Staff

Raúl Domínguez, M.Sc.

Organization : DFKI GmbH
Area : Robotics Innovation Center
Status : Staff
Room HB : B 3.10.3
Address HB : Robert-Hooke-Str. 1
28359 Bremen
Phone HB : +49 421 17845 6617
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Publications

2025

Cooperative robotic exploration of a planetary skylight surface and lava cave
Raúl Domínguez, Carlos Pérez-del-Pulgar, Gonzalo J. Paz-Delgado, Fabio Polisano, Jonathan Babel, Thierry Germa, Iulia Dragomir, Valérie Ciarletti, Anne-Claire Berthet, Leon Cedric Danter, Frank Kirchner
In Science Robotics, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), volume 10, number 105, pages 1-14, Aug/2025.
Prediction-Based Tip Over Prevention for Planetary Exploration Rovers
Siddhant Shete, Raúl Domínguez, Ravisankar Selvaraju, Mariela De Lucas Alvarez, Frank Kirchner
Editors: Spiros Pantelakis; Andreas Strohmayer; Nikolaos Michailidis
In 14th EASN International Conference, 08.10.-11.10.2024, Thessaloniki, MDPI, series Engineering Proceedings Journal, volume 90(1), number 44, Mar/2025.
Pioneering Sustainable Space Ecosystems Through Intelligent Robotics and Collaborative Effort
Amrita Suresh, Mehmed Yüksel, Manuel Meder, Raúl Domínguez, Wiebke Brinkmann
Editors: Spiros Pantelakis, Andreas Strohmayer, Nikolaos Michailidis
In Engineering Proceedings, MDPI, volume 90, number 76, pages 1-9, Mar/2025.
Field Testing of Rimless Wheel Micro Rovers in Space Analogue Environments
Raúl Domínguez, Mehmed Yüksel, Christoph Hertzberg, Babu Ajish, Frank Kirchner
Editors: Málaga Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales
University of Málaga, I Doctoral Workshop on Space Robotics, 2025.
Beneficiation of REgolith and Mobile ExcavatioN (Team BREMEN)
Zhongqian Zhao, Mehmed Yüksel, Kunal Kulkarni, Raúl Domínguez, Svenja Falker, Tim Gumbold, Andreas Bresser, Amrita Suresh, Paul Zabel, Mateo Rejón, Siebo Reershemius, Manuel Meder
In ASTRA 2025 Proceedings, (ASTRA-2025), 7.10.-9.10.2025, Scheltema, Leiden, ESA, 2025. ESA.

2024

Gait Analysis and Control of Rimless Wheel Rovers for Planetary Exploration
Dennis Schlee, Shubham Vyas, Raúl Domínguez, Frank Kirchner
In International Conference on Space Robotics, (iSpaRo-2024), 24.6.-27.6.2024, Luxembourg, o. A., Neumünster Abbey, 2024.
Tether management and docking system for multi-robot rappelling into lunar lava tubes
Jonathan Babel, Leon Cedric Danter, Gonzalo Paz Delgado, Raúl Domínguez, Yogeshkarna Govindaraj, Mehmed Yüksel, Frank Kirchner
In 75th International Astronautical Congress, (IAC-2024), 14.10.-18.10.2024, Milan, International Astronautical Federation (IAF), 2024.

