang is with the Institute of Microelectronics and Photoelectronics, Department of Information Science & Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
    (01.05-15.08.11)
     
  • Invited Talk by Dr. Volkmar Eichhorn at the Hannover Messe during the MicroNanoTec Forum 2011, Hannover, Germany. Title " Micro-Nano-Integration: Nanorobotic Handling and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Device Prototyping" (05.04.2011)
  • Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the Max-Planck Symposium on Intelligent Systems, Tübingen-Stuttgart, Germany
    Title "Robot-based Nanohandling and Automation" (10.-12.04.2011)
  • News (German): "Zehn Jahre Nanotechnik und Mikrorobotik"
    lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite von der Pressestelle Universität Oldenburg (01.04.11)
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    Talk by Manuel Mikczinski at the Final Conference of the COST Action E54 "Characterisation of the fine structure and properties of papermaking fibres using new technologies"
    Title "Micro- and Nano-Robotic Manipulation and Characterisation of Paper-making Fibres and its Components", Cambridge, UK
    (22.03.2011)
    
     

  • Prof. Fatikow visited Tohoku University, Dept. of Bioengineering and Robotics, Sendai, Kagawa University, Intelligent Mechanical Systems Eng. Dept., Takamatsu, Osaka University, Dept. of Systems Innovation, Nagoya University, Dept. of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering and Dept. of Mechanical Science & Engineering, Toyo University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo, and Tokyo University, Dept. of Precision Engineering. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities (23.02-10.03.11) 

    
    Photo: at Tohoku University with the President of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Prof. Kazuhiro Kosuge
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
    
    Photo: at Kagawa University with the Founding Chair of IEEE ICMA Conference, Editor in Chief of Int. Journal of Mechatronics and Automation, Prof. Shuxiang Guo
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
    
    Photo: at Osaka University with the Editor-in-Chief of Int. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Prof. Tatsue Arai
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
    
    Photo: at Nagoya University with the Director of Center for Micro-Nano Mechatronics, Prof. Toshio Fukuda, and the Head of Biorobotics Lab, Prof. Fumihito Arai, after the seminar talk
    
    
    
    
    
     
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    Visitor: Prof. Jayantha Katupitiyah,University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    
    Photo: (l. to r.) Prof.Katupitiyah and Christoph Edeler
    
    (21.-25.15.02.11)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
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    Congratulations from AMiR team to Volkmar Eichhorn, who successfully passed his PhD examination!
    
    (03.02.11)
    
    
    
     
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    Seminar Talk by Prof. Dr.Bradley Nelson, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH, Zurich,Switzerland: 
    "Micro- and Nano Robots"
    
    (03.02.11)
    
     

• Prof. Fatikow visited Changchun University of Science and Technology, Center for Nano Metrology and Manufacturing Technologies, Xiamen University, Mechanical and Electrical Research Institute, Soochow University, Robotics and Microsystems Center, Suzhou, South China University of Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Guangzhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Research Institute of Micro-/Nanometer Science and Technology. He offered seminar talks on AMiR research activities (24.12.10-24.01.11)

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  Photo: at Xiamen University with the Chair of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department, Prof. Sun Daoheng, Prof. Xi Wenming and young faculties and PhD students
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Photo: at Soochow University with Prof. Ru Changhai, with the Director of Robotics and Microsystems Center, Prof. Sun Lining and Prof. Chen Liguo (l. to r.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Photo: at Shanghai Jiao Tong University with the Vice-Director of the Research Institute of Micro/Nanometer Science and Technology, Prof. Wang Qingkang
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Volkmar Eichhorn participated in the symposium on graphene and carbon nanotubes "Carbonhagen 2010" in Copenhagen, Denmark and contributed to the poster session (15.-16.11.10)
• Prof. Fatikow und Prof. Hyungsuck Cho (KAIST, Daejeon, and DGIST, Daegu, South Korea) are organizing Special Session on Vision Feedback for Micro/Nano Manipulation at the International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT), Toronto, Canada (25.-27.10.10)
• Olaf C.Haenssler and Manuel Mikczinski visited the University of Crete, Photonic and Electronic Materials Laboratory (PEML) at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL, FORTH) Heraklion, Crete, Greece. (22.10.-27.10.10)
• ARD reported about the AMiR-Research on CNTs. (30.11.2010)
• The paper “Recognition and Tracking of Magnetic Nanobots using MRI” submitted by T. Wortmann, C. Dahmen, C. Geldmann and S. Fatikow was nominated for the Best Paper Award at the Intnational Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT), Toronto, Canada (25.-27.10.10)
• Prof. Fatikow is a regional PC chair of the IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC2010), Monterey, California, USA, (12.-15.10.10)
• EU joint research project NANOBITS (FP7-ICT) Kick-off consortium meeting at TC-ANH (07.10.10)
• AMiR attended the European Researchers´ Night as an exhibitor for a second time.
  News (German): "Oldenburg: Auf Entdeckungstour in Labors und Hörsälen"
  Lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite der Nordwest-Zeitung (24.09.10)
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  Prof. Fatikow stayed at Changchun University of Science and Technology (CUST), Center for Nano Metrology and Manufacturing Technologies (CNM), China.
  
  
  
  Photo: with the Director of CNM, Prof. Zuobin Wang and students,
  
  
  
  
  Photo: At working dinner with the President of CUST, Prof. Huadong Yu (mid), Vice-President of CUST, Prof. Weizhi Sun (l.), and Director of Division for International Cooperation, Jilin Provincial Science & Technology Department, Mr Yingjie Bai (r.)
  
  (19.09.-02.10.10)
  
  
• Claas Diederichs visited Michigan State University, NanoRobotic Systems Lab, Michigan, MI, USA, for preparing joint TEM-based nanohandling experiments (18.09.2010)
• Seminar Talk by Prof. R. Jayavel, Anna University, Chennai, India: "Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes using Mesoporous MCM-41 molecular sieves for Memory Device Applications" (15.09.10)
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  Visitor: Prof. R. Jayavel, Anna University, Chennai, India
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Volkmar Eichhorn and Prof. Jayavel
  
  (15.09.10)
  
  
  
  
  

• AMiR/TC-ANH contributed a chapter on automated nanohandling to the "Handbook of Nanophysics" (Ed.K.D.Suttler), Taylor&Francis Publisher, CRC Press, 2010. This seven-volume set is the first comprehensive reference to cover both fundamental and applied aspects of physics at the nanoscale.The Handbook offers a sound introduction to established fundamentals in the field as well as a summary of the most significant developments in research.

