EECS Department

Wyatt Newman's research is in the field of Mechatronics, typically involving design and/or control of intelligent electromechanical systems, including robotics, motors, medical devices, and special-purpose designs.

Wyatt Newman is a professor in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University.

His research is in the areas of mechatronics, robotics and computational intelligence, in which he has 9 patents and over 100 technical publications. He received the S.B. degree from Harvard College in Engineering Science, the S.M. degree in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. in thermal and fluid sciences, the M.S.E.E. degree from Columbia University in control theory and network theory, and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. in design and control. Dr. Newman spent 8 years in industrial research at Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY, engaged in electromechanical design and control. He joined Case in 1988, and in 1992 he was named an NSF Young Investigator in robotics. Wyatt also holds an adjunct appointment at the Cleveland Clinic.

Additional professional appointments and experience include: visiting scientist at Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; visiting faculty at Sandia National Laboratories, Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center, Albuquerque, NM; NASA summer faculty fellow at NASA Glenn Research Center; and visiting fellow at Princeton University.

U.S. patent 4,483,425: “Vibration Control System”

U.S. patent 4,841,978: “Ultrasonic Scanning Device with Elastic Pumper”

U.S. patent 4,712,778: “Helical Spring Holder Assembly”

U.S. patent 4,837,467: “Linear Motor with Angularly Indexed Magnetic Poles”

U.S. patent 4,542,311: “Long Linear Stroke Reciprocating Electric Machine”

U.S. patent 5,779,833: “Method for Constructing Three Dimensional Bodies from Laminations”

U.S. patent 5,883,357: “Selective Vacuum Gripper”

U.S. patent 6,024,003: “Selective Vacuum Gripper”

U.S. patent 6,517,503: “Orthosis Knee Joint”

• Newman, W.S., et al., Design Lessons for Building Agile Manufacturing Systems. IEEE Trans. Robotics and Automation, 2000, 16(3): p. 228-238.

• Inerfield, M.A.; Garverick, S.L.; Newman, W.S.; Yuandao Zhang A SPICE model for a novel brushless adjustable-speed drive, Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 47 Issue: 6 , Dec. 2000, Page(s): 1307 -1318

• Newman, W.S., et al., A Novel Selective-Area Vacuum Gripper for Layered Assembly of Laminated Objects. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 1996. 12(4): p. 293-302.

• Yingxi Chen; Newman, W.S.; A Human-Robot Interface Based on Electrooculography. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 2004.

• Hebbar, R. and Newman, W. S., Passivity Analysis of Sampled-Data Interactive System, in IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 2003.

• Dohring, M. and Newman, W. S., The Passivity of Natural Admittance Control Implementations, in IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 2003.

• Birkhimer, C. E., Hebbar, R. and Newman, W. S., Towards Automatic Transfer of Human Skills for Robotic Assembly, Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003.

• Newman, W. S., Birkhimer, C. E. and Dohring, M. E., Design of Robot Controllers for Cooperative Interactive Dynamics, AIAA Conf on Autonomous Systems, Sept 2003.

• Bhasin, K., Liberatore, V., and Newman, W. S., IP Communications and Distributed Agents for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles, AIAA Conf on Autonomous Systems, Sept 2003.

• Hebbar, R., W. Newman, et al., Flexible Robotic Assembly for Powertrain Applications, .; IEEE 2002 Int. Conf. On Robotics and Automation, video proceedings. (won best video award)

• Ngai, L., Newman, W.S.; Liberatore, V., An experiment in Internet-based, human-assisted robotics, Proceedings. ICRA '02. IEEE International Conference on , Volume: 2 , 11-15 May 2002 Page(s): 2190 -2195 vol.2