2023

Field Testing of Cooperative Multi-Robot Technology for Accessing and Exploring a Planetary Lava Tube
Raúl Domínguez, Thomas Vögele, Jorge Ocón, Thierry Germa, Shashank Govindaraj, Fredrik Bakkevig Haugli, Eric Törn, Valerie Ciarletti, Carlos Jesús Perez, Alexander Dettmann, Anne-Claire Berthen, Loic Lecabec, Pierpaolo Serio, Fabio Polisano, Frank Kirchner
In 4th International Planetary Caves Conference, (IPCC-2023), 04.5.-07.5.2023, Haría Municipality in Lanzarote, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2023.
Terrain Classification Enhanced with Uncertainty for Space Exploration Robots from Proprioceptive Data
Editors: Mariela De Lucas Alvarez, Jichen Guo, Raúl Domínguez, Matias Valdenegro-Toro
(LXAI-2023), 23.7.-29.7.2023, Honolulu, Hawaii, Journal of LatinX in AI (LXAI) Research, 2023.
PerSim: Perception for Planetary Prospection and Internal Simulation
Raúl Domínguez, Mariela De Lucas Alvarez, Siddhant Kadwe, Christoph Hertzberg, Siddhant Shete, Leon Cedric Danter, Marko Jankovik, Shubham Vyas, Jonas Eisenmenger, Pierre Willenbrock, André Felmet, Vikram Unnithan, Frank Kirchner
In 17th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA-2023), 18.10.-20.10.2023, Leiden, ASTRA Proceedings, PO Box 299 2200 AG Noordwijk The Netherlands, 2023. European Space Agency (ESA).
COROB-X: DEMONSTRATION OF A COOPERATIVE ROBOT TEAM IN EXTENSIVE FIELD TESTS
Thomas Vögele, Jorge Ocón, Thierry Germa, Shashank Govindaraj, Carlos J. Perez-del-Pulgar, Fredrik Bakkevig Haugli, Raúl Domínguez, Leon Cedric Danter, Jonathan Babel, Iulia Dragomir, Anne-Claire Berthet, Fabio Polisano, Gonzalo J. Paz-Delgado, Laura M. Mantoani, Eric Törn, Alexander Dettmann, Valérie Ciarletti
In ASTRA Proceedings, (ASTRA-2023), 18.10.-20.10.2023, Leiden, European Space Agency (ESA), 2023. European Space Agency (ESA).
Combined Path and Motion Planning for Workspace Restricted Mobile Manipulators in Planetary Exploration
Gonzalo Paz Delgado, J. Ricardo Sánchez Ibáñez, Raul Dominguez, Carlos Perez-del-Pulgar, Frank Kirchner, Alfonso Garcia
In IEEE Access, IEEE, volume 11, pages 78152-78169, 2023.

2022

Implementation of an On-Board Terrain Classfier Based on Propioceptive Sensor Data for a Planetary Rover
Raúl Domínguez, Lennart Kuhr, Jonathan Babel, Florian Cordes, Giulio Reina, Frank Kirchner
Editors: keine Angabe, keine Angabe
In Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA-2022), 01.6.-02.6.2022, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, ESA Conference Bureau / ATPI Corporate Events, Jun/2022.
Towards a Semi-Autonomous Robotic Exploration of a Lunar Skylight Cavity
Roland Sonsalla, Steffen Planthaber, Raúl Domínguez, Alexander Dettmann, Florian Cordes, Benjamin Hülsen, Christopher Schulz, Patrick Schöberl, Sebastian Kasperski, Henning Wiedemann, Frank Kirchner
In Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference, 5.3.-12.3.2022, Big Sky, Montana, IEEE, Mar/2022. IEEE.

2021

On the role of feature and signal selection for terrain learning in planetary exploration robots
Angelo Ugenti, Fabio Vulpi, Raúl Domínguez, Florian Cordes, Annalisa Milella, Giulio Reina
In Journal of Field Robotics, n/a, volume n/a, number n/a, pages n/a, Dec/2021.
ADE: Enhancing Autonomy for Future Planetary Robotic Exploration
Jorge Ocón, Iulia Dragomir, Florian Cordes, Raúl Domínguez, Robert Marc, Vincent Bissonnette, Raphael Viards, Anne-Claire Berthet, Giulio Reina, Angelo Ugenti, Andrew Coles, Amanda Coles, Adam Green, Rhys Howard, Lars Kunze
In Proceedings of the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, (IAC-2021), 25.10.-29.10.2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, IAF, Oct/2021. International Astonautical Federation (IAF).

2020

Enhancing Mobile Manipulation with Synchronized Arm-Locomotion Control
J. Ricardo Sánchez-Ibáñez, Raúl Domínguez, Florian Cordes, Carlos J. Pérez-del-Pulgar
In 15th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS '20), (i-SAIRAS-2020), 19.10.-23.10.2020, Online-Conference, o.A., Oct/2020.
Space Robotics Software Testing with the Hybrid Locomotion Rover SherpaTT and a Validation Toolset
Raúl Domínguez, Florian Cordes, Malte Wirkus, Thomas Vögele
In 15th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS '20), (i-SAIRAS-2020), 19.9.-23.10.2020, Online-Conference, o.A., Oct/2020.
Deep Terrain Estimation for Planetary Rovers
Fabio Vulpi, Annalisa Milella, Florian Cordes, Raúl Domínguez, Giulio Reina
In 15th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS'20), (iSAIRAS-2020), 19.10.2020, Online-Conference, o.A., Oct/2020.
Common Data Fusion Framework: An open-source Common Data Fusion Framework for space robotics
Raúl Domínguez, Mark Post, Alexander Fabisch, Romain Michalec, Vincent Bissonnette, Shashank Govindaraj
Editors: David Portugal, Francisco Rico
In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, SAGE Journals, volume 17, number 2, pages 1-15, Mar/2020.

