Andreas Birk

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 1996-2024
Publications (10 Years): 45

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CoRR

ICRA

IROS

IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.

Publications

Tim Hansen, Andreas Birk
An Open-Source Solution for Fast and Accurate Underwater Mapping with a Low-Cost Mechanical Scanning Sonar. ICRA (2024)
Tim Hansen, Andreas Birk
Synthetic Scan Formation for Underwater Mapping With Low-Cost Mechanical Scanning Sonars (MSS). IEEE Access 11 (2023)
Tim Hansen, Andreas Birk
Using Registration with Fourier-SOFT in 2D (FS2D) for Robust Scan Matching of Sonar Range Data. ICRA (2023)
Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk
Registration of Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRT) Data with a Low Frequency Adaption of Fourier-Mellin-SOFT (LF-FMS). Sensors 21 (8) (2021)
Andreas Birk, Dora Simunovic
Robotics Labs and Other Hands-On Teaching During COVID-19: Change Is Here to Stay? IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. 28 (4) (2021)
Andreas Birk, Evelina Dineva, Francesco Maurelli, Andreas Nabor
A Robotics Course during COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Online Teaching beyond the Pandemic. Robotics 10 (1) (2021)
Arturo Gomez Chavez, Andrea Ranieri, Davide Chiarella, Andreas Birk
Underwater Vision-Based Gesture Recognition: A Robustness Validation for Safe Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. 28 (3) (2021)
Madhura Thosar, Christian A. Mueller, Georg Jäger, Johannes Schleiss, Narender Pulugu, Ravi Mallikarjun Chennaboina, Sai Vivek Jeevangekar, Andreas Birk, Max Pfingsthorn, Sebastian Zug
From Multi-Modal Property Dataset to Robot-Centric Conceptual Knowledge About Household Objects. Frontiers Robotics AI 8 (2021)
Andreas Birk
Seeing through the forest and the trees with drones. Sci. Robotics 6 (55) (2021)
Andreas Birk, Evelina Dineva
Improved Students' Performance in an Online Robotics Class During COVID-19: Do only Strong Students Profit? RiE (2021)
Francesco Maurelli, Evelina Dineva, Andreas Nabor, Andreas Birk
Robotics and Intelligent Systems: A New Curriculum Development and Adaptations Needed in Coronavirus Times. RiE (2021)
Christian A. Mueller, Andreas Birk
Visual Object Categorization Based on Hierarchical Shape Motifs Learned From Noisy Point Cloud Decompositions. J. Intell. Robotic Syst. 97 (2) (2020)
Heiko Bülow, Christian A. Mueller, Arturo Gomez Chavez, Frederike Buda, Andreas Birk
A Divide and Conquer Method for 3D Registration of Inhomogeneous, Partially Overlapping Scans with Fourier Mellin SOFT (FMS). ICRA (2020)
Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk
Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) without Navigation: Scan Registration as Basis for Near Field Synthetic Imaging in 2D. Sensors 20 (16) (2020)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk
Revisiting Superquadric Fitting: A Numerically Stable Formulation. IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. 41 (1) (2019)
Madhura Thosar, Christian A. Mueller, Georg Jäger, Johannes Schleiss, Narender Pulugu, Ravi Mallikarjun Chennaboina, Sai Vivek Jeevangekar, Andreas Birk, Max Pfingsthorn, Sebastian Zug
From Multi-modal Property Dataset to Robot-centric Conceptual Knowledge About Household Objects. CoRR (2019)
Arturo Gomez Chavez, Qingwen Xu, Christian A. Mueller, Sören Schwertfeger, Andreas Birk
Adaptive Navigation Scheme for Optimal Deep-Sea Localization Using Multimodal Perception Cues. IROS (2019)
Qingwen Xu, Arturo Gomez Chavez, Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk, Sören Schwertfeger
Improved Fourier Mellin Invariant for Robust Rotation Estimation with Omni-Cameras. ICIP (2019)
Arturo Gomez Chavez, Qingwen Xu, Christian A. Mueller, Sören Schwertfeger, Andreas Birk
Adaptive Navigation Scheme for Optimal Deep-Sea Localization Using Multimodal Perception Cues. CoRR (2019)
Arturo Gomez Chavez, Qingwen Xu, Christian A. Mueller, Sören Schwertfeger, Andreas Birk
