TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
A1  - McPhillips, Graeme
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Potgieter, Anet
T1  - Team Zadeat 2009 : team report
Y1  - 2009
VL  - 6
SP  - 1
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Leingartner, Max
A1  - Maurer, Johannes
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - Evaluation of Sensors and Mapping Approaches for Disasters in Tunnels
JF  - Journal of Field Robotics
N2  - Ground or aerial robots equipped with advanced sensing technologies, such as three-dimensional laser scanners and advanced mapping algorithms, are deemed useful as a supporting technology for first responders. A great deal of excellent research in the field exists, but practical applications at real disaster sites are scarce. Many projects concentrate on equipping robots with advanced capabilities, such as autonomous exploration or object manipulation. In spite of this, realistic application areas for such robots are limited to teleoperated reconnaissance or search. In this paper, we investigate how well state-of-the-art and off-the-shelf components and algorithms are suited for reconnaissance in current disaster-relief scenarios. The basic idea is to make use of some of the most common sensors and deploy some widely used algorithms in a disaster situation, and to evaluate how well the components work for these scenarios. We acquired the sensor data from two field experiments, one from a disaster-relief operation in a motorway tunnel, and one from a mapping experiment in a partly closed down motorway tunnel. Based on these data, which we make publicly available, we evaluate state-of-the-art and off-the-shelf mapping approaches. In our analysis, we integrate opinions and replies from first responders as well as from some algorithm developers on the usefulness of the data and the limitations of the deployed approaches, respectively. We discuss the lessons we learned during the two missions. These lessons are interesting for the community working in similar areas of urban search and rescue, particularly reconnaissance and search.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21611
SN  - 1556-4967
VL  - 33
IS  - 8
SP  - 1037
EP  - 1057
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Fuzzy representations and control for domestic service robots in Golog
T2  - Intelligent robotics and applications : 4th International conference, ICIRA 2011, Aachen, Germany, December 6-8, 2011, proceedings, part I. (Lecture notes in computer science ; 7102)
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 978-3-642-25486-4
SP  - 241
EP  - 250
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ritz, Thomas
T1  - Information Channels
JF  - Information Technology. Nr. 52 (2000), H. 08. Mai 2000
Y1  - 2000
SP  - 15
EP  - 15
ER  - 
TY  - RPRT
A1  - Thoma, Andreas
A1  - Laarmann, Lukas
A1  - Merkens, Torsten
A1  - Franzke, Till
A1  - Möhren, Felix
A1  - Buttermann, Lilly
A1  - van der Weem, Dirk
A1  - Fischer, Maximilian
A1  - Misch, Philipp
A1  - Böhme, Mirijam
A1  - Röth, Thilo
A1  - Hebel, Christoph
A1  - Ritz, Thomas
A1  - Franke, Marina
A1  - Braun, Carsten
T1  - Entwicklung eines intermodalen Mobilitätskonzeptes für die Pilotregion NRW/Rhein-Maas Euregio und Schaffung voller Kundenakzeptanz durch Transfer von Standards aus dem PKW-Bereich auf ein Flugtaxi : Schlussbericht : Projektakronym: SkyCab (Kategorie B) : Laufzeit in Monaten: 6 : Hauptthema: Kategorie B: Innovative Ideen mit Bezug zu UAS/Flugtaxis
Y1  - 2020
N1  - Förderkennzeichen BMVI 45UAS1027A-F
PB  - FH Aachen
CY  - Aachen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ritz, Thomas
A1  - Stender, Michael
T1  - Mobilität meistern - Integration von mobilen Akteuren durch ad-hoc Integrationskonzepte
JF  - Wireless Technologien nutzbar machen: UMTS und alternative Netzwerktechnologien für innovative mobile Anwendungen in Vertrieb und Service
Y1  - 2002
N1  - IAO-Forum 5. Juni 2002, Stuttgart
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rens, Gavin
A1  - Varzinczak, Ivan
A1  - Meyer, Thomas
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - A Logic for Reasoning about Actions and Explicit Observations
JF  - AI 2010: Advances in Artificial Intelligence 23rd Australasian Joint Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December 7-10, 2010. Proceedings
Y1  - 2010
SN  - 978-3-642-17431-5
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6464
SP  - 395
EP  - 404
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heuermann, Holger
A1  - Schiek, Burkhard
T1  - The double-LNN Calibration technique for scattering parameter measurements of microstrip devices
JF  - Conference proceedings
Y1  - 1995
N1  - European Microwave Conference <25, 1995, Bologna>
SP  - 343
EP  - 347
PB  - NEXUS House
CY  - Kent
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ritz, Thomas
A1  - Stender, Michael
ED  - Weisbecker, Anette
T1  - Ad-hoc Anwendungsintegration mit mobilen CRM-Systement
JF  - Electronic Business : Innovationen, Anwendungen und Technologien
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 3-8167-6621-8
SP  - 92
EP  - 97
PB  - Fraunhofer-IRB-Verl.
CY  - Stuttgart
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - Team Zadeat 2010 : application for participation
Y1  - 2010
ER  -