• Christian Dahmen is visiting the group of Prof. Antoine Ferreira, Université d'Orléans, Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique et Energétique, Bourges, France (13.09.2010-23.09.2010) 
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  V. Eichhorn, U. Mick, and C. Stolle participated and contributed to the International Workshop on Analytical Focused Ion Beam and Scanning Electron Microscopy, TESCAN Corp., Brno, Czech Republic.
  
  (09.-10.09.10)
  
  
  
• The paper “Automated Nanorobotic Handling of Bio- and Nano-Materials” submitted by S. Fatikow, V. Eichhorn, D. Jasper, M. Weigel-Jech, F. Niewiera and F. Krohs, won the Best Application Paper Award at the 6th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering CASE2010,Toronto, Canada (24.08.10)
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  Seminar Talk by Prof. Hyungsuck Cho, Daegu Gyungbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, South Korea and Korea Advanced Institute of
  Science and Technology, Dae Jeon, South Korea: "A Pathway to Intelligent Perception: Towards Intelligent Imaging And Launching the Robotics
  Engineering Department at DGIST"
  
  (23.08.10)
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow is a co-chair of the track ‘Automation in Meso, Micro and Nano-Scale’ at the IEEE Intern. Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE2010), Toronto, Canada (22-24.08.10)
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  Grant of the European Research project NanoBits
  The project is coordinated by the Technology Cluster - Automated Nanohandling, OFFIS, and deals with the development of exchangeable and customizable scanning probe tips for the three-dimensional characterization of critical dimensions. The triennial project is starting in September 2010 and is funded with 2.5 million Euros. The NanoBits consortium includes relevant European institutes and companies in the area of nano-handling and nano-characterization (19.08.2010)
  
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  Prof. Hyungsuck Cho is staying with AMiR as a Humboldt scholar.
  Prof. Cho is DGIST Chair Professor, Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyungbuk Institute of Science and Technology and E-Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Dae Jeon, South Korea    
  (01.-31.08.10)
  

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  AMiR/TC-ANH organised the workshop "Visualisation and Manipulation of Paper-making Fibres and Fibrils in the SEM" Prof. R.Passas, INP-Pagora, Grenoble, France, Dr.S.Heinemann, VTT, Espoo, Finland, and P.Saketi, Tampere University of Technology, Finland, attended the workshop and contributed to special sessions. (26.07. - 30.07.2010)
  Photo: (l. to r.) Prof. Passas, Malte Bartenwerfer, Pooya Saketi, Dr.Heinemann and Manuel Mikczinski
  
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  Prof. Regnier, Prof. Haliyo and Dr. Bolopion, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Paris, France, visited AMiR for joint experiments.
  (19-20.07.10)
  Photo: (l. to r.) Prof.Haliyo, Dr.Bolopion and Prof.Regnier
  
  
• Michael Weigel-Jech conducted experiments at the University of Toronto, Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory, Toronto, Canada
  Seminar talk about “Handling and Characterization of Biomaterials” (21.06.-05.07.10)
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  David Folio and Karim Belharent, Université d'Orléans, Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique et Energétique, Bourges, France, visited AMIR for joint experiments.
  (24.05.-03.07.10)
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Tim Wortmann, Christian Dahmen, David Folio and Karim Belharent
  
• Seminar Talk by Prof. Hisayuki Aoyama, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan: "Desktop Micro Robots Factory and Its Applications" (17.06.10)
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  Visitor: Prof. Hisayuki Aoyama, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan 
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Volkmar Eichhorn, Prof. Aoyama and Tim Luttermann
  
  (17.06.10)
  
  
  
  
• Talks by Manuel Mikczinski at the joint 41st International Symposium on Robotics and 6th German Conference on Robotics (ISR/Robotik 2010) Titles: "Micro-/Nano-Integration for MEMS based on nano-robotic assembly" and "Development of Micro-force Sensors for Testing Applications in Micro- and Nanorobotics" (07.06.-09.06.10) 
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  Volkmar Eichhorn visited Michigan State University, NanoRobotic Systems Lab, Michigan, MI, USA, for preparing joint TEM-based nano- handling experiments
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Volkmar Eichhorn and Prof. Lixin Dong
  (01.06.10)
  
  
  
  
  
• Seminar Talk by Prof. Benjamin Shapiro, University of Maryland, MD, USA: "Flow Control of Microscopic and Nanoscale Objects: From Steering Live Swimming Cells to Manipulation of Quantum Dots to Nanometer Precision" (31.05.2010)
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  Visitor: Prof. Benjamin Shapiro, University of Maryland, MD, USA 
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Christian Dahmen, Tim Wortmann and Prof. Benjamin Shapiro
  
  (31.05.10)
  
  
  
  
• The paper “High-speed nanorobot position control inside a scanning electron microscope” submitted by D. Jasper, C. Diederichs, C. Edeler, S. Fatikow, won the Best Paper Award at the IEEE ECTI-CON, Chiang Mai, Thailand (19.-21.05.10) 
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  Prof. Fatikow visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), School of Engineering and Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
  Photo: with the Dean of the School, Prof. Nitin Afzulpurkar, the AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust, and Prof. Pham Huy Giao (l. to r.)
  (14.05.10)
  
  
  
  

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  Manuel Mikczinski attended the international meeting of the COST-Action E54 Fine Fibre , Coimbra, Portugal

(10.05.-12.05.10)




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  Talk by Volkmar Eichhorn at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, AK, USA
  
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• Prof. Fatikow is a co-organizer of two Special Sessions on Micro/Nano Robotics at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Anchorage, AK, U.S.A. (03-08.05.10)  
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  Seminar Talk by Prof. Jiao Jiwei: 
  "Introduction to MEMS/NEMS Activities at Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences"
  
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  Visitor: Prof. Jiao Jiwei, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Tim Luttermann, Prof. Jiao Jiwei and Volkmar Eichhorn
  