Towards Accurate Deep-Sea Localization in Structured Environments based on Perception Quality Cues. AAMAS (2019)
Christian A. Mueller, Tobias Doernbach, Arturo Gomez Chavez, Daniel Köhntopp, Andreas Birk
Robust Continuous System Integration for Critical Deep-Sea Robot Operations Using Knowledge-Enabled Simulation in the Loop. IROS (2018)
Qingwen Xu, Arturo Gomez Chavez, Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk, Sören Schwertfeger
Improved Fourier Mellin Invariant for Robust Rotation Estimation with Omni-cameras. CoRR (2018)
Andreas Birk, Tobias Doernbach, Christian A. Mueller, Tomasz Luczynski, Arturo Gomez Chavez, Daniel Koehntopp, Andras Gabor Kupcsik, Sylvain Calinon, Ajay Kumar Tanwani, Gianluca Antonelli, Paolo Di Lillo, Enrico Simetti, Giuseppe Casalino, Giovanni Indiveri, Luigi Ostuni, Alessio Turetta, Andrea Caffaz, Peter Weiss, Thibaud Gobert, Bertrand Chemisky, Jeremi Gancet, Torsten Siedel, Shashank Govindaraj, Xavier Martinez, Pierre Letier
Dexterous Underwater Manipulation from Onshore Locations: Streamlining Efficiencies for Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. 25 (4) (2018)
Tomasz Luczynski, Andreas Birk
Underwater Image Haze Removal and Color Correction with an Underwater-ready Dark Channel Prior. CoRR (2018)
Christian A. Mueller, Andreas Birk
Conceptualization of Object Compositions Using Persistent Homology. CoRR (2018)
Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk
Scale-Free Registrations in 3D: 7 Degrees of Freedom with Fourier Mellin SOFT Transforms. Int. J. Comput. Vis. 126 (7) (2018)
Arturo Gomez Chavez, Christian A. Mueller, Tobias Doernbach, Davide Chiarella, Andreas Birk
Robust Gesture-Based Communication for Underwater Human-Robot Interaction in the context of Search and Rescue Diver Missions. CoRR (2018)
Christian A. Mueller, Andreas Birk
Visual Object Categorization Based on Hierarchical Shape Motifs Learned From Noisy Point Cloud Decompositions. CoRR (2018)
Christian A. Mueller, Andreas Birk
Unsupervised Learning of Shape Concepts - From Real-World Objects to Mental Simulation. CoRR (2018)
Arturo Gomez Chavez, Andrea Ranieri, Davide Chiarella, Enrica Zereik, Anja Babic, Andreas Birk
CADDY Underwater Stereo-Vision Dataset for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in the Context of Diver Activities. CoRR (2018)
Christian A. Mueller, Tobias Fromm, Arturo Gomez Chavez, Daniel Koehntopp, Andreas Birk
Robust Continuous System Integration for Critical Deep-Sea Robot Operations Using Knowledge-Enabled Simulation in the Loop. CoRR (2018)
Christian A. Mueller, Andreas Birk
Conceptualization of Object Compositions Using Persistent Homology. IROS (2018)
Georg Jäger, Christian A. Mueller, Madhura Thosar, Sebastian Zug, Andreas Birk
Towards Robot-Centric Conceptual Knowledge Acquisition. CoRR (2018)
Maik Benndorf, Thomas Haenselmann, Maximilian Garsch, Norbert Gebbeken, Christian A. Mueller, Tobias Fromm, Tomasz Luczynski, Andreas Birk
Robotic bridge statics assessment within strategic flood evacuation planning using low-cost sensors. SSRR (2017)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk
Recognition and Localization of Sacks for Autonomous Container Unloading by Fitting Superquadrics in Noisy, Partial Views from a Low-cost RGBD Sensor. J. Intell. Robotic Syst. 88 (1) (2017)
Christian A. Mueller, Andreas Birk
Hierarchical graph-based discovery of non-primitive-shaped objects in unstructured environments. ICRA (2016)
Todor Stoyanov, Narunas Vaskevicius, Christian A. Mueller, Tobias Fromm, Robert Krug, Vinicio Tincani, Rasoul Mojtahedzadeh, Stefan Kunaschk, Rafael Mortensen Ernits, Daniel Ricao Canelhas, Manuel Bonilla, Sören Schwertfeger, Marco Bonini, Harry Halfar, Kaustubh Pathak, Moritz Rohde, Gualtiero Fantoni, Antonio Bicchi, Andreas Birk, Achim J. Lilienthal, Wolfgang Echelmeyer
No More Heavy Lifting: Robotic Solutions to the Container Unloading Problem. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. 23 (4) (2016)
Jan Oliver Winkler, Ferenc Balint-Benczedi, Thiemo Wiedemeyer, Michael Beetz, Narunas Vaskevicius, Christian A. Mueller, Tobias Fromm, Andreas Birk
