hertzberg
From 2004 until his retirement in October 2024, Joachim Hertzberg was a full professor for computer science at Osnabrück University (UOS), heading the group Knowledge-Based Systems. He was also affiliated with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence ( DFKI) in Osnabrück, serving as head of the Research Department on Plan-Based Robot Control in Osnabrück (2011–24), and as the inaugural managing director of the DFKI Niedersachsen branch (2022-24). He has graduated in Computer Science (diploma, Dr.rer.nat., habilitation). Awards for his work include the EurAi fellowship, received in 2014. His research areas are AI and Mobile Robotics, specifically plan-based robot control and sensor data interpretation; the research gets applied, e.g., in agricultural robotics, production, and logistics. After his retirement, he remains interested in all these areas.
Prof. Dr. Joachim Hertzberg
Wachsbleiche 27
49090 Osnabrück
Phone: +49 541/969-2622
Born 1958 in Kiel/Germany, final secondary-school examinations (“Abitur”) in Kiel 1977, studied Computer Science (“Informatik”) with secondary subject Law (“Rechtswissenschaft”) 1977–1982 at Technical University Braunschweig (until pre-degree, “Vordiplom”, 1979) and University of Bonn.
University Education
1982 Diploma Computer Science (“Dipl.-Inform.”), University of Bonn
1986 Doctorate (Dr. rer. Nat.), University of Bonn
1995 Habilitation in Computer Science, University of Hamburg
Employment
1982–86 Scientific Assistant, Computer Science Department, University of Bonn
1986–2001 Research Scientist at GMD (German National Research Center for Information Technology)
1993 Guest Researcher, International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley
1993–94 Substitute Full Professor (C4-Lehrstuhlvertreter), Computer Science Faculty, Dortmund University
1996 Visiting Lecturer, Computer Science Department, University of Auckland, NZ
1998–2004 External lecturer (Privatdozent), University of Bonn, Computer Science Dept.
2001–04 Research Scientist at Fraunhofer Institute Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS, now IAIS)
2004–24 Full Professor for Computer Science (Knowledge-Based Systems) at Osnabrück University
2007–09 Dean of the School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Osnabrück University
2011–24 Head of research group Plan-Based Robot Control (PBR), German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Osnabrück
2014 Visiting Lecturer, Universitá La Sapienza, Rome, Dept. Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti (DIAG)
2019–22 Head of DFKI Niedersachsen Lab (Osnabrück and Oldenburg), consisting of four research groups, including own PBR group
2022–24 Inaugural Managing Director of DFKI Niedersachsen (Osnabrück and Oldenburg), consisting of four research groups, including own PBR group; member of DFKI Management Board
Since 10/2024 Retired professor for Computer Science at Osnabrück University
Honours (selection)
1983–84 Doctorate grant by German Academic Scholarship Foundation (“Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”)
1992 ICSI Award of GMD for outstanding scientific research
Since 2014 EurAi (formerly ECCAI) Fellow (lifetime award)
2026
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Potential of Digital Technologies for Transforming Livestock Production
10.1007/978-3-031-97872-2_19 -
Towards Reconfigurability of Plan-Based Controllers Through Metacognition
10.1007/978-981-95-2382-5_42
2025
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BonaRes (Modul A, Phase 3): SOILAssist - Nachhaltige Sicherung und Verbesserung von Bodenfunktionen durch intelligente Landbewirtschaftung - Ein Echtzeit-Assistenzsystem für die Praxis - Teilprojekt D (Universität Osnabrück)
10.34657/19861 -
Towards Auto-generated Ground Truth for Evaluation of Perception Systems in Agriculture
10.1007/978-3-031-91835-3_13 -
Acting and Planning with Hierarchical Operational Models on a Mobile Robot: A Study with RAE+UPOM
10.1109/ECMR65884.2025.11162965 -
Consolidation of Symbolic Instances Using Sensor Data via Tracklet Merging for Long-Term Monitoring of Crops
10.1007/978-3-031-91835-3_10 -
Uncertainty-Resilient Active Intention Recognition for Robotic Assistants
10.1109/ECMR65884.2025.11163230 -
Context-Aware Robotic Assistance for Workers Using Intention Recognition and Semantic Digital Twin
10.1007/978-3-031-88705-5_8 -
Hyperspectral band selection using segmented autoencoders for visual quality assessment of food products
10.18420/giljt2025_46 -
RadaRays: Real-Time Simulation of Rotating FMCW Radar for Mobile Robotics via Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing
10.1109/LRA.2025.3531689
2024
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Teilflächenspezifische Beikrautregulierung im ökologischen Landbau am Beispiel Mais (Zea mays L.)
