Tim C. Lueth

Prof. Dr. Tim C. Lueth is Director of MIMED (Chair of Microtechnology and Medical Device Technology) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He holds a Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering (TU Darmstadt, 1989), Dr. rer.nat. in Robotics (University of Karlsruhe, 1993), and Dr.-Ing. habil in Computer Science (University of Karlsruhe, 1997). Appointed professor in 1997, he has held positions at Charité Berlin, Fraunhofer IPK, and TUM, serving as Dean of Mechanical Engineering (2013–2016) and Vice-Dean (2012, 2017).

His research spans four key areas:

• Robotics and distributed control (since 1989)
• Surgical robots/navigation systems (since 1997)
• Additive manufacturing/automated design (since 2005)
• Physical assistance for elderly care (since 2005)

Current projects include robotic exoskeletons, patient-specific heart valve replicas, endoscopic manipulators, and the SG-Lib MATLAB toolbox for automated mechanism design.

He teaches courses in mathematical software tools (MATLAB/Simulink), mechatronic device development, and medical automation technology. Leads 12+ researchers at MIMED in projects funded by BMBF, DFG, and industry partners.