  (15.04.10)
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited different universities in the U.S.A. and delivered seminar talks on AMiR research activities at the Michigan State University, Electrical & Computer Engineering, East Lansing, MI; the University of Maryland, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institut for Systems Research, College Park, MD; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Piscataway, NJ; the City University of New York, Department of Electrical Engineering, New York City, NY
  
  
  
  
  
  Photos: at the University of Maryland with the Director of Robotics, Automation, and Medical Systems (RAMS) Laboratory, Prof. Jaydev P. Desai, Prof. Sarah Bergbreiter, and RAMS PhD students
  
  
  
  
  
  
  and at the Michigan State University with Prof. Ning Xi, Prof. Lixin Dong, and Prof. Xiaobo Tan on after-work gathering ;-)
  
  (29.03-11.04.10)
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Visitor: Prof. Michael Reichling
  University of Osnabrück, Physics Department, Nanoscience Research Group
  
  (19.03.2010)
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Prof. Michael Reichling with Volkmar Eichhorn and Tim Luttermann
  
  
  
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  Researchgroup "Handling and Characterization of Nanoscale Objects" visited Jacobs University of Bremen
  
  (25.02.2010)
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Prof. Thomas Heine with Malte Bartenwerfer, Volkmar Eichhorn and Uwe Mick
  
  
  
• Talk by Christian Dahmen at the 3rd Unither Technology Conference, Orford (Quebec), Canada Title: "MRI-based Navigation and Control of Micro- and Nanobots for Targeted Drug Delivery"
  (24.02.10)
• Christian Dahmen is visiting École Polytechnique de Montréal, NanoRobotics Laboratory, Canada (22.02.-23.02.10) 
• Tim Wortmann, Robert Tunnell and Christian Dahmen visited the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, and attended surgical experiments. (19.02.2010)
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  Prof. Fatikow visited the University of Texas at Arlington, Automation & Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), TX, U.S.A.
  
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  
  Photo: with the Director of ARRI, Prof. Harry Stephanou and Prof. Dan Popa
  (14-18.02.10)
  
  
• Visitor: Prof. Antoine Ferreira, ENSI de Bourges/University of Orleans, Laboratoire Vision et Robotique, visited AMiR for a NANOMA project meeting. (12.02.2010-13.02.2010) 
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  Visitors: Prof.Thomas Heine and Dr. Agnieszka Kuc, Jacobs University, School of Engineering and Science, Bremen
  
  (11.02.10)
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Volkmar Eichhorn, Dr.Agnieszka Kuc, Prof.Thomas Heine and Dr.Albert Sill
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited the University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, and the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, TX, U.S.A. (11-13.02.10)
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  Ahlem Abbaci, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Paris, visited AMIR for joint experiments
  (05-11.02.10)
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Malte Bartenwerfer, Ahlem Abbaci and Florian Krohs
  
  
  
  
  
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  Prof. Fatikow visited Chinese University of Hongkong, Dept. of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  
  Photo: the vicinity of CUHK campus
  
  (01.02.10)
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited City University of Hongkong, Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities (29-31.01.10)
• Christoph Edeler visited the University of New South Wales, School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Sydney, Australia (20.01. - 03.02.2010)
• 
  
  Seminar Talk by Prof. Dong-Yol Yang: 
  "Nanomanufacturing of Three-dimensional Shapes by Nano-stereolithography and its applications "
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Dr.Albert Sill, Prof. Dong-Yol Yang and Dr.Thomas Wich
  (25.01.10)
  
  
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  Visitor: Prof. Dong-Yol Yang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea: 
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Dr.Albert Sill, Michael Weigel-Jech, Prof. Dong-Yol Yang and Florian Krohs
  (25.01.10)
  
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited Indian Institute of Science, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore, India (11.01.10)
• 
  
  Prof. Fatikow offered invited talk on the Int. Conference on Power, Control, Signal and Computation (EPSCICON), Thrissur, India
  
  Photo: motivated students of the Vidya Academy, Thrissur
  
  (04-07.01.10)
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited Anna University, Nano Manufacturting Center, Chennai, India
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (02-03.01.10)

• Prof. Fatikow visited FEMTO-ST, Dept. of Automatic Control and Micro-Mechatronic Systems, Besancon, France
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities  (17-18.12.09)
• Prof. Fatikow visited Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities (27-28.11.09)
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  Prof. Fatikow visited South China University of Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Guangzhou
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  Photo: with Prof. Xianmin Zhang and Prof. Yisheng Guan on the university campus
  
  (20-22.11.09)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Claas Diederichs is performing experiments at the University of Toronto, Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory (AMNL), Toronto, Canada(16-27.11.09)
• Prof. Fatikow visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities (9-11.11.09)
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  Tim Luttermann, Uwe Mick, Florian Krohs and Manuel Mikczinski visited the University of Crete, Photonic and Electronic Materials Laboratory (PEML) at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL, FORTH) and the Microelectronics Research Group, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
  
  (26.10.-30.10.09)
  
  
  
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  Prof. Fatikow stayed as a adjunct professor at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  Host: Prof. Zhonghe Jin, Department of Information Science & Electronic Engineering
  
  Photo: with Prof. Zhonghe Jin in his lab
  
  (01.-30.11.09)
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited Tampere University of Technology, Department of Automation Science and Engineering, and Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Automation and Systems Technology, Finland
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities (19-24.10.09)
• EU joint research project HYDROMEL (FP6-NMP): Review meeting at AMiR (21.10-22.10.09)
• Prof. Fatikow und Prof. Yangmin Li (University of Macau) are organized Special Session on Advanced Control Techniques in Micro/Nano Manipulation at the IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), St Louis, Missouri, USA
  (11-15.10.09)
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  Talk by Manuel Mikczinski at the workshop on “Impact of the fibre properties on the quality of final product“ (COST Action E54)
  at the Centré Technique du Papier, Grenoble, France
  Title “Micro- / Nanoengineering”
  
  (09.10.09)
  
  
  

• Prof. Fatikow visited the Hanoi University of Technology and the International Training Institute for Material Science (ITIMS), Hanoi, Vietnam
• Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (28.09.09)
  
