Mirko Meboldt
Papers
17
Total Citations
200
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7
About
Mirko Meboldt is a Swiss researcher whose work spans robotics, advanced manufacturing, and medical engineering — areas where precision engineering meets real-world human impact. He is perhaps best known for his leadership in developing the VariLeg exoskeleton, a powered assistive device featuring variable stiffness actuation designed to restore walking ability in individuals with spinal cord injury. Showcased at the landmark CYBATHLON 2016 competition, this work has garnered 67 citations and represents a significant step forward in rehabilitation robotics. Meboldt has also made notable contributions to the intersection of additive manufacturing and advanced composite materials, exploring how 3D printing techniques — including binder jetting and functional tooling — can be combined with carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers to create lighter, more integrated structures for robotic and aerospace applications. His engineering curiosity extends into medical device design, including a biomimetic circulatory simulator for rare cardiac conditions and a robotic tumor-tracking treatment couch for radiation therapy. More recently, his team contributed the POV-Surgery dataset, advancing computer vision for surgical tool and hand pose estimation. Across these diverse domains, Meboldt consistently bridges fundamental engineering innovation with meaningful clinical and industrial applications.
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- 7COMBINING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH CFRP COMPOSITES: DESIGN POTENTIALS8 citations · 2015
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