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  - 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  - 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  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Eckel, Gerhard
A1  - Pirro, David
A1  - Podbregar, Patrick
A1  - Kellner, Tobias
A1  - Rath, Christoph
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - Providing Ground-truth Data for the Nao Robot Platform
JF  - RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 978-3-642-20217-9
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6556
SP  - 133
EP  - 144
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Niemüller, Tim
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Beck, Daniel
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - Design Principles of the Component-Based Robot Software Framework Fawkes
JF  - Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots
Y1  - 2010
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6472 ; Second International Conference, SIMPAR 2010, Darmstadt, Germany, November 15-18, 2010. Proceedings
SP  - 300
EP  - 311
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Karras, Ulrich
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Meisterschaft der Maschinen: Die Industrial Logistic Liga
JF  - C´t Magazin für Computertechnik
Y1  - 2017
IS  - 26
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Limpert, Nicolas
A1  - Wiesen, Patrick
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Kallweit, Stephan
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
T1  - The ROSIN Project and its Outreach to South Africa
JF  - R&D Journal
Y1  - 2019
VL  - 35
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
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  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rob.21611
SN  - 1556-4967
VL  - 33
IS  - 8
SP  - 1037
EP  - 1057
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hofmann, Till
A1  - Limpert, Nicolas
A1  - Mataré, Victor
A1  - Schönitz, Sebastian
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - The Carologistics RoboCup Logistics Team 2018
N2  - The Carologistics team participates in the RoboCup Logistics League for the seventh year. The RCLL requires precise vision,
manipulation and path planning, as well as complex high-level decision
making and multi-robot coordination. We outline our approach with an
emphasis on recent modifications to those components.
The team members in 2018 are David Bosen, Christoph Gollok, Mostafa
Gomaa, Daniel Habering, Till Hofmann, Nicolas Limpert, Sebastian Schönitz,
Morian Sonnet, Carsten Stoffels, and Tarik Viehmann.
This paper is based on the last year’s team description.
Y1  - 2018
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  -