TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - A Fuzzy Set Semantics for Qualitative Fluents in the Situation Calculus / Ferrein, Alexander ; Schiffer, Stefan ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard
JF  - Intelligent Robotics and Applications : First International Conference, ICIRA 2008 Wuhan, China, October 15-17, 2008 Proceedings, Part I
Y1  - 2008
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 5314
SP  - 498
EP  - 509
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Abstracting Away Low-Level Details in Service Robotics with Fuzzy Fluents
JF  - Model-Driven Knowledge Engineering for Improved Software Modularity in Robotics and Automation.
Workshop at European Robotics Forum 2015
Vienna, Austria, March 11-13, 2015.
Y1  - 2015
SP  - 1
EP  - 4
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
ED  - Boots, Byron
T1  - Incremental task-level reasoning in a competitive factory automation scenario
T2  - Designing intelligent robots : reintegrating AI II ; papers from the AAAI spring symposium ; [held March 25 - 27, 2013 in Palo Alto, California, USA, on the campus of Stanford University]. (Technical Report / Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence ; 2013,4)
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 9781577356011
SP  - 43
EP  - 48
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Reuter, S.
A1  - Ewert, D.
A1  - Jeschke, S.
A1  - Pensky, D.
A1  - Karras, Ulrich
T1  - Proposal for advancements to the LLSF in 2014 and beyond
Y1  - 2013
SP  - Publ. online
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Walenta, Robert
A1  - Schellekens, Twan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
T1  - A decentralised system approach for controlling AGVs with ROS
T2  - AFRICON, Proceedings
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-1-5386-2775-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRCON.2017.8095693
SN  - 2153-0033
N1  - AFRICON <2017, 18-20 Sept., Cape Town, South Africa>
SP  - 1436
EP  - 1441
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Jacobs, Stefan
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Controlling Unreal Tournament 2004 Bots with the logic-based action language Golog / Jacobs, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard
JF  - Proceedings of the First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE).
Y1  - 2005
SP  - 151
EP  - 152
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
ED  - Almeida, Luis
T1  - Fawkes for the RoboCup Logistics League
T2  - RoboCup 2015: Robot World Cup XIX
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 978-3-319-29339-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29339-4_31
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 9513
SP  - 365
EP  - 373
PB  - Springer International Publishing
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Booysen, Tracy
A1  - Mathew, Thomas
A1  - Knox, Greig
A1  - Fong, W. K.
A1  - Stüttgen, Marcel
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - The Scarab Project
T2  - ICRA 2015 Developing Countries Forum
N2  - Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is an active research
field in the robotics community. Despite recent advances
for many open research questions, these kind of systems are
not widely used in real rescue missions. One reason is that such
systems are complex and not (yet) very reliable; another is that
one has to be an robotic expert to run such a system. Moreover,
available rescue robots are very expensive and the benefits of
using them are still limited.
In this paper, we present the Scarab robot, an alternative
design for a USAR robot. The robot is light weight, humanpackable
and its primary purpose is that of extending the
rescuer’s capability to sense the disaster site. The idea is that a
responder throws the robot to a certain spot. The robot survives
the impact with the ground and relays sensor data such as
camera images or thermal images to the responder’s hand-held
control unit from which the robot can be remotely controlled.
Y1  - 2015
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - Looking back on 20 Years of RoboCup
JF  - KI - Künstliche Intelligenz
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-016-0443-y
SN  - 1610-1987
VL  - 30
IS  - 3-4
SP  - 321
EP  - 323
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Rens, Gavin
A1  - Meyer, Thomas
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - A Logic for Specifying Partially Observable Stochastic Domains / Rens, Gavin ; Meyer, Thomas ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard
JF  - Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop pn non-Monotonic Reasoning, Action and Change (NRAC`11)
Y1  - 2011
N1  - Technical Report RMIT-TR-11-02
SP  - 15
EP  - 22
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Limpert, Nicolas
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - A Local Planner for Ackermann-Driven Vehicles in ROS SBPL
T2  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics (PRASA-RobMech), 2015
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboMech.2015.7359518
SP  - 172
EP  - 177
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - golog.lua: Towards a Non-Prolog Implementation of Golog for Embedded Systems
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 20
EP  - 28
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - golog.lua: Towards a Non-Prolog Implementation of Golog for Embedded Systems
JF  - Cognitive Robotics / Lakemeyer, Gerhard (ed.)
