@inproceedings{Ferrein2015,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Robots: challenges, chances and risks for solving 21st century problems},
  series = {President's Invitation Lecture / South African Institute of Electrical Engineers : May 21 \& 22, 2015, University of Johannesburg},
  booktitle = {President's Invitation Lecture / South African Institute of Electrical Engineers : May 21 \& 22, 2015, University of Johannesburg},
  organization    = {South African Institute of Electrical Engineers},
  pages     = {1 -- 45},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{Ferrein2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Robot controllers for highly dynamic environments with real-time constraints},
  pages     = {XVI; 247 S. : Ill., graph. Darst},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ferrein2010,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Robot controllers for highly dynamic environments with real-time constraints},
  series = {K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz : KI. 24 (2010), H. 2},
  journal   = {K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz : KI. 24 (2010), H. 2},
  isbn      = {1610-1987},
  pages     = {175 -- 178},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauerMcPhillipsetal.2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald and McPhillips, Graeme and Potgieter, Anet},
  title     = {RoboCup Standard Platform League - Team Zadeat : an intercontinental research effort},
  pages     = {1 -- 7},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{NiemuellerEwertReuteretal.2014,
  author    = {Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Ewert, Daniel and Reuter, Sebastian and Ferrein, Alexander and Jeschke, Sabina and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {RoboCup logistics league sponsored by festo: A competitive factory automation testbed},
  series = {RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII : Eindhoven; Netherlands; 1 July 2013 through 1 July 2013. (Lecture notes in computer science ; 8371)},
  booktitle = {RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII : Eindhoven; Netherlands; 1 July 2013 through 1 July 2013. (Lecture notes in computer science ; 8371)},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  organization    = {RoboCup International Symposium <17, 2013, Eindhoven>},
  isbn      = {978-3-662-44467-2 (Print) 978-3-662-44468-9 (Online)},
  pages     = {336 -- 347},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {A new trend in automation is to deploy so-called cyber-physical systems (CPS) which combine computation with physical processes. The novel RoboCup Logistics League Sponsored by Festo (LLSF) aims at such CPS logistic scenarios in an automation setting. A team of robots has to produce products from a number of semi-finished products which they have to machine during the game. Different production plans are possible and the robots need to recycle scrap byproducts. This way, the LLSF is a very interesting league offering a number of challenging research questions for planning, coordination, or communication in an application-driven scenario. In this paper, we outline the objectives of the LLSF and present steps for developing the league further towards a benchmark for logistics scenarios for CPS. As a major milestone we present the new automated referee system which helps in governing the game play as well as keeping track of the scored points in a very complex factory scenario.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinMaraisPotgieteretal.2011,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Marais, Stephen and Potgieter, Anet and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {RoboCup Junior: A vehicle for S\&T education in Africa?},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address   = {New York},
  isbn      = {978-1-61284-992-8},
  pages     = {1 -- 6},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinMiesLakemeyer2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Mies, Christoph and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Repairing Decision-Theoretic Policies Using Goal-Oriented Planning / Mies, Christoph ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {KI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 31st Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2008, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 23-26, 2008. Proceedings},
  journal   = {KI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 31st Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2008, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 23-26, 2008. Proceedings},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-540-85844-7},
  pages     = {267 -- 275},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchifferFerreinLakemeyer2011,
  author    = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Reasoning with Qualitative Positional Information for Domestic Domains in the Situation Calculus},
  series = {Journal of Intelligent \& Robotic Systems},
  volume    = {63},
  journal   = {Journal of Intelligent \& Robotic Systems},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {0921-0296},
  pages     = {273 -- 300},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSchifferLakemeyer2006,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Schiffer, Stefan and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Qualitative World Models for Soccer Robots / Schiffer, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {Qualitative constraint calculi : application and integration ; KI 2006, 14 - 19 June 2006, Bremen, Germany ; 29th Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence ; workshop / Stefan W{\"o}lfl ... (eds.)},
  journal   = {Qualitative constraint calculi : application and integration ; KI 2006, 14 - 19 June 2006, Bremen, Germany ; 29th Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence ; workshop / Stefan W{\"o}lfl ... (eds.)},
  publisher = {Univ.},
  address   = {Bremen},
  isbn      = {3-88722-666-6},
  pages     = {3 -- 14},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NiemuellerFerreinEckeletal.2011,
  author    = {Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Ferrein, Alexander and Eckel, Gerhard and Pirro, David and Podbregar, Patrick and Kellner, Tobias and Rath, Christoph and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Providing Ground-truth Data for the Nao Robot Platform},
  series = {RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV},
  journal   = {RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-20217-9},
  pages     = {133 -- 144},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NiemuellerLakemeyerFerreinetal.2013,
  author    = {Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Lakemeyer, Gerhard and Ferrein, Alexander and Reuter, S. and Ewert, D. and Jeschke, S. and Pensky, D. and Karras, Ulrich},