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  Uwe Mick and Florian Krohs visited the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Paris, France
  
  (28.09.09-09.10.09)
  
  
  
  
  
• A team of international researchers visited AMiR. Among others the following visitors stayed for two days at AMiR:
  Prof. Pasi Kallio, Dr. Matti Vilkko and Dr. Pekka Ronkanen, Micro- and Nanosystems Research Group, Tampere University of Technology, Finland; Dr. Johana Kuncova-Kallio, Biosensing Competence Centre, Tampere University of Technology, Finland; Dr. Susanna Narkilahti, Regea Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Finland; Dr. Kristian Tryggvason, BioLamina AB, Sweden and
  Dr.-Ing. Monika Leester-Schädel, Insitute for Microtechnology at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany (05.-06.10.09) 
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  AMiR attended the European Researchers´ Night as an exhibitor, Oldenburg, Science City Germany  2009
  
  (25.09.09)
  
  
  
  
  
• Tim Wortmann served as Session Chair of 2009 Int. Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT), Istanbul, Turkey (21.-23.09.09)
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  Prof. Fatikow visited the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Dept. of Electrical Engineering
  
  Photos: with Prof. Jia-Yush Yen and his team
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  and with Prof. Ren Luo in his lab
  
  (17-20.09.09)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Prof. Fatikow visited the University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) and the Center for International Research on MicroMechatronics (CIRMM)
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities Photo: with Prof. Teruo Fujii
  
  (15.09.09)
  
  
  
  
  
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  Prof. Fatikow visited Nagoya University, Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Fukuda Lab
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities Photo: with Prof. Toshio Fukuda’s team
  
  (10.09.09)
  
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow organized Special Session on Control Issues and Sensor Feedback in Nanohandling Systems at the IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO), Gifu, Japan (09.-12.09.09)
• Prof.Fatikow offered a seminar talk at KAIST, Daejeon (Department of Mechanical Engineering), invited talk in the opening ceremony for the research center SpeNaLo at the Busan University, plenary talk at the Korean Automatic Control Conference (KACC 2009), a seminar talk at KIMM, Daejeon, a seminar talk at the Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, and a seminar talk at KITECH, Seoul
• Prof.Fatikow awarded Visiting Fellowship from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
  (01.-09.09.09)
  Host: Prof. Hyungsuck Cho, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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  Christian Dahmen visited the University of Waterloo, Dept. of Systems Design Engineering, Advanced Micro-/Nanodevices Lab, Canada
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Prof. John Yeow, Christian Dahmen and Andrew S.Logan
  
  (19.08.09)
  
  
  
• News: "Nanorobots Automatically Pick Up and Install Carbon Nanotubes "
  see the website of AZoNano™.com - The A to Z of Nanotechnology (16.08.09)
• News: "Tiny robots get a grip on nanotubes "
  see the website of European Commision: ICT Results (17.08.09)
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  Visitors: Dr.Viktor Koledov and Dr. Svetlana von Gratowski, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Volkmar Eichhorn with Dr.Viktor Koledov and Dr.Svetlana von Gratowski
  
  (14.08.09)
  
  
• Christian Dahmen is performing experiments at the Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory (AMNL), University of Toronto, Canada (10.-22.08.09) 
• Christian Dahmen is performing experiments at the Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Surgical Planning Laboratory, and at the Northeastern University, Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, Boston, USA (03.-10.08.09)
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  Seminar Talk by Prof. Youfu Li:
  "Automatic view planning for 3D vision tasks"
  
  (27.07.09)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Visitor: Prof. Youfu Li, Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Tim Wortmann and Christoph Edeler with Prof.Youfu Li
  
  (27.07.09) 
  
  
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  Prof. Fatikow served as Tutorials & Workshop Chair of 2009 IEEE/ASME Int. Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Singapore
  He also offered a half-day Tutorial “Robot-Based Nanohandling Automation” for AIM participants (Photo), and acted as a Panelist in the Panel Session “Future Perspectives, Developments and Initiatives in Intelligent Mechatronics”
  (14-17.07.09)
  
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  Visitors: Dr.Hui Xi and Juan Camilo Acosta, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de robotique, Paris, France
  Photo: (l. to r.) F.Niewera, F.Krohs, Dr.Hui Xi, U.Mick, Juan Camilo Acosta and M.Mikczinski (30.06.2009 - 03.07.2009) 
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  Prof. Fatikow visited the University of Macau, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Electromechanical Engineering
  
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  
  Photo: with Prof. Kok-Meng Lee (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.) and Prof. Yangmin Li (University of Macau) (26.06.09)
  
  
• Tim Wortmann is performing experiments at the Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Surgical Planning Laboratory, and at the Northeastern University, Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, Boston, USA
  (15.-28.06.09)
• Prof. Fatikow visited the City University of Hong Kong, Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities (15.06.09)
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  Visitors: Prof. George Kiriakidis, Ioannis Kortidis and Kostas Moschovis,  Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion, Greece
  
  Photo: (l. to r.) Kostas Moschovis, Prof. Kiriakidis and Ioannis Kortidis with Tim Luttermann
  
  (15-17.06.09)
  
  
  
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  Seminar Talk by Prof.George Kiriakidis:
  "Transparent Conductive Oxides in the post-Si Electronics Era"
  
  (15.06.09)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• AMiR Team is attending Final review meeting of EU-funded project NanoHand, Klocke Nanotechnik, Aachen, Germany
  Demonstrator: NanoLab (Video on You Tube) (29.05.09)
• Talk by Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wich at University of Groningen, Netherlands
  Title: "Assembly automation on the Micro- and Nanoscale" (26.05.09)
• Daniel Jasper, Manuel Mikczinski and Michael Weigel-Jech are performing experiments in the labs of Tampere University of Technology, Micro- and Nanosystems Research Group, Tampere, Finland (25.-29.05.09)
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  Prof. Zhonghe Jin and Dr. Huiquan Wang, Department of Information Science
  & Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, are visiting AMiR to conduct joint experiments on nanohandling and nanocharacterization
  Photo: (l. to r.) Dr. Wang and Prof. Jin with Volkmar Eichhorn, Uwe Mick and Florian Krohs
  