Landwirtschaft und Ernährung - Transformation macht nur gemeinsam Sinn
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resKIL - Ressourceneffiziente KI für eingebettete Systeme in Landmaschinen
10.34657/19876 -
MICP-L: Mesh-based ICP for Robot Localization Using Hardware-Accelerated Ray Casting
10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10802360 -
Streamlined Acquisition of Large Sensor Data for Autonomous Mobile Robots to Enable Efficient Creation and Analysis of Datasets
10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10611096 -
Dynamic Anchoring Agent: A Probabilistic Object Anchoring Framework for Semantic World Modeling
10.32473/flairs.37.1.135576 -
Towards Intention Recognition for Robotic Assistants Through Online POMDP Planning
2023
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The Relationship of Field Geometry, Harvester Size, and Traffic Intensity during Wheat Harvesting
10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2712 -
Hyperspectral 3D Point Cloud Segmentation Using RandLA-Net
10.1007/978-3-031-22216-0_21 -
Konzeption und Realisierung einer feldbasierten landwirtschaftlichen Versuchsumgebung zur dynamischen Umgebungswahrnehmung
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Towards model-based automation of plant-specific weed regulation
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Evaluation of a decision support system for the recommendation of pasture harvest date and form
Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
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Route-planning in output-material-flow operations using side-headlands
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Scalable Evaluation Pipeline of CNN-Based Perception for Robotic Sensor Data under Different Environment Conditions
10.1109/ECMR59166.2023.10256352 -
Object Anchoring forAutonomous Robots Using theSpatio-Temporal-Semantic Environment Representation SEEREP
10.1007/978-3-031-42608-7_13 -
Rmagine: 3D Range Sensor Simulation in Polygonal Maps via Ray Tracing for Embedded Hardware on Mobile Robots
10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161388 -
Cognitive Weeding: An Approach to Single-Plant Specific Weed Regulation
KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, 10.1007/s13218-023-00825-6
10.1007/s13218-023-00825-6 -
Der Dynamic Anchoring Agent : Wissensrepräsentation und Reasoning zur automatischen Wiedererkennung von individuellen Objekten
10.1007/978-3-658-39621-3_16 -
AI in Current and Future Agriculture
10.1007/s13218-024-00838-9 -
Interview: Cyrill Stachniss’ View on AI in Agriculture
10.1007/s13218-023-00831-8 -
AI in Current and Future Agriculture : An Introductory Overview
10.1007/s13218-023-00826-5 -
AI-TEST-FIELD - An Agricultural Test Environment for Semantic Environment Perception with Respect to Harsh And Changing Environmental Conditions
10.13031/aim.202300757
2022
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Modeling obesity in complex food systems: Systematic review
10.3389/fendo.2022.1027147 -
Effects of varying field geometry and machine configurations on spatial field traffic intensity: A case study for winter wheat harvest
10.1111/sum.12820 -
A Spatio-Temporal-Semantic Environment Representation for Autonomous Mobile Robots equipped with various Sensor Systems
10.1109/MFI55806.2022.9913873 -
Automated Byproduct Segmentation In Grain Images
10.1117/12.2622610 -
Route-planning in output-material-flow arable farming operations aiming for soil protection
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On the way to a decision support system for the cultivation and harvesting of grassland areas [Auf dem Weg zu einem Entscheidungsunterstützungssystem zur Pflege und Ernte von Grünlandflächen]
Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
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A data mining process for building recommendation systems for agricultural machines based on big data Recommendation system for agricultural machinery application
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The pitfalls of transfer learning in computer vision for agriculture
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Analysis of Combine Harvester Threshing Systems Across Different Climate Regions
10.51202/9783181024065-17 -
Online Inference of Robot Navigation Parameters from a Semantic Map
10.5220/0010790200003116
2021
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The Mesh Tools Package – Introducing Annotated 3D Triangle Maps in ROS
10.1016/j.robot.2020.103688 -
Overview of a route-planning tool for capacitated field processes in arable farming
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First steps towards a context-sensitive navigation in a long-term autonomous field monitoring system [Erste Schritte zu einer kontextsensitiven Navigation in einem langzeitautonomen Field-Monitoring-System]
