Robotics

The Active Vision Group has been working with autonomous mobile systems for many years. We work with different platforms and use indoor and outdoor robots for scientifc research and education both for Bachelor and Master students of Computer Sciences.

Below, listings of the involved persons, the robots and the latest publications can be found.

Robots

Robbie Arena Robbie is the autonomous search and rescue robot of the Active Vision Group and competes in the RoboCupRescue league. During the last years Robbie became World Champion at the RoboCup World Championchips in the category "Autonomous Rescue Robots" twice already. More Information about Robbie can be found here.

 

Lisa is an autonomous service robot that participates in the RoboCup@Home league. She commands the vacuum-cleaning dustbin-robot GiGo and won the "Innovation Award" at the RoboCup World Championchips in 2010. More Information about Lisa and GiGo can be found here. Lisa and GiGo
Forbot Roach is a lightweight and agile robot equipped with different sensors for fast outdoor navigation. He can be used for exploration, detection and surveillance tasks. Additional Information about Roach can be found here.
Macropod is a heavyweight outdoor robot which is able to transport a huge amount of payload, even a human passenger. The tasks of the robot range from autonomous navigation through several kilometers of unstructured unexplored terrain to navigation on self-build 3D maps. More details can be found here. Mustang MK 1A

Participants

 

 Robotics Alumni

Publications

2012

Haeselich2012PEM
Häselich, Marcel; Eggert, Simon; Paulus, Dietrich (2012): Parallelized Energy Minimization for Real-Time Markov Random Field Terrain Classification in Natural Environments. In: Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO). IEEE Xplore. S. 1823-1828.

Wojke2012MVD
Wojke, Nicolai; Häselich, Marcel (2012): Moving Vehicle Detection and Tracking in Unstructured Environments. In: Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on. S. 3082-3087.

Haeselich2012COM
Häselich, Marcel; Bing, René; Paulus, Dietrich (2012): Calibration of Multiple Cameras to a 3D Laser Range Finder. In: Emerging Signal Processing Applications (ESPA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE. S. 25-28.

Lang2012HLD
Lang, Dagmar; Winkens, Christian; Häselich, Marcel; Paulus, Dietrich (2012): Hierarchical Loop Detection for Mobile Outdoor Robots. In: Proceedings of SPIE, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXIX: Algorithms and Techniques. SPIE. Bd. 8301. S. 83010P01-83010P11.

2011

Seib2011ORT
Seib, Viktor; Thierfelder, Susanne; Paulus, Dietrich (2011): Object Recognition Tasks for Service Robots. In: 8th Open German-Russian Workshop: Pattern Recognition and Image Understanding (OGRW-8-2011). S. 258-261.

Haeselich2011STF
Häselich, Marcel; Handzhiyski, Nikolay; Winkens, Christian; Paulus, Dietrich (2011): Spline Templates for Fast Path Planning in Unstructured Environments. In: Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on. S. 3545-3550.

Haeselich2011TCW
Häselich, Marcel; Arends, Marc; Lang, Dagmar; Paulus, Dietrich (2011): Terrain Classification with Markov Random Fields on fused Camera and 3D Laser Range Data. In: 5th European Conference on Mobile Robotics (ECMR), Proceedings of the. Örebro University. S. 153-158.

Thierfelder2011RAM
Thierfelder, Susanne; Seib, Viktor; Lang, Dagmar; Häselich, Marcel; Pellenz, Johannes; Paulus, Dietrich (2011): Robbie: A Message-based Robot Architecture for Autonomous Mobile Systems. In: Heiß, Hans-Ulrich; Pepper, Peter; Schlingloff, Holger; Schneider, Jörg: INFORMATIK 2011 - Informatik schafft Communities. Köllen Druck+Verlag GmbH Bonn. Bd. 191. S. 331.

Seib2011HMC
Seib, Viktor; Gossow, David; Vetter, Sebastian; Paulus, Dietrich (2011): Hierarchical Multi-robot Coordination. In: Ruiz-del-solar , Javier; Chown, Eric; Plöger, Paul G.: RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV. Berlin: Springer. Bd. 6556. S. 314-323.

Hahn2011HMF
Hahn, Ruwen; Lang, Dagmar; Häselich, Marcel; Paulus, Dietrich (2011): Heat Mapping for Improved Victim Detection. In: Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on. S. 116-121.

2010

Pellenz2010R3M
Pellenz, Johannes; Lang, Dagmar; Neuhaus, Frank; Paulus, Dietrich (2010): Real-time 3D Mapping of Rough Terrain: A Field Report from Disaster City. In: Safety Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2010 IEEE International Workshop on. S. 1-6.

Pellenz2010M2P
Pellenz, Johannes; Neuhaus, Frank; Dillenberger, Denis; Gossow, David; Paulus, Dietrich (2010): Mixed 2D/3D Perception for Autonomous Robots in Unstructured Environments. In: Ruiz-del-solar , Javier; Chown, Eric; Plöger, Paul G.: RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV. Heidelberg: Springer. Bd. 6556. S. 303-313.

Gossow2010AEO
Gossow, David; Paulus, Dietrich; Decker, Peter (2010): An Evaluation of Open Source SURF Implementations. In: Ruiz-del-solar , Javier; Chown, Eric; Plöger, Paul G.: RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. Bd. 6556. S. 169-179.

Gossow2010EST
Gossow, David; Decker, Peter; Paulus, Dietrich (2010): Extending SURF to the Color Domain. In: CGIV 2010 - Fifth European Conference on Colour in Graphics, Imaging and Vision. Springfield, USA: Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). S. 215-221.

2009

Neuhaus2009TDA
Neuhaus, Frank; Dillenberger, Denis; Pellenz, Johannes; Paulus, Dietrich (2009): Terrain Drivability Analysis in 3D Laser Range Data for Autonomous Robot Navigation in Unstructured Environments. In: Emerging Technologies Factory Automation, 2009. ETFA 2009. IEEE Conference on.

Pellenz2009RAF
Pellenz, Johannes; Gossow, David; Paulus, Dietrich (2009): Robbie: A Fully Autonomous Robot for RoboCup Rescue. In: Advanced Robotics (Robotics Society of Japan). Bd. 23. Nr. 9. S. 1159-1177.

Thesis

 A list of possible thesis available in our robotics projects is available here.

Partners

  • WTD 51
  • Handwerkskammer Koblenz
  • Fachhochschule Koblenz
  • Vision & Robotics

Contact

For questions or inquiries please refer to robots at list.uni-koblenz.de

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