  (20-30.05.09)
  
  
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  Seminar Talk by Prof.Jin:
  "Micro-Resonator on Silicon Substrate"
  
  Photo: Present for the speaker - the last AMiR book (Springer, 2008)
  
  (25.05.09)
  
  
  
  
  
• Tim Wortmann awarded a travel grant from German Academic Exchange Service to attend the IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA), Yokohama, Japan (20-22.05.09) 
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  V. Eichhorn and Dr. A. Sill interviewed by BBC Radio 4 at the NanoHand Exploitation Event, Tate Modern Galery, London, UK
  
  (19.05.09)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  AMiR team is attending the NanoHand Exploitation Event, Tate Modern Galery, London, UK
  
  Talks by Dr. A. Sill and V. Eichhorn
  
  (19.05.09) 
  
  
  
  

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  Talk by Daniel Jasper at the workshop on "Control Issues in the Micro/Nano-World"
  during the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2009 (ICRA),
  Kobe, Japan
  
  (17.05.09)

   
  
  

  •  
    Manuel Mikczinski attended Meeting of COST Action E54 "Fine Fibre - Characterisation of the fine structure and properties of papermaking fibres using new technologies" Tampere, Finland(04–06.05.2009)
    
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  Visitor: PD Dr.-Ing. Silke Christiansen, Institute of Photonic Technology e.V., Jena, Germany
  
  (05.05.09)  
  
  
  
  
  

• News(German): "Forscher der Universität lassen Roboter tanzen"
  lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite der Nordwest-Zeitung (18.04.09) 

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  News: AMiR attended the Hannover Fair 2009 as an exhibitor, Hannover, Germany
  Demonstrator:"Automated Microrobotics"
  Hall 2, Booth A10
  
  (20.-24.04.09)
  
  
• Olaf C.Haenssler performed experiments in the labs of Danish Technical University, Nanointegration Group, DTU Nanotech, and Center of Electron Nanoscopy DTU CEN, Copenhagen, Denmark (23.03.-06.04.09)

• Prof. Fatikow presented a poster at the International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Québec City, Québec, Canada
  Title: "Development of a Novel Nanorobotic System for the Characterization and Manipulation of Biomaterials" (01.-03.04.09)

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  Prof.Fatikow visited the University of Toronto, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory, Canada
  
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  Photo: with Prof. Yu Sun and his team
  
  (22.-31.03.09)
  

• AMiR team attended the 1.Workshop of "Micro- and Nanointegration", VDE/VDI-Gesellschaft Mikroelektronik, Mikro- und Feinwerktechnik (GMM), Seeheim, Germany
  Talks by Christoph Edeler, Christian Stolle and Chrsitian Dahmen on AMiR research activities
  (12.03.-13.03.09)
• Talk by Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wich at the Workshop on Hybrid and Self-Assembly
  at Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  Title: "Automated assembly on the Micro- and Nanoscale" (12.03.09) 
• Christian Dahmen visited the Ecole Polytechnique Montréal, NanoRobotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Engineering, Montréal, Canada (27.02.2009)
• Talk by Christian Dahmen at the 2nd Unither Technology Conference, Orford (Quebec), Canada
  Title: "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Magnetic Nanobots for Targeted Drug Delivery"
  (24.02.2009-27.02.2009)

• Volkmar Eichhorn attended the Workshop Nanotools-Microgripper
  at Technical University Ilmenau, Germany (26.02.-27.02.09)

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  Visitors: Prof. Pasi Kallio (Photo), Dr.Matti Vilkko and Dr.Pekka Ronkanen
  Micro- and Nanosystems Research Group,
  Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  
  (16.-17.02.09)   
  
  

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  Visitor: Dr.Emmanuel Brousseau
  Manufacturing Engineering Centre,
  Cardiff University, UK
  
  (16.-19.02.09) 

• Manuel Mikczinski visited the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion, Greece
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities (09.02.-13.02.09)  


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  Prof.Fatikow visited the University of Melbourne (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering),
  the Monash University (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering) in Melbourne,
  the University of New South Wales (School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) in Sydney, and the University of Wollongong (School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering), Australia
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities in the Department seminars
  Photo: with Prof. Saman Halgamuge and his team (University of Melbourne)
  (05.-18.02.09) 

• Christian Dahmen and Tim Wortmann visited Northeastern University and Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Boston, MA, USA (31.01.09) 
• Prof.Fatikow visited the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et Robotique (ISIR), Paris, France   
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities (22.-30.01.09)
• Christian Dahmen and Tim Wortmann attended the IDEA Sequence Development Course and Image Calculation Course at Siemens Medical Solutions, Cary, NC, USA (26.01-05.02.09)

• News: "Microgrippers pick-and-place carbon nanotubes"
  see the website of nanotechweb.org (17.12.08)
  
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  Cover article of Nanotechnology Journal: "Rapid prototyping of nanotube-based devices using topology-optimized microgrippers"
  (10.12.08)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• News:"Microsystem Needs for Test and Measurement"
  Completed joint research project RoboMAT mentioned in mstnews (15.12.08)
  
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  Prof.Fatikow visited University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, Hefei, China
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  Photo: with Prof.Huang
  (16.-17.12.08) 
  
  
  

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  Prof.Fatikow awarded Visiting Fellowship from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  (08.-19.12.08)
  Host: Institute of Microelectronics and Photoelectronics, Department of Information Science & Electronic Engineering
  Seminar Talks on AMiR research activities
  Photo: with Dr.Wang, Prof.Hwang (USA) and Prof.Jin, Director of the Institute
  

• News (German): Invitation by Zhejiang University - Wissenschaftlicher Aufenthalt in China - Informatiker Sergej Fatikow von renommierter Universität eingeladen
  lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite von der Pressestelle Universität Oldenburg (08.12.08)
  
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  Volkmar Eichhorn performed experiments
  in the labs of Danish Technical University, Nanointegration Group, DTU Nanotech,  Copenhagen, Denmark
  (01.-20.12.08)
  

  
  
  
• News: Danish Nanotechnology Schoolbook: Nanoteknologiske Horisonter 
  Some pictures in a Danish Schoolbook originated from research work at AMiR/TC ANH (including the cover picture and 3D picture).  (08.12.08)
  
