To carry out robotic tasks in the real world it is often required to know the 6D pose of an object. A big hurdle here is that the pose might be ambiguous because some objects are or appear symmetric. There is already a great variety of existing models for pose estimation with very diverse approaches…

Brachiation is a form of locomotion special for monkeys and gibbons, swinging from one handhold to other using arms. The thesis aims to address the mechatronic design and optimal locomotion of a brachiation-type robot and the system is designed as an underactuated system with fewer actuated joints t…

As part of the PERIOD operational grand of the European Horizon 2020 PERASPERA project, a standard interconnect for modular spacecraft is to be defined.The standard interconnect (SI) shall provide a unified way to connect spacecraft modules mechanically, electrically and with data buses, also, optio…

Im Rahmen des ROBDEKON Kompetenzbereichs wird ein Schreitbagger Robotersystem entwickelt. Dieses umfasst ein Navigationssystem mit einer Routenplanung, welches auf Basis einer elevation map Routen plant. Dieser Routenplaner wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit untersucht und für den Einsatz in unwegsamem…

Kolloquium

Kolloquium

Kolloquium

Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are boats that can navigate on the water surface without the need for a human operator on board. Since there are many isturbances and nonlinear effects due to the hydrodynamics of water, there is a need for robust motion control systems. Reinforcement learning provid…

Over the last years, robots assumed a much larger role in different applications ranging from civilian drones to search and rescue robots. However, one of the hardest challenges could be to have reliable robots operating underwater under human supervision. From inspection to repair tasks, there is a…

Hierarchische Ansätze bieten eine vielversprechende Perspektive, um den Herausforderungensteigender Anforderungen an Lernalgorithmen hinsichtlich der Komplexitätzu lösender Aufgaben sowie Flexibilität und Transferierbarkeit der erlernten Lösungengerecht zu werden. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde ein s…