Y1  - 2010
N1  - Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings ; 10081
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Maier, Christopher
A1  - Mühlbacher, Clemens
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
A1  - Vassos, Stravros
T1  - Controlling logistics robots with the action-based language YAGI
T2  - Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 978-3-319-43505-3 (Print)
SN  - 978-3-319-43506-0 (Online)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0_46
N1  - Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
VL  - 9834
SP  - 525
EP  - 537
PB  - Springer
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - The RoboCup Logistics League as a Holistic Multi-Robot Smart Factory Benchmark
T2  - Proceedings of the IROS 2015 Open forum on evaluation of results, replication of experiments and benchmarking in robotics research
N2  - With autonomous mobile robots receiving increased
attention in industrial contexts, the need for benchmarks
becomes more and more an urgent matter. The RoboCup
Logistics League (RCLL) is one specific industry-inspired scenario
focusing on production logistics within a Smart Factory.
In this paper, we describe how the RCLL allows to assess the
performance of a group of robots within the scenario as a
whole, focusing specifically on the coordination and cooperation
strategies and the methods and components to achieve them.
We report on recent efforts to analyze performance of teams in
2014 to understand the implications of the current grading
scheme, and derived criteria and metrics for performance
assessment based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) adapted
from classic factory evaluation. We reflect on differences and
compatibility towards RoCKIn, a recent major benchmarking
European project.
Y1  - 2015
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Eichenbaum, Julian
A1  - Nikolovski, Gjorgji
A1  - Mülhens, Leon
A1  - Reke, Michael
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Scholl, Ingrid
T1  - Towards a lifelong mapping approach using Lanelet 2 for autonomous open-pit mine operations
T2  - 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
N2  - Autonomous agents require rich environment models for fulfilling their missions. High-definition maps are a well-established map format which allows for representing semantic information besides the usual geometric information of the environment. These are, for instance, road shapes, road markings, traffic signs or barriers. The geometric resolution of HD maps can be as precise as of centimetre level. In this paper, we report on our approach of using HD maps as a map representation for autonomous load-haul-dump vehicles in open-pit mining operations. As the mine undergoes constant change, we also need to constantly update the map. Therefore, we follow a lifelong mapping approach for updating the HD maps based on camera-based object detection and GPS data. We show our mapping algorithm based on the Lanelet 2 map format and show our integration with the navigation stack of the Robot Operating System. We present experimental results on our lifelong mapping approach from a real open-pit mine.
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 979-8-3503-2069-5 (Online)
SN  - 979-8-3503-2070-1 (Print)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/CASE56687.2023.10260526
N1  - 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 26-30 August 2023, Auckland, New Zealand.