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Illumination compensation for classification of hyperspektral 3d point clouds [Beleuchtungsausgleich zur klassifikation auf hyperspektral annotierten 3d-punktwolken]
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Continuous Shortest Path Vector Field Navigation on 3D Triangular Meshes for Mobile Robots
10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9560981 -
Embedding semantic relationships in hidden representations via label smoothing
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Erste Schritte zu einer kontextsensitiven Navigation in einem langzeitautonomen Field-Monitoring-System
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Monocular localization in feature-annotated 3d polygon maps
10.1109/ECMR50962.2021.9568810
2020
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Hierarchical Modeling with Neurodynamical Agglomerative Analysis
10.1007/978-3-030-61609-0_15 -
Automatische Wiedererkennung von individuellen Objekten mit dem Dynamic Anchoring Agent
10.1365/s40702-020-00675-y -
Towards Context-Aware Navigation for Long-Term Autonomy in Agricultural Environments
2019
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A spatio-semantic approach to reasoning about agricultural processes
10.1007/s10489-019-01451-2 -
Tools for Visualizing, Annotating and Storing Triangle Meshes in ROS and RViz
10.1109/ECMR.2019.8870953 -
‘Virtual harvesting' as a key element in the development of a novel LiDAR based combine harvester steering system
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"Digital twins" as tool for the development of field robots in agricultural processes [„Digitale Zwillinge“als Werkzeug für die Entwicklung von Feldrobotern in landwirtschaftlichen Prozessen]
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Markerless Ad-Hoc Calibration of a Hyperspectral Camera and a 3D Laser Scanner
10.1007/978-3-030-01370-7_58 -
Planning under uncertainty through goal-driven action selection
10.1007/978-3-030-05453-3_9 -
Efficient Planning Under Uncertainty with Incremental Refinement.
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Compressing ROS Sensor and Geometry Messages with Draco
10.1109/SSRR.2019.8848965 -
Move Base Flex A Highly Flexible Navigation Framework for Mobile Robots
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A File Structure and Reference Data Set for High Resolution Hyperspectral 3D Point Clouds
10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.08.101
2018
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Grounding semantic maps in spatial databases
10.1016/j.robot.2018.03.011 -
Context-aware 3D object anchoring for mobile robots
10.1016/j.robot.2018.08.016 -
Move Base Flex
10.1109/IROS.2018.8593829 -
Surface reconstruction from arbitrarily large point clouds
10.1109/IRC.2018.00059 -
Simulation of laser scanners in plant populations for the development of environment-based functions [Simulation von Laserscannern in Pflanzenbeständen für die Entwicklung umfeldbasierter Funktionen]
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Towards domain-independent biases for action selection in robotic task-planning under uncertainty
10.5220/0006578500850093 -
A spatio-semantic model for agricultural environments and machines
10.1007/978-3-319-92058-0_57
2017
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AI, Kitsch, and Communication
10.1007/s13218-017-0508-6 -
Model-based furniture recognition for building semantic object maps
10.1016/j.artint.2014.12.007 -
Plant classification with In-Field-Labeling for crop/weed discrimination using spectral features and 3D surface features from a multi-wavelength laser line profile system
10.1016/j.compag.2017.01.003 -
A multilevel simulation framework for highly automated harvest processes enabled by environmental sensor systems
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Practical assumptions for planning under uncertainty
10.5220/0006189004970502 -
Online context-based object recognition for mobile robots
10.1109/icarsc.2017.7964083
2016
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AI reasoning methods for robotics
10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_14 -
Towards a flexible hybrid planner for machine coordination in arable farming
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Methods for generating scan poses to optimally complete partially acquired 3D scenes [Methoden zur Bestimmung optimal ergänzender Scanposen in unvollständig erfassten 3D-Szenen]
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Online Mesh Optimization for Large Scale KinectFusion Meshes
10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.720 -
3D Navigation Mesh Generation for Path Planning in Uneven Terrain
10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.734 -
Optimizing Triangle Mesh Reconstructions of Planar Environments
10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.735 -
Real time texture generation in optimized large-scale polygon meshes with KinectFusion
