Publications

Johanna Dinkel, Nils von Wietersheim, Peter P. Pott, and Max B. Schäfer. Exploring Welding Techniques for the Integration of Pneumatic Artifical Muscles into a Soft Everting Robot. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (11)1:509–512, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, September 2025. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-surgery] URL

Max B. Schäfer, Ellen Klein, Sophie Weiland, Konstantin Frenzel, and Peter P. Pott. Cable-driven parallel robots for human interaction: Approaches and applications. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (11)1:505–508, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, September 2025. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown] URL

Johanna Dinkel, Anja Lachenmaier, Peter P. Pott, and Max B. Schäfer. Modular Test Rig to Evaluate Environmental Interactions of Soft Everting Robots in Colonoscopy. Proceedings of the 17th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2025, 9-10, 2025. [PUMA: colonoscopy imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-colonoscopy robot-assisted-surgery] URL

Max B. Schäfer, Jonas Hotz, Mareike Spieß, Fabian Baumer, Konstantin Frenzel, and Peter P. Pott. Robot-Assisted Surgery: High-Bandwidth Haptic Feedback Using a Cable-Driven Input Device. Proceedings of the 17th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2025, 125-126, 2025. [PUMA: cable-driven-parallel-robots cable-robot haptic-feedback haptic-input-device haptic-user-interface imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown parallel-kinematics robot-assisted-surgery] URL

Peter Schmid, Max B. Schäfer, Nina M. Stadel, Peter P. Pott, and Thomas Maier. Automation Potential in the Workflow of a Scrub Nurse. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, (23)2:110-117, 2025. [PUMA: assistance ergonomics human-machine-interaction imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown nurse robotic scrub system workflow] URL

J. Dinkel, D. Weinmann, H. Bauer, D. Wichman, N. Malek, P.P. Pott, M.B. Schäfer, and B. Duckworth-Mothes. Everting Robots für die Koloskopie – zwei neue Ansätze für eine bekannte Herausforderung. Endoscopy Campus, 68-69, 2025. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown] URL

Marco Hutter, Juliane Mayer, Max B. Schäfer, Peter P. Pott, and Bernd Gundelsweiler. Potential of magnetic shape memory alloys in medical applications. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (10)4:336--339, 2024. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown] URL

Johanna Dinkel, Denise Weinmann, Peter P. Pott, and Max B. Schäfer. Pressure Modulation Improves Locomotion of an Expanding Robot for Colonoscopy. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (10)4:187--190, 2024. [PUMA: colonoscopy imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-colonoscopy soft-everting-robot] URL

Christian J. E. Bauer, Max B. Schäfer, Sarah Riepe, Matthias Parenzan, Sophie Weiland, and Peter P. Pott. Achieving High-Quality Haptic Feedback in Robot-Assisted Surgery With a Model-Based Approach. 2024 10th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 502-507, September 2024. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-surgery telemanipulation]

Max B. Schäfer, Sarah Riepe, Matthias Parenzan, Christian J. E. Bauer, Jonas Hotz, Johannes G. Meiringer, Sophie Weiland, and Peter P. Pott. Characterization of Dynamic Gripping Force Feedback for Robot-Assisted Surgery. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (10)2:62--65, 2024. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-surgery telemanipulation] URL

Max B. Schäfer. Extrakorporale Messung von Interaktionskräften zur Darstellung mit einem seilgetriebenen haptischen Eingabegerät für die Roboter-assistierte Chirurgie. Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 2024. [PUMA: cable-driven-parallel-robots cable-robot haptic-feedback haptic-input-device haptic-user-interface haptics imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik minimally-invasive-surgery myown robot-assisted-surgery telemanipulation] URL

Denise Weinmann, Peter P. Pott, and Max B. Schäfer. Steerable Tip Enables Expanding Robot to Pass Sigmoid Curve. Proceedings of the 16th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2024, 109-110, 2024. [PUMA: colonoscopy endoscopy everting-robot expanding-robot imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-colonoscopy robot-assisted-endoscopy robot-assisted-surgery] URL

Max B. Schäfer, Jolanda H. Friedrich, Jonas Hotz, Lukas Worbs, Sophie Weiland, and Peter P. Pott. Robotic Scrub Nurse: Surgical Instrument Handling with a Granular Jamming Gripper. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (9)1:174--177, 2023. [PUMA: Granular-Jamming-Gripper Medical-Robotics RSN Robot-Assisted-Surgery imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robotic-scrub-nurse] URL

Max B. Schäfer, Sophie Weiland, Lukas Worbs, Ing Tien Khaw, and Peter P. Pott. Model-Based Workspace Assessment of a Planar Cable-Driven Haptic Device. In Stéphane Caro, Andreas Pott, and Tobias Bruckmann (Eds.), Cable-Driven Parallel Robots, 97--108, Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 2023. [PUMA: cable-driven-parallel-robots cable-robot haptic-feedback haptic-input-device haptic-user-interface haptics imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-surgery]

Max B. Schäfer, Anja M. Glöckner, Gerrit R. Friedrich, Johannes G. Meiringer, and Peter P. Pott. Measuring interaction forces in surgical telemanipulation using conventional instruments. Robotica, 1-13, Cambridge University Press, 2023. [PUMA: RAS haptic-feedback haptics imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik interaction-force medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-surgery telemanipulation teleoperated-surgery] URL

Giuliano A. Giacoppo, Max B. Schäfer, and Peter P. Pott. Endurance Test Rig for Twisted String Actuators. 2022. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown]

Max B. Schäfer, Johannes G. Meiringer, Julia Nawratil, Lukas Worbs, Giuliano A. Giacoppo, and Peter P. Pott. Estimating Gripping Forces During Robot- Assisted Surgery Based on Motor Current. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (8)1:105--108, 2022. [PUMA: haptic-feedback haptics imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown robot-assisted-surgery telemanipulation] URL

Max B. Schäfer, Madeleine Waltner, Giuliano A. Giacoppo, and Peter P. Pott. Steerable Flexible Laparoscope to Facilitate Camera Guidance During Minimally Invasive Procedures. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (8)2:57--60, 2022. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik laparoscopy medizingerätetechnik minimally-invasive-surgery myown] URL

Max B. Schäfer, Selina Eggstein, Kent W. Stewart, and Peter P. Pott. 360° Laparoscopic Imaging System to Facilitate Camera Control and Orientation in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, (8)2:265--268, 2022. [PUMA: 360° imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik laparoscopy medizingerätetechnik myown virtual-reality] URL

Giuliano A Giacoppo, Johannes Meiringer, Max B Schäfer, Juliane Mayer, Michael da Silva, Lars Finke, and Peter P Pott. Influence of a fixed twisting zone on Twisted String Actuation. ACTUATOR22, 2022. [PUMA: imt institut-für-medizingerätetechnik medizingerätetechnik myown]