Tobias Tiemerding

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Tobias Tiemerding is a specialist in micro- and nanorobotics, with a research focus on automated manipulation, visual servoing, and robotic software frameworks for small-scale systems. His most influential contribution, "Automated Robotic Manipulation of Individual Colloidal Particles Using Vision-Based Control" (2014, 110 citations), established a landmark approach to overcoming the fundamental challenges of force-scaling laws at the micro- and nanoscale, enabling precise, automated handling of individual colloidal particles. Complementing this, his work on SEM-based visual servoing for the mechanical characterization of two-dimensional nanomaterials (2013, 35 citations) demonstrated how robotic automation could replace error-prone manual procedures in nanomaterial analysis. Tiemerding further advanced the field through dual-probe robotic setups for reliable sub-micron pick-and-place processing and high-speed closed-loop control of nanostages inside scanning electron microscopes. A recurring theme across his work is the integration of software infrastructure into nanorobotic systems, evidenced by his contributions to modular robotic software frameworks and hardware interfacing protocols. His research collectively addresses both the physical and computational barriers to high-throughput nanoscale automation, making his body of work particularly valuable for researchers pushing the boundaries of nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Automated Robotic Manipulation of Individual Colloidal Particles Using Vision-Based Control

   110 citations · 2014
2. 2
   Automated Mechanical Characterization of 2-D Materials using SEM based Visual Servoing

   35 citations · 2013
3. 3
   Automated robotic manipulation of individual sub-micro particles using a dual probe setup inside the scanning electron microscope

   17 citations · 2015
4. 4
   Robotic dual probe setup for reliable pick and place processing on the nanoscale using haptic devices

   15 citations · 2014
5. 5
   Integrating robotic software frameworks for convenient software component exchange in micro- and nanoscale applications

   7 citations · 2014
6. 6
   Closing the loop: High-speed visual servoing and control of a commercial nanostage inside the SEM

   5 citations · 2013
7. 7
   Integration of different hardware interfacing protocols into a robotic software framework

   3 citations · 2016
8. 8
   Software for Small-scale Robotics: A Review

   3 citations · 2018
9. 9
   Automated mechanical characterization of 2D materials using SEM based visual servoing

   3 citations · 2013
10. 10
    Combining scanning microscopy and robotics: Automated analysis and manipulation on the small scale

    2 citations · 2017

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