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Data handling in large-scale surface reconstruction
10.1007/978-3-319-08338-4_37
2015
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An Extended Evaluation of Open Source Surface Reconstruction Software for Robotic Applications
10.1007/s10846-014-0155-1 -
The Role of Functional Affordances in Socializing Robots
10.1007/s12369-015-0281-3 -
Integrating physics-based prediction with Semantic plan Execution Monitoring
10.1109/IROS.2015.7353774 -
Online task merging with a hierarchical hybrid task planner for mobile service robots
10.1109/IROS.2015.7354300 -
SEMAP - A semantic environment mapping framework
10.1109/ECMR.2015.7324176 -
Generating topologically consistent triangle meshes from large scale Kinect Fusion
10.1109/ECMR.2015.7324205 -
Abducing hypotheses about past events from observed environment changes
10.1007/978-3-319-24489-1_18 -
Hierarchical hybrid planning in a mobile service robot
10.1007/978-3-319-24489-1_28 -
Abstrakte virtuelle Illusionen für die Schlaganfalltherapie : wie mit Hilfe virtueller Umgebungen motorisches Lernen gefördert werden kann
2014
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The RACE Project: Robustness by Autonomous Competence Enhancement
10.1007/s13218-014-0327-y -
Finding ways to get the job done: An affordance-based approach
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Generating and executing hierarchical mobile manipulation plans
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Integrating semantic information in navigational planning
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Generating and Executing Hierarchical Mobile Manipulation Plans
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Multiwavelength laser line profile sensing for agricultural crop characterization
10.1117/12.2052009
2013
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Building semantic object maps from sparse and noisy 3D data
10.1109/IROS.2013.6696668 -
Automatic creation and application of texture patterns to 3D polygon maps
10.1109/IROS.2013.6696883 -
Spatio-Temporally Constrained Planning for Cooperative Vehicles in a Harvesting Scenario
10.1007/s13218-013-0267-y -
Beacons and flow heaters [Leuchttürme und Durchlauferhitzer]
10.1007/s13218-013-0262-3 -
From Object Recognition to Activity Interpretation and Back, Based on Point Cloud Data
10.1007/s13218-013-0244-5 -
An evaluation of open source surface reconstruction software for robotic applications
10.1109/ICAR.2013.6766566 -
Automatic map creation for environment modelling in robotic simulators
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Encoding HTN heuristics in PDDL planning instances (extended abstract)
10.1007/978-3-642-40942-4_27 -
An ontology-based multi-level robot architecture for learning from experiences
2012
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Online scheduling of flexible job-shops with blocking and transportation
10.1504/EJIE.2012.047662 -
A toolkit for automatic generation of polygonal maps - Las vegas reconstruction
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Approximating reference trajectories for autonomous vehicles using motion primitives
10.1007/978-3-642-32217-4_12 -
Hybrid reasoning in perception: A case study
10.3182/20120905-3-HR-2030.00180 -
Mobile Roboter : eine Einführung aus Sicht der Informatik
10.1007/978-3-642-01726-1 -
What Language Do You Use to Create Your AI Programs and Why?
10.1007/s13218-011-0158-z
2011
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Could positive affect help engineer robot control systems?
10.1007/s10339-011-0401-4 -
A Heuristic Loop Closing Technique for Large-Scale 6D SLAM
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Model-based object recognition from 3D laser data
10.1007/978-3-642-24455-1_9 -
The problem of spatio-temporally constrained motion planning for cooperative vehicles
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A heuristic loop closing technique for large-scale 6D SLAM [Heuristi ̌cka metoda zatvaranja petlje za 6D SLAM velikih dimenzija]
10.1080/00051144.2011.11828420 -
Unter Modulhandbuchhaltern und Sprintstudierenden – Wer studiert heute KI? Und warum?
10.1007/s13218-011-0124-9 -
On the impact of embedded knowledge-based systems
10.1109/arso.2011.6301980 -
Neue Bücher in der Reihe DISKI: Dissertationen zur Künstlichen Intelligenz Editor-in-Chief: Wolfgang Bibel
10.1007/s13218-011-0087-x -
KI-Systeme zu Lande, zu Wasser und in der Luft
10.1007/s13218-011-0097-8 -
Matching CAD Object Models in Semantic Mapping
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Automatisiertes Auffinden und Auffüllen von Scanschatten in 3D-Laserscans.
2010
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Automatic construction of polygonal maps from point cloud data
10.1109/SSRR.2010.5981571 -
3D robotic mapping in Osnabrück [3D-Roboterkartenbau in Osnabrück]
10.1007/s13218-010-0032-4 -
How does one attract journal authors? [Wie lockt man Zeitschriftenautoren?]