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Ewert, Daniel
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Decisive Factors for the Success of the Carologistics RoboCup Team in the RoboCup Logistics League 2014
T2  - RoboCup 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-3-319-18615-3
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 8992
SP  - 155
EP  - 167
PB  - Springer
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Ewert, Daniel
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
ED  - Almeida, Luis
T1  - The Carologistics Approach to Cope with the Increased Complexity and New Challenges of the RoboCup Logistics League 2015
T2  - RoboCup 2015: Robot World Cup XIX
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 978-3-319-29339-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29339-4_4
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 9513
SP  - 47
EP  - 59
PB  - Springer International Publishing
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dey, Thomas
A1  - Elsen, Ingo
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Frauenrath, Tobias
A1  - Reke, Michael
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
ED  - Makedon, Fillia
T1  - CO2 Meter: a do-it-yourself carbon dioxide measuring device for the classroom
T2  - PETRA '21: Proceedings of the 14th Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference
N2  - In this paper we report on CO2 Meter, a do-it-yourself carbon dioxide measuring device for the classroom. Part of the current measures for dealing with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is proper ventilation in indoor settings. This is especially important in schools with students coming back to the classroom even with high incidents rates. Static ventilation patterns do not consider the individual situation for a particular class. Influencing factors like the type of activity, the physical structure or the room occupancy are not incorporated. Also, existing devices are rather expensive and often provide only limited information and only locally without any networking. This leaves the potential of analysing the situation across different settings untapped. Carbon dioxide level can be used as an indicator of air quality, in general, and of aerosol load in particular. Since, according to the latest findings, SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted primarily in the form of aerosols, carbon dioxide may be used as a proxy for the risk of a virus infection. Hence, schools could improve the indoor air quality and potentially reduce the infection risk if they actually had measuring devices available in the classroom. Our device supports schools in ventilation and it allows for collecting data over the Internet to enable a detailed data analysis and model generation. First deployments in schools at different levels were received very positively. A pilot installation with a larger data collection and analysis is underway.
KW  - embedded hardware
KW  - sensor networks
KW  - information systems
KW  - education
KW  - do-it-yourself
Y1  - 2021
SN  - 9781450387927
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1145/3453892.3462697
N1  - PETRA '21: The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference Corfu Greece 29 June 2021- 2 July 2021
SP  - 292
EP  - 299
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Chajan, Eduard
A1  - Schulte-Tigges, Joschua
A1  - Reke, Michael
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Matheis, Dominik
A1  - Walter, Thomas
T1  - GPU based model-predictive path control for self-driving vehicles
T2  - IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)
N2  - One central challenge for self-driving cars is a proper path-planning. Once a trajectory has been found, the next challenge is to accurately and safely follow the precalculated path. The model-predictive controller (MPC) is a common approach for the lateral control of autonomous vehicles. The MPC uses a vehicle dynamics model to predict the future states of the vehicle for a given prediction horizon. However, in order to achieve real-time path control, the computational load is usually large, which leads to short prediction horizons. To deal with the computational load, the control algorithm can be parallelized on the graphics processing unit (GPU). In contrast to the widely used stochastic methods, in this paper we propose a deterministic approach based on grid search. Our approach focuses on systematically discovering the search area with different levels of granularity. To achieve this, we split the optimization algorithm into multiple iterations. The best sequence of each iteration is then used as an initial solution to the next iteration. The granularity increases, resulting in smooth and predictable steering angle sequences. We present a novel GPU-based algorithm and show its accuracy and realtime abilities with a number of real-world experiments.
KW  - Heuristic algorithms
KW  - Computational modeling
KW  - model-predictive control
KW  - GPU
KW  - autonomous driving
Y1  - 2021
SN  - 978-1-7281-5394-0
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/IV48863.2021.9575619
N1  - 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), July 11-17, 2021. Nagoya, Japan
SP  - 1243
EP  - 1248
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York, NY
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Decision-Theoretic Planning with Fuzzy Notions in GOLOG
JF  - International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems
N2  - In this paper we present an extension of the action language Golog that allows for using fuzzy notions in non-deterministic argument choices and the reward function in decision-theoretic planning. Often, in decision-theoretic planning, it is cumbersome to specify the set of values to pick from in the non-deterministic-choice-of-argument statement. Also, even for domain experts, it is not always easy to specify a reward function. Instead of providing a finite domain for values in the non-deterministic-choice-of-argument statement in Golog, we now allow for stating the argument domain by simply providing a formula over linguistic terms and fuzzy uents. In Golog’s forward-search DT planning algorithm, these formulas are evaluated in order to find the agent’s optimal policy. We illustrate this in the Diner Domain where the agent needs to calculate the optimal serving order.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218488516400134
SN  - 1793-6411
VL  - 24
IS  - Issue Suppl. 2
SP  - 123
EP  - 143
PB  - World Scientific
