Achim Schweikard

Prof. Achim Schweikard is a Full Professor at the University of Lübeck's Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems, where he has led pioneering research since 2002. His academic journey spans Stanford University's neurosurgery and computer science departments and Technical University of Munich, establishing him as a leading figure in medical technology translation.

His research focuses on Medical Robotics and Artificial Intelligence with transformative clinical applications. Key achievements include inventing correlation-based tracking for cancer radiosurgery (now global standard of care) and developing stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) protocols. Current projects address critical challenges in cardiac radioablation through the RAVENTA multicenter trial, MATRIX-VT imaging fusion study, and SonoBox robotic ultrasound system for pediatric diagnostics.

His publication record shows sustained high impact with 15+ articles in 2023-2025 in top journals including Radiotherapy and Oncology and Heart Rhythm. These works demonstrate progression from foundational robotics to clinical implementation, with recent focus on cardiac motion estimation, target transfer automation, and S-ICD patient treatment solutions.

As Academic Director of UNI Luebeck's Grad School (2025), he oversees doctoral training while leading the Robotics Laboratory (RobLab). The lab maintains active grants supporting:

• RAVENTA trial: German multicenter feasibility study for ventricular tachycardia radioablation
• DYNAMIC phantom development for end-to-end treatment validation
• ECG-gated 4D CT motion modeling for precision targeting
• Landmark-based ultrasound-CT fusion techniques

Students gain comprehensive experience across the medical technology pipeline - from hardware prototyping to clinical trial participation - within an internationally collaborative environment spanning the STOPSTORM.eu consortium and multiple EU research networks.