2018

Internal Simulation for Autonomous Robot Exploration of Lava Tubes
Raúl Domínguez, Sascha Arnold, Christoph Hertzberg, Arne Böckmann
Editors: Automation and Robotics Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Informatics in Control
In ICINCO 2018, (ICINCO-2018), 29.7.-31.7.2018, Porto, SCITEPRESS, volume 2, pages 144-155, Jul/2018. ISBN: 978-989-758-321-6.
A Common Data Fusion Framework For Space Robotics: Architecture And Data Fusion Methods
Raúl Domínguez, Romain Michalec, Nassir W. Oumer, Fabrice Souvannavong, Mark Post, Shashank Govindaraj, Alexander Fabisch, Bilal Wehbe, Jérémi Gancet, Alessandro Bianco, Simon Lacroix, Andrea De Maio, Quentin Labourey, Vincent Bissonnette, Michal Smí¨ek, Xiu Yan
In Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, (iSAIRAS-2018), 04.6.-06.6.2018, Madrid, ESA, Jun/2018.
InFuse Data Fusion Methodology for Space Robotics, Awareness and Machine Learning
Mark Post, Romain Michalec​, Alessandro Bianco, Xiu Yan, Andrea De Maio​, Quentin Labourey, Simon Lacroix, Jeremi Gancet​, Shashank Govindaraj, Xavier Martinez-Gonzalez​, Iyas Dalati, Raúl Domínguez, Bilal Wehbe, Alexander Fabisch​, Enno Röhrig, Fabrice Souvannavong, Vincent Bissonnette, Michal Smí¨ek, Nassir W. Oumer, Lukas Meyer, Rudolph Triebel, Zoltán-Csaba Márton
In 69​th​ International Astronautical Congress (IAC), (IAC-2018), 01.10.-05.10.2018, Bremen, o.A., 2018. International Astronautical Federation.

2017

InFuse : a comprehensive framework for data fusion in space robotics
Shashank Govinderaj, Jeremi Gancet, Mark Post, Raúl Domínguez, Fabrice Souvannavong, Simon Lacroix, Michal Smisek, Javier Hidalgo-Carrio, Bilal Wehbe, Alexander Fabisch, Andrea De Maio, Nassir Oumer, Vincent Bissonnette, Zoltan-Csaba Marton, Sandeep Kottath, Christian Nissler, Xiu Yan, Rudolph Triebel, Francesco Nuzzolo
In Proceedings of ASTRA 2017, ESA-ESTEC, (ASTRA-2017), 20.6.-22.6.2017, Leiden, ., 2017.

2016

EnviRe - Environment Representation for Long-term Autonomy
Javier Hidalgo Carrió, Sascha Arnold, Arne Böckmann, Anna Born, Raúl Domínguez, Daniel Hennes, Christoph Hertzberg, Janosch Machowinski, Jakob Schwendner, Yong-Ho Yoo, Frank Kirchner
In AI for Long-term Autonomy Workshop on the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), (ICRA-16), 16.5.-20.5.2016, Stockholm, o.A., 2016.

2015

Environment Representation: Antecedents and Directions
Javier Hidalgo Carrió, Sascha Arnold, Raúl Domínguez, Yong-Ho Yoo, Arne Böckmann, Anna Born, Behnam Asadi
series DFKI Documents, volume 15-03, Sep/2015. DFKI GmbH.
Integrating Environment Representation and Simulation: Towards an Internal Simulator for Rock Using Mars
Raúl Domínguez
series DFKI Documents, volume 15-03, pages 2, Sep/2015. DFKI GmbH.
Rock Tutorials Recap
Raúl Domínguez
In Proceedings of the RIC Project Day Workgroup "Framework & Standardization", 19.3.2015, Bremen, Selbstverlag, series DFKI Documents, volume 15-01, pages 86-90, May/2015. DFKI GmbH.
On-Board Simulator for Autonomy Enhancement in Robotic Space Missions
Raúl Domínguez, Jakob Schwendner, Frank Kirchner
In Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation (ASTRA), (ASTRA), 11.5.-13.5.2015, Noordwijk, inproceedings ASTRA, 2015.
Entern -- Environment Modelling and Navigation for Robotic Space-Exploration
Jakob Schwendner, Javier Hidalgo Carrió, Raúl Domínguez, Steffen Planthaber, Yong-Ho Yoo, Behnam Asadi, Janosch Machowinski, Christian Rauch, Frank Kirchner
In Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation (ASTRA), (ASTRA), 11.5.-13.5.2015, Noordwijk, inproceedings ASTRA, 2015.


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