CY  - Singapur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Rens, Gavin
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Poel, Etienne van der
T1  - Extending DTGolog to deal with POMD-Ps
T2  - Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (PRASA 2008)
Y1  - 2008
SP  - 49
EP  - 54
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - The Interplay of Aldebaran and RoboCup
JF  - KI - Künstliche Intelligenz
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-016-0440-1
SN  - 1610-1987
VL  - 30
IS  - 3-4
SP  - 325
EP  - 326
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Viehmann, Tarik
A1  - Limpert, Nicolas
A1  - Hofmann, Till
A1  - Henning, Mike
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
ED  - Eguchi, Amy
ED  - Lau, Nuno
ED  - Paetzel-Prüsmann, Maike
ED  - Wanichanon, Thanapat
T1  - Winning the RoboCup logistics league with visual servoing and centralized goal reasoning
T2  - RoboCup 2022: Robot World Cup XXV
N2  - The RoboCup Logistics League (RCLL) is a robotics competition in a production logistics scenario in the context of a Smart Factory. In the competition, a team of three robots needs to assemble products to fulfill various orders that are requested online during the game. This year, the Carologistics team was able to win the competition with a new approach to multi-agent coordination as well as significant changes to the robot’s perception unit and a pragmatic network setup using the cellular network instead of WiFi. In this paper, we describe the major components of our approach with a focus on the changes compared to the last physical competition in 2019.
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 978-3-031-28468-7 (Print)
SN  - 978-3-031-28469-4 (Online)
U6  - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28469-4_25
N1  - Robot World Cup, RoboCup 2022. 17. July 2023. Bangkok, Thailand.

Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNAI,volume 13561)
SP  - 300
EP  - 312
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Rebel, Sören
A1  - Hüning, Felix
A1  - Scholl, Ingrid
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - MQOne: Low-cost design for a rugged-terrain robot platform
T2  - 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)
N2  - 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.
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-3-319-22875-4 (print) ; 978-3-319-22876-1 (E-Book)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22876-1_19
SP  - 209
EP  - 221
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Nikolovski, Gjorgji
A1  - Limpert, Nicolas
A1  - Nessau, Hendrik
A1  - Reke, Michael
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Model-predictive control with parallelised optimisation for the navigation of autonomous mining vehicles
T2  - 2023 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)
N2  - 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.
KW  - Mpc
KW  - Control
KW  - Path-following
KW  - Navigation
KW  - Automation
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 979-8-3503-4691-6 (Online)
SN  - 979-8-3503-4692-3 (Print)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/IV55152.2023.10186806
N1  - IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Vehicle, 4.-7. June 2023, Anchorage, AK, USA.
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Dylla, Frank
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
A1  - Murray, Jan
T1  - Approaching a formal soccer theory from behaviour specifications in robotic soccer / Dylla, Frank ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard ; Murray, Jan ; Obst, Oliver ; Röfer, Thomas ; Schiffer, Stefan ; Stolzenburg, Frieder ; Visser, Ubbo ; Wagner, Tho
JF  - Computers in sport / editors: P Dabnichki
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-1-8456-4064-4
SP  - 161
EP  - 185
PB  - WIT Press
CY  - Southampton
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Booysen, Tracy
A1  - Rieger, Michael
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Towards inexpensive robots for science & technology teaching and education in Africa
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 978-1-61284-992-8
N1  - AFRICON, 2011
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Maier, Christopher
A1  - Mühlbacher, Clemens
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
A1  - Vassos, Stravros
T1  - Controlling Logistics Robots with the Action-based Language YAGI
T2  - Proceedings of the 2015 IROS Workshop on Workshop on Task Planning for Intelligent Robots in Service and Manufacturing
Y1  - 2015
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gspandl, Stephan
A1  - Pill, Ingo
A1  - Reip, Michael
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Belief Management for High-Level Robot Programs
JF  - Proceedings of the Twenty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence [electronic resource] : Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 16 - 22 July 2011 / sponsored by International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Ed. by Toby Walsh
Y1  - 2011
N1  - International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ; (22 : ; 2011.07.16-22 : ; Barcelona, Spain) ; IJCAI ; (22 : ; 2011.07.16-22 : ; Barcelona, Spain)
SP  - 900
EP  - 905
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Towards applying soccer moves in the RoboCup Standard Platform League
JF  - ÖGAI-Journal
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 0254-4326
VL  - Bd. 27
IS  - H. 3
SP  - 4
EP  - 9
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Meeßen, Marcus
A1  - Limpert, Nicolas
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
ED  - Lepuschitz, Wilfried
T1  - Compiling ROS schooling curricula via contentual taxonomies
T2  - Robotics in Education
N2  - The Robot Operating System (ROS) is the current de-facto standard in robot middlewares. The steadily increasing size of the user base results in a greater demand for training as well. User groups range from students in academia to industry professionals with a broad spectrum of developers in between. To deliver high quality training and education to any of these audiences, educators need to tailor individual curricula for any such training. In this paper, we present an approach to ease compiling curricula for ROS trainings based on a taxonomy of the teaching contents. The instructor can select a set of dedicated learning units and the system will automatically compile the teaching material based on the dependencies of the units selected and a set of parameters for a particular training. We walk through an example training to illustrate our work.