  title     = {Proposal for advancements to the LLSF in 2014 and beyond},
  pages     = {Publ. online},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchifferFerreinLakemeyer2010,
  author    = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011)},
  series = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011)},
  journal   = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011)},
  pages     = {1 -- 10},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinBoehnstedtLakemeyer2007,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and B{\"o}hnstedt, Lutz and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Options in readylog reloaded -- generating decision-theoretic plan libraries in golog / B{\"o}hnstedt, Lutz ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {KI 2007: advances in artificial intelligence : 30th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2007, Osnabr{\"u}ck, Germany, September 10 - 13, 2007 ; proceedings},
  journal   = {KI 2007: advances in artificial intelligence : 30th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2007, Osnabr{\"u}ck, Germany, September 10 - 13, 2007 ; proceedings},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-540-74564-8},
  pages     = {352 -- 366},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{AlhwarinSchifferFerreinetal.2018,
  author    = {Alhwarin, Faraj and Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander and Scholl, Ingrid},
  title     = {Optimized KinectFusion Algorithm for 3D Scanning Applications},
  series = {Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: BIOIMAGING},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: BIOIMAGING},
  isbn      = {978-989-758-278-3},
  doi       = {10.5220/0006594700500057},
  pages     = {50 -- 57},
  year      = {2018},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinFritzLakemeyer2004,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Fritz, Christian and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {On-Line Decision-Theoretic Golog for Unpredictable Domains / Ferrein, Alexander ; Fritz, Christian ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {KI 2004: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 27th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2004, Ulm, Germany, September 20-24, 2004. Proceedings},
  journal   = {KI 2004: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 27th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2004, Ulm, Germany, September 20-24, 2004. Proceedings},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  pages     = {322 -- 336},
  year      = {2004},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauer2010,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {On the Way to High-Level Programming for Resource-Limited Embedded Systems with Golog},
  series = {Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots},
  journal   = {Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots},
  pages     = {229 -- 240},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{RebelHueningScholletal.2015,
  author    = {Rebel, S{\"o}ren and H{\"u}ning, Felix and Scholl, Ingrid and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {MQOne: Low-cost design for a rugged-terrain robot platform},
  series = {Intelligent robotics and applications : 8th International Conference, ICIRA 2015, Portsmouth, UK, August 24-27, 2015, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture notes in computer science : vol. 9245)},
  booktitle = {Intelligent robotics and applications : 8th International Conference, ICIRA 2015, Portsmouth, UK, August 24-27, 2015, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture notes in computer science : vol. 9245)},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-22875-4 (print) ; 978-3-319-22876-1 (E-Book)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-22876-1_19},
  pages     = {209 -- 221},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Rugged terrain robot designs are important for field robotics missions. A number of commercial platforms are available, however, at an impressive price. In this paper, we describe the hardware and software component of a low-cost wheeled rugged-terrain robot. The robot is based on an electric children quad bike and is modified to be driven by wire. In terms of climbing properties, operation time and payload it can compete with some of the commercially available platforms, but at a far lower price.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BeckBuchleitnerFerreinetal.2014,
  author    = {Beck, Daniel and Buchleitner, Martin and Ferrein, Alexander and Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Mostly Harmless \& AllemaniACs - mixed innovations},
  pages     = {1 -- 8},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{NikolovskiLimpertNessauetal.2023,
  author    = {Nikolovski, Gjorgji and Limpert, Nicolas and Nessau, Hendrik and Reke, Michael and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Model-predictive control with parallelised optimisation for the navigation of autonomous mining vehicles},
  series = {2023 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)},
  booktitle = {2023 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  isbn      = {979-8-3503-4691-6 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1109/IV55152.2023.10186806},
  pages     = {6 Seiten},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {The work in modern open-pit and underground mines requires the transportation of large amounts of resources between fixed points. The navigation to these fixed points is a repetitive task that can be automated. The challenge in automating the navigation of vehicles commonly used in mines is the systemic properties of such vehicles. Many mining vehicles, such as the one we have used in the research for this paper, use steering systems with an articulated joint bending the vehicle's drive axis to change its course and a hydraulic drive system to actuate axial drive components or the movements of tippers if available. To address the difficulties of controlling such a vehicle, we present a model-predictive approach for controlling the vehicle. While the control optimisation based on a parallel error minimisation of the predicted state has already been established in the past, we provide insight into the design and implementation of an MPC for an articulated mining vehicle and show the results of real-world experiments in an open-pit mine environment.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauer2016,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Looking back on 20 Years of RoboCup},
  series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  number    = {3-4},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1610-1987},
  doi       = {10.1007/s13218-016-0443-y},
  pages     = {321 -- 323},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}