  
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  Visitor: Prof.Bijan Shirinzadeh
  

  Director of the Robotics & Mechatronics Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  Seminar Talk:"Motion tracking for piezo-actuated micro/nano manipulators"
  (02.-03.12.08)
  
  
  
  
• News: Nanotechnology gets a grip
  see the website of Nanowerk Spotlight (26.11.08)
• Prof. Fatikow invited to serve as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Systems and Control Engineering: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (PEP, London, UK)
• Christian Dahmen and Tim Wortmann visited the Sheffield Hallam University, Mobile Machines and Vision Laboratory, Sheffield, UK
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (26.11.-03.12.09)
  
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  News: Microrobotic researchers from Oldenburg win International Award 
  The prestigious Koh Young Best Paper Award 2008 was given by the International Journal of Optomechatronics (IJO, Taylor & Francis, USA) to Dr. Marco Jähnisch and Prof. Dr. Sergej Fatikow for their paper "3D Vision Feedback for Nanohandling Monitoring in a Scanning Electron Microscope". The Koh Young Award was handed over to AMiR (Photo:Christian Dahmen) in November at the SPIE International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies in San Diego, CA, USA. ( press release on 25. November 2008 / University of Oldenburg)
  
• Christian Dahmen awarded a travel grant from German Research Foundation to attend the Int. Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT), San Diego, CA, USA
  (17-19.11.08)
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  Visitor: Prof.Dr.-Ing.Rüdiger Dillmann
  Director of the Research Center for Information Science (FZI), Karlsruhe, Head of the research group "Industrial Applications of Informatics and Microsystems (IAIM)", Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
  Seminar Talk : "Humanoids Learning Sensorimotor Skills and Task Knowledge from Active Observation of Human Demonstration" (20.10.08) 
  
  
• News (German): Multifunktions-Werkzeug für die Nanotechnologie
  lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite von Chemie.de (17.10.08)
• Daniel Jasper awarded a travel grant from German Research Foundation to attend the International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF), Evanston, Illinois, USA
  (05-10.10.08) 
• Invited Talk by Michael Weigel-Jech at the International Conference on Nanosensors for Industrial Applications 2008, Vienna, Austria
  Title: “Development of a Nanostation for Manipulation and Characterization of Biomaterials to Support Sensor Development in BioNanotechnology”
  (29-30.09.08)
• Christoph Edeler awarded a travel grant from German Research Foundation to attend the European Conference on Mechanism Science (EUCOMES), Cassino, Italy
  (17-20.09.08)
• AMiR Team visited the Tampere University of Technology, Micro- and Nanosystems Research Group, and the University of Tampere, REGEA Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Tampere, Finland
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (17.-19.09.08)
  
• Uwe Mick attended the Microsystems Summer School, Center for Microsystems Technology (ZEMI), Berlin, Germany 
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (15.09.-19.09.08)
  
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  Prof. Fatikow awarded Distinguished Visiting Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (08.09.-03.10.08)
  
  Host: Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC), Cardiff University, UK
  
  Photo: with Prof.D.T.Pham, Director of MEC
  
  
  Visits and Seminar Talks:
  - Swansea University, Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre
  - Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) at the University of the West of England and Bristol University
  - National Physical Laboratory (NPL), London
  - Cambridge University, Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Division
  - Cardiff University, Manufacturing Engineering Centre
  

• News (German): Oldenburger Informatiker von Royal Academy of Engineering ausgezeichnet
  lesen Sie den Artikel auf der Webseite vom Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
  (12.08.2008)
  

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  Visitor: Prof.Hyungsuck Cho
  Head of the Laboratory for Opto-Mechatronic Systems and Machine Intelligence, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
  Seminar Talk:"Towards Achieving Vision System Intelligence" (13.-14.08.08)
  
  
  
  

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  Visitor: Prof.Sylvain Martel
  Director of the NanoRobotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
  Seminar Talk:"MRI-based Medical Nanorobotic Platform for the Control of Magnetic Nano- particles and Flagellated Bacteria for Target Interventions in Human Capillaries" (21.07.08)
  
  

• Team of DTU Nanotech, Lyngby, Denmark, performed joint experiments in the AMiR labs
  (17.01-18.01.08, 13.02.-14.02.08, 19.05.-22.05.08 and 15.07.-17.07.08)
  
  
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  Visitor: Prof.Dr.-Ing.habil.h.c.Helmut Wurmus
  Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies (ZMN), Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
  Seminar Talk:"Das Zentrum für Mikro- und Nanotechnologie (ZMN) der Technischen Universität Ilmenau" (03.07.08)
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Visitor: Prof.Dr.-Ing.Heinz Wörn
  Head of the Institute of Process Control and Robotics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
  Seminar Talk:"Von der Mikrorobotik zur Schwarmrobotik"
  (26.-27.06.08)
  



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  Visitor: Prof.Dr.rer.nat.Stephanus Büttgenbach
  Head of the Institute for Microtechnology, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
  Seminar Talk:"UV-Tiefenlithographie in der Mikrosystemtechnik"  (25.04.08)
  
  
  
  
  
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  Visitor: Prof.Peter Bøggild
  Head of the Nanointegration Group, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark
  (15.-17.04.08)
  
  
  
  


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  EU joint research project NANORAC (FP6-NMP)  
  Final consortium meeting and project demonstration at AMiR
  (17.04.08)
  
  
  
  

• Prof. Fatikow visited Cardiff University, Manufacture Engineering Centre, UK
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (14-20.12.07)
• Team of DTU Nanotech, Lyngby, Denmark, performed joint experiments in the AMiR labs
  (12.02-13.02.07, 20.08.-21.08.07, 20.09.-21.09.07 and 18.-20.12.07)
• Prof. Fatikow visited Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Nanorobotics Lab., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (16-24.11.07)
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  News: New book: "Automated Nanohandling by Microrobots"
  by Fatikow, Sergej (Ed.) Springer-Verlag
  (01.11.07)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Automation and Control, Tampere, Finland
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (15-20.10.07)
• Prof. Fatikow invited to serve as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Optomechatronics (Taylor & Francis, USA)
• Prof. Fatikow served as Conference Chair of 2007 SPIE Int. Conference on Optomechatronic Systems Control, Int.Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT), Lausanne, Switzerland
  (08-10.10.07)  
• Prof. Fatikow visited Nanyang Technological University, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Singapore
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (28.09.07) 
• News: Hands-on nanotechnology: towards a nanorobotic assembly line
  see the website of Nanowerk Spotlight (11.09.07)
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  Visitor: Prof.Manel Puig i Vidal
  Microsystems Engineering Instrumentation & Communication Systems (SIC), Department of Electronics, University of Barcelona, Spain (20.-21.08.07)
  