Y1  - 2021
SN  - 978-3-030-67411-3
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67411-3_5
N1  - RiE: International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE);
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC, volume 1316)
SP  - 49
EP  - 60
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hofmann, Till
A1  - Mataré, Victor
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Constraint-based online transformation of abstract plans into executable robot actions
T2  - Proceedings of the 2018 AAAI Spring Symposium on Integrating Representation, Reasoning, Learning, and Execution for Goal Directed Autonomy
Y1  - 2018
SP  - 549
EP  - 553
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Stopforth, Riaan
A1  - Davrajh, Shaniel
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Design considerations of the duo fugam dual rotor UAV
T2  - 2017 Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics (PRASA-RobMech)
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-1-5386-2314-5
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboMech.2017.8261115
SP  - 7
EP  - 13
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
ED  - Almeida, Luis
T1  - Evaluation of the RoboCup Logistics League and Derived Criteria for Future Competitions
T2  - RoboCup 2015: Robot World Cup XIX
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 978-3-319-29339-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29339-4_3
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 9513
SP  - 31
EP  - 43
PB  - Springer International Publishing
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Neumann, Tobias
A1  - Henke, Christoph
A1  - Schönitz, Sebastian
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Improvements for a robust production in the RoboCup logistics league 2016
T2  - RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX. RoboCup 2016.
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-3-319-68792-6
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68792-6_49
SP  - 589
EP  - 600
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hofmann, Till
A1  - Limpert, Nicolas
A1  - Mataré, Victor
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Winning the RoboCup Logistics League with Fast Navigation, Precise Manipulation, and Robust Goal Reasoning
T2  - RoboCup 2019: Robot World Cup XXIII. RoboCup
Y1  - 2019
SN  - 978-3-030-35699-6
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35699-6_41
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11531
SP  - 504
EP  - 516
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rens, Gavin
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Belief-node condensation for online POMDP algorithms
N2  - Slightly extended version of the paper accepted at the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Workshop, a special track of IEEE AFRICON-2013, held in Mauritius, 9-12 September 2013
Y1  - 2013
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
ED  - Boots, Byron
T1  - Lessons learnt from developing the embodied AI platform CAESAR for domestic service robotics
T2  - Designing intelligent robots : reintegrating AI II ; papers from the AAAI spring symposium ; [held March 25 - 27, 2013 in Palo Alto, California, USA, on the campus of Stanford University]. (Technical Report / Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence ; 2013,4)
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 9781577356011
SP  - 21
EP  - 26
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Leingartner, Max
A1  - Maurer, Johannes
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Evaluation of sensors and mapping approaches for disasters in tunnels
T2  - IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics : SSRR : 21-26 Oct. 2013, Linkoping, Sweden
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 978-1-4799-0879-0
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Ewert, Daniel
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - The Carologistics RoboCup Logistics Team 2013
T2  - RoboCup 2013 : Eindhoven
Y1  - 2013
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
T1  - AllemaniACs@ home 2006 team description
Y1  - 2006
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Kallweit, Stephan
T1  - The ROSIN Education Concept - Fostering ROS Industrial-Related Robotics Education in Europe
T2  - ROBOT 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 978-3-319-70836-2
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70836-2_31
N1  - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 694;
(AISC, volume 694)
SP  - 370
EP  - 381
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Reke, Michael
A1  - Peter, Daniel
A1  - Schulte-Tigges, Joschua
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Walter, Thomas
A1  - Matheis, Dominik