Knowledge-Enabled Robotic Agents for Shelf Replenishment in Cluttered Retail Environments. CoRR (2016)
Tobias Fromm, Christian A. Mueller, Andreas Birk
Unsupervised Watertight Mesh Generation for Physics Simulation Applications Using Growing Neural Gas on Noisy Free-Form Object Models. CoRR (2016)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk
Anticipation and attention for robust object recognition with RGBD-data in an industrial application scenario. IROS (2016)
Jan Oliver Winkler, Ferenc Balint-Benczedi, Thiemo Wiedemeyer, Michael Beetz, Narunas Vaskevicius, Christian A. Mueller, Tobias Fromm, Andreas Birk
Knowledge-Enabled Robotic Agents for Shelf Replenishment in Cluttered Retail Environments: (Extended Abstract). AAMAS (2016)
Sören Schwertfeger, Andreas Birk
Map evaluation using matched topology graphs. Auton. Robots 40 (5) (2016)
Tobias Fromm, Andreas Birk
Physics-based damage-aware manipulation strategy planning using Scene Dynamics Anticipation. IROS (2016)
Tobias Fromm, Andreas Birk
Physics-Based Damage-Aware Manipulation Strategy Planning Using Scene Dynamics Anticipation. CoRR (2016)
Max Pfingsthorn, Andreas Birk
Generalized graph SLAM: Solving local and global ambiguities through multimodal and hyperedge constraints. Int. J. Robotics Res. 35 (6) (2016)
Martin Magnusson, Narunas Vaskevicius, Todor Stoyanov, Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk
Beyond points: Evaluating recent 3D scan-matching algorithms. ICRA (2015)
Sören Schwertfeger, Andreas Birk
Using fiducials in 3D map evaluation. SSRR (2015)
Razvan-George Mihalyi, Kaustubh Pathak, Narunas Vaskevicius, Tobias Fromm, Andreas Birk
Robust 3D object modeling with a low-cost RGBD-sensor and AR-markers for applications with untrained end-users. Robotics Auton. Syst. 66 (2015)
Daniel Koehntopp, Benjamin Lehmann, Dieter Kraus, Andreas Birk
Segmentation and classification using active contours based superellipse fitting on side scan sonar images for marine demining. ICRA (2015)
Max Pfingsthorn, Andreas Birk
Representing and solving local and global ambiguities as multimodal and hyperedge constraints in a generalized graph SLAM framework. ICRA (2014)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Christian A. Mueller, Manuel Bonilla, Vinicio Tincani, Todor Stoyanov, Gualtiero Fantoni, Kaustubh Pathak, Achim J. Lilienthal, Antonio Bicchi, Andreas Birk
Object recognition and localization for robust grasping with a dexterous gripper in the context of container unloading. CASE (2014)
Robert Krug, Todor Stoyanov, Manuel Bonilla, Vinicio Tincani, Narunas Vaskevicius, Gualtiero Fantoni, Andreas Birk, Achim J. Lilienthal, Antonio Bicchi
Velvet fingers: Grasp planning and execution for an underactuated gripper with active surfaces. ICRA (2014)
Christian A. Mueller, Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk
Object shape categorization in RGBD images using hierarchical graph constellation models based on unsupervisedly learned shape parts described by a set of shape specificity levels. IROS (2014)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk
Fitting superquadrics in noisy, partial views from a low-cost RGBD sensor for recognition and localization of sacks in autonomous unloading of shipping containers. CASE (2014)
Max Pfingsthorn, Andreas Birk, Fausto Ferreira, Gianmarco Veruggio, Massimo Caccia, Gabriele Bruzzone
Large-scale image mosaicking using multimodal hyperedge constraints from multiple registration methods within the Generalized Graph SLAM framework. IROS (2014)
Kaustubh Pathak, Max Pfingsthorn, Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk
Robust estimation of camera-tilt for iFMI based underwater photo-mapping using a calibrated monocular camera. ICRA (2013)
Sören Schwertfeger, Andreas Birk
Evaluation of map quality by matching and scoring high-level, topological map structures. ICRA (2013)
Felipe A. W. Belo, Andreas Birk, Christopher Brunskill, Frank Kirchner, Vaios Lappas, C. David