  
  

• Prof. Fatikow und Prof. Quan Zhou (Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xian, China) organized Special Session on Automation in Micro- and Nanohandling at the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Harbin, China
  (05-08.08.07)   
• Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the IEEE NANO-Conference, Hong Kong
  Title: “Microrobot-based Nanoindentation of an Epoxy-based Electrically Conductive Adhesive”
  (02-05.08.07)
• Prof. Fatikow visited Zhejiang University, Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Hangzhou, China / Harbin Institute of Technology, Micro-Nano Technology Research Center, Harbin, China / Beijing Institut of Technology, Department of Opto¬electronic Engineering, Beijing, China
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (27.07-11.08.07)
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  Prof. Fatikow organized Special Session on Automation in Micro- and Nanohandling at the IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea and joined the Panel Discussion on Micro/Nano Manipulation (organized by Prof. Fukuda, University of Nagoya, Japan)
  
  Photo: with Prof. St. Buettgenbach (Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany)
  (06-11.07.07)
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute for Applied Computer Science, Karlsruhe, Germany
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (31.05-02.06.07)
• Prof. Fatikow offered PhD-MSc Seminar on microrobotics and nanohandling at University of Barcelona, Department of Electronics, Spain
  (20-25.05.07)
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  Visitor: Prof.Bradley Nelson
  Head of Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
  
  Seminar Talk:"From Micro- to Nanorobotics"
  (02.04.07)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited École Polytechnique de Montréal, Dept. of Computer Science, NanoRobotics Lab., Montreal, Canada
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (16-28.03.07)
• News (German): Neue Projekte für die Mikro- und Nanorobotik an der Universität Oldenburg
  Artikel auf der Webseite vom Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, 27.02.2007
  
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  Visitor: Prof.Heikki Koivo
  Head of the Department of Automation and Systems Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland
  
  Seminar Talk:"Research Issues in wireless sensor- and actuator-networks"
  (02.02.07)

• News (German): Universität Oldenburg: Forschungsprojekt Nano-Montage
  Artikel auf der Webseite vom Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, 15.11.2006
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  Prof. Fatikow visited Tianjin University, School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin, China
  
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  
  Photo: with Prof. Fengzhou Fang and his colleagues
  (22.-24.10.06)
  
  
  
  
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  Prof. Fatikow visited Northwestern Polytechnic University, School of Mechatronics, Xian, China
  
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  
  Photo: with Prof. Quan Zhou
  (18.-21.10.06)
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Prof. Fatikow visited Tsinghua University, Department of  Precision Instruments, and Beyonder Technologies Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
  
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  
  Photo: with Prof. Zhaoying Zhou
  (15.-17.10.06) 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Best Paper Award of the SPIE 6th Int. Optomechatronics Conference on Visual/Optical Based Assembly and Packaging, Boston, MA, USA
  Title: “Vision feedback in an automatic nanohandling station inside an SEM”
  Authors: T. Sievers, M. Jähnisch, Ch. Schrader, S. Fatikow (Presenter)
  (01-04.10.06)
  
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  Visitor: Dr.Karin Nordstrøm Dyvelkov
  Nanointegration Group, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark 
  (25.-26.09.2006)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the Int. Conference in Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M), Grenoble, France
  Title: “Automatic Nanohandling Station inside a Scanning Electron Microscope”
  (20-22.09.06)
• Torsten Sievers received the Best Presentation Award of the Virtual International Conference on Intelligent Production Machines and Systems
  Title: “Global sensor feedback for automatic nanohandling inside a scanning electron microscope”
  (03-14.07.06)
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  EU joint research project NANOHAND (FP6-NMP)
  Kick-off consortium meeting at AMiR
  (11.07.06)
• Prof. Fatikow invited to act as evaluator for European Commission IST programme
  (29.05-02.06.06)
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  Visitor: Prof.Toshio Fukuda
  Head of Fukuda Lab, Dept. of Micro System Engineering and Dept. of Mechano-Informatics and Systems, Nagoya University, Japan
  
  Seminar Talk: "Nano-Sensors, nano-actuators and nano-manipulation"
  (15.-17.06.06)
  
  
  
  
  
• Visitors: Dr.Shizhong Su, Dr.Xiangwei Wang,  Dr.Ashraf Fahmy, Dr.Zuobin Wang
  Manufacturing Engineering Centre, Cardiff University, Great Britain (03.05.2006 - 05.05.2006)
• AMiR attended the Hanover Fair 2006 as an exhibitor, Hanover, Germany
  Demonstrator:" Microrobots for Automated Nanohadling"
  (24.-28.04.06)
  
• News (German): Hannover Messe - Gentoxizitätsmessung und Mikroroboter für die Nanowelt
  Artikel auf der Webseite vom Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, 18.04.2006
• Prof. Fatikow visited  Cardiff University, Manufacture Engineering Centre, UK
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (27.03-07.04.06)
  
• News (German): Gold- Nanostrukturen mit miniaturisiertem Roboter herstellen - Interdisziplinäres Forschungsprojekt an der Universität Oldenburg
  Artikel auf der Webseite vom Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, 17.03.2006
• Prof. Fatikow offered PhD-MSc Seminar on microrobotics and nanohandling at University of Barcelona, Department of Electronics, Spain
  (06-17.03.06)
  

• Best Paper Award of the Int. Conference on Automation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Cairo, Egypt
  

  Title: “Microrobot station for automatic cell handling”
  Authors: T. Sievers (Presenter), S. Garnica, S. Tautz, T. Trüper †, S. Fatikow
  (19-21.12.05)