T1  - A Self-Driving Car Architecture in ROS2
T2  - 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, Cape Town, South Africa
N2  - In this paper we report on an architecture for a self-driving car that is based on ROS2. Self-driving cars have to take decisions based on their sensory input in real-time, providing high reliability with a strong demand in functional safety. In principle, self-driving cars are robots. However, typical robot software, in general, and the previous version of the Robot Operating System (ROS), in particular, does not always meet these requirements. With the successor ROS2 the situation has changed and it might be considered as a solution for automated and autonomous driving. Existing robotic software based on ROS was not ready for safety critical applications like self-driving cars. We propose an architecture for using ROS2 for a self-driving car that enables safe and reliable real-time behaviour, but keeping the advantages of ROS such as a distributed architecture and standardised message types. First experiments with an automated real passenger car at lower and higher speed-levels show that our approach seems feasible for autonomous driving under the necessary real-time conditions.
Y1  - 2020
SN  - 978-1-7281-4162-6
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA48453.2020.9041020
N1  - 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, 29-31 Jan. 2020, Cape Town, South Africa
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York, NY
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - A Lua-based Behavior Engine for Controlling the Humanoid Robot Nao
JF  - RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII
Y1  - 2010
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 5949
SP  - 240
EP  - 251
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Siebel, Nils T.
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - Hybrid control for autonomous systems — Integrating learning, deliberation and reactive control
JF  - Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Y1  - 2010
SN  - 0921-8890
VL  - 58
IS  - 9
SP  - 1037
EP  - 1038
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Reasoning with Qualitative Positional Information for Domestic Domains in the Situation Calculus
JF  - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 0921-0296
VL  - 63
IS  - 2
SP  - 273
EP  - 300
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Neumann, Tobias
A1  - Henke, Christoph
A1  - Schönitz, Sebastian
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - International Harting Open Source Award 2016: Fawkes for the RoboCup Logistics League
T2  - RoboCup 2016: RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX. RoboCup 2016
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-3-319-68792-6
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68792-6_53
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS, Vol 9776
SP  - 634
EP  - 642
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Zwilling, Frederik
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
A1  - Löbach, Matthias
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Cyber-Physical System Intelligence
T2  - Industrial Internet of Things
N2  - Cyber-physical systems are ever more common in manufacturing industries. Increasing their autonomy has been declared an explicit goal, for example, as part of the Industry 4.0 vision. To achieve this system intelligence, principled and software-driven methods are required to analyze sensing data, make goal-directed decisions, and eventually execute and monitor chosen tasks. In this chapter, we present a number of knowledge-based approaches to these problems and case studies with in-depth evaluation results of several different implementations for groups of autonomous mobile robots performing in-house logistics in a smart factory. We focus on knowledge-based systems because besides providing expressive languages and capable reasoning techniques, they also allow for explaining how a particular sequence of actions came about, for example, in the case of a failure.
KW  - Smart factory
KW  - Industry 4.0
KW  - Multi-robot systems
KW  - Autonomous mobile robots
KW  - RoboCup
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-3-319-42559-7
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42559-7_17
N1  - Springer Series in Wireless Technology
SP  - 447
EP  - 472
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Krückel, Kai
A1  - Nolden, Florian
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Scholl, Ingrid
T1  - Intuitive visual teleoperation for UGVs using free-look augmented reality displays
T2  - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seattle, WA
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139809
SP  - 4412
EP  - 4417
ER  -