10.1007/s13218-010-0017-3 -
LiSA: On the way to safe assistant robotics [LiSA: Auf dem Weg zur sicheren Assistenzrobotik]
10.1007/s13218-010-0013-7 -
Towards real time robot 6D localization in a polygonal indoor map based on 3D ToF camera data
10.3182/20100906-3-it-2019.00018
2009
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Three-dimensional mapping with time-of-flight cameras
10.1002/rob.20321 -
On the benefit of fusing DL-reasoning with HTN-planning
10.1007/978-3-642-04617-9_6 -
Virtual range scan for avoiding 3D obstacles using 2D tools
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Evaluation of 3D registration reliability and speed-A comparison of ICP and NDT
10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152538 -
An Explicit Loop Closing Technique for 6D SLAM.
2008
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Globally consistent 3D mapping with scan matching
10.1016/j.robot.2007.07.002 -
Towards semantic maps for mobile robots
10.1016/j.robot.2008.08.001 -
Benchmarking urban six-degree-of-freedom simultaneous localization and mapping
10.1002/rob.20234 -
Using semantic knowledge in robotics
10.1016/j.robot.2008.08.002 -
Evaluating a 3D camera for RoboCup rescue
10.1109/SICE.2008.4655003 -
Fusing DL reasoning with HTN planning
10.1007/978-3-540-85845-4_8 -
The MACS project: An approach to affordance-inspired robot control
10.1007/978-3-540-77915-5_12 -
The efficient extension of globally consistent scan matching to 6 DoF
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Action-Planning in the MACS Robot Control Architecture
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Does it help a robot navigate to call navigability an affordance?
10.1007/978-3-540-77915-5_2 -
Surface Reconstruction for 3D Robotic Mapping
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Sicheres Navigieren in dynamischen Umgebungen mit 3D-Kollisionsvermeidung
2007
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6D SLAM-3D mapping outdoor environments
10.1002/rob.20209 -
Augmenting JSHOP2 planning with OWL-DL
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Ground truth evaluation of large Urban 6D SLAM
10.1109/IROS.2007.4399026 -
Cached k-d tree search for ICP algorithms
10.1109/3DIM.2007.15 -
Safe navigation in dynamic environments with 3D collision avoidance [Sicheres Navigieren in dynamischen Umgebungen mit 3D-Kollisionsvermeidung]
10.1007/978-3-540-74764-2_11 -
6D SLAM with cached K -D tree search
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Real-time outdoor trail detection on a mobile robot
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6D SLAM—3D mapping outdoor environments: Research Articles
10.1002/rob.v24:8/9 -
Salient Visual Features to Help Close the Loop i n 6D SLAM
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Assessing stereo matching algorithms using ground-truth disparity maps of natural scenes
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An experiment in semantic correction of sensor data
2006
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Extracting drivable surfaces in outdoor 6D slam
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Contour-based object detection in range images
10.1109/3DPVT.2006.46 -
Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Towards affordance-based robot control
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Towards Affordance-based Robot Control Dagstuhl Seminar 06231 June 5–9, 2006
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Device level simulation of kurt3d rescue robots : Third Intl. Workshop on Synthetic Simulation and Robotics to Mitigate Earthquake Disaster (SRMED 2006). CDROM Proceedings
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3D Mapping with Semantic Knowledge
10.1007/11780519_30
2005
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High-speed laser localization for mobile robots
10.1016/j.robot.2005.02.004 -
Heuristic-based laser scan matching for outdoor 6D SLAM
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USARSIM - Game engines in the teaching of robotics [USARSIM - Game-Engines in der Robotik-Lehre]
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Offering existing AI planners as web services
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Accurate object localization in 3D laser range scans
10.1109/ICAR.2005.1507480 -
6D SLAM with approximate data association
10.1109/ICAR.2005.1507419 -
Mapping of rescue environments with Kurt3D
10.1109/SSRR.2005.1501229 -
Simultanous mapping and localization of rescue environments [Gleichzeitiges kartieren und lokalisieren von rescue-umgebungen]
10.1524/itit.2005.47.5_2005.282 -
USARSIM – Game-Engines in der Robotik-Lehre
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About the Control of High Speed Mobile Indoor Robots
2004
Please refer to the permanently updated lists in the usual public sites, such as:
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4978xwoAAAAJ&hl=en
- DBLP computer science bibliography https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pid/12/5979.html
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6371-9624
Regular teaching has spanned over introductory AI, Robotics, and Knowledge-Based Systems topics.