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  Visitor: Dr.Nikolay Zlatov
  Manufacturing Engineering Centre, Cardiff University, Great Britain
  (30.11.2005 - 02.12.2005)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the NanoWorkshop, Brauschweig, Germany
  Title (german): “Nano-Robotik - aktuelle Anwendungen, technologische Trends und Probleme”
  (03.11.05)
  
• Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the Topical Meeting on Microfactories for MEMS and Nanofactories, Tsukuba, Japan
  Title: “Automatic Nanohandling Station inside an SEM”
  (18-20.10.05)
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  Invited Talk by Markus Kemper at the Sino-German Symposium on Microsystem Technology and Mechatronics, Ilmenau, Germany (Photo)
  Title: “Modelling and Control of an Indoor Miniature Rotorcraft Aerial Vehicle”
  (23-24.09.05)
  
• Prof. Fatikow stayed with Manufacturing Engineering Centre - MEC (Head: Prof. Duc Truong Pham), Cardiff University, UK (01-30.09.05)
  
  
  
  
  Photo: with Prof. Duc Truong Pham
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Photo: with Prof. Stefan Dimov
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Visitor: Dr.Ohmi Fuchiwaki
  AOLAB, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
  Seminar Talk:"Desktop Micro Robot Factory" (30.08.05 - 01.09.05) 
• Prof. Fatikow stayed with Laboratory for Molecular Robotics (Head: Prof. Ari Requicha), University of Southern California, Computer Science & Electrical Engineering Departments, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  (01.-10.08.05)    
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  Prof. Fatikow stayed with MEMS Lab. (Head: Prof. Karl Bohringer), University of Washington, Department of Electrical Engineering, Seattle, WA, USA
  Photo: with Prof. Alexander Mamishev, Head of Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory, during CPAC Summer Institute 2005
  (05.-31.07.05)   
  
  
  
  
  
• EU joint research project ROBOSEM (FP5-Promoting competitive and sustainable growth) 
  Final consortium meeting and project demonstration by AMiR team, Thun, Switzerland
  (13-14.06.05)
• Prof. Fatikow visited Columbia University, Dept. of Computer Science,
  Robotics Lab., New York City, NJ, USA
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (30.05-01.06.04)
  
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  Prof. Fatikow stayed with NanoRobotics Lab. (Head: Prof. Sylvain Martel), École Polytechnique de Montréal, Dept. of Computer Science, Montreal, Canada
  Photo: with Prof. Sylvain Martel and his team
  (01-29.05.05)    
  
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  Visitor: Prof.Chee Wei Wong
  Head of the Optical Nanostructures Laboratory,
  Columbia University, New York, USA
  (May 2005)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Visitor: Dr. Wenyong Shi
  Director of R&D, Beyonder Technologies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (25.-26.04.05)
• Prof. Fatikow stayed with Nanorobotics Lab. (Head: Prof. Metin Sitti), Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Pittsburgh, PA, USA (01-30.04.05)    
  
  
  
  
  Photo: with Prof. Metin Sitti and his team
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Photo: Visit at the Robotics Institute: with Prof. Ralph Hollis
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow offered PhD-MSc Seminar on microrobotics and nanohandling at University of Barcelona, Department of Electronics, Spain
  (21.02 – 04.03.05)
  

• Prof. Fatikow visited Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Automation and Systems Technology, Finland
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (21.-23.12.04)
• Prof. Fatikow visited the Laboratoire d'Automatique de Besançon, CNRS, France
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (09.-11.12.04)
• Visitor: Prof.Heikki Koivo and Dr. Quan Zhou
  Department of Automation and Systems Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland (18.-19.11.2004)
• Prof. Fatikow visited Cardiff University, Manufacture Engineering Centre, UK
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (09.-12.11.04)
• AMiR team visited ETH Zurich, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), Switzerland
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities by Prof. Fatikow
  (03.11.04)
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  Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at Shanghai University, School of Mechatronics and Automation, China
  
  Title:"Development of Nanohandling Robot Cell"
  Photo: with Prof. Gong Zhenbang
  (16.10.04)
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the Sino-German Symposium on Microsystem Technology and Mechatronics, Hangzhou, China (Photo)
  Title: “Development of versatile nanohandling robots”
  (5.-8.10.04)
  
  
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  Visitor: Dr.Zuobin Wang
  Manufacturing Engineering Centre,
  Cardiff University, UK
  (21.-22.09.04)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited the Institute of Electron Technology, Warsaw, Poland
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (17-22.08.04)
• AMiR attended the Hannover Fair as an exhibitor, Hannover, Germany
  Demonstrator: "Automated robot-based microhandling cell"
  (07-12.04.04)
• AMiR team visited FEI, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  Presentation of the current research activities at AMiR
  (23-24.02.04)
  
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  Visitor: Dr.Johann Michler
  Head of the Materials Technology group, Materials Science and Technology, EMPA, Thun, Switzerland
  
  Seminar Talk:"Materialnanotesting"
  (12.01.04)
  

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  Visitors: Dr. Dominique Gendreau (Photo) and Dr.Sounkalo Demble
  Automatic Control and Micro-Mechatronic Systems Department (AS2M), FEMTO-ST, Besançon, France (17.-19.12.03)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Team from the Institute of Electron Technology, Warsaw, Poland, visited AMiR (Photo)
  (14.-17.12.03)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• AMiR attended the EuroNanoForum as an exhibitor, Triest, Italy
  Demonstrator: "Nanohandling desktop station ROBOSEM - Smart Nanorobot for Sensor-based Handling in a Scanning Electron Microscope"
  (08.-12.12.03)
  

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  Delegation from South Korea (university professors and industry representatives)
  visited AMiR
  (20.10.03)
  
  
  
  

• Prof. Fatikow visited University of Karlsruhe, Institute of Product Development, Germany
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (09.10.03)
  
  
• Prof. Fatikow visited Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Automation and Systems Technology, Finland
  Seminar Talk on AMiR research activities
  (28.-31.08.03)

Invited Talk by Prof. Fatikow at the SFB562-Colloquium, Braunschweig, Germany
Title: "Flexible Mikroroboter zur Handhabung von Objekten im REM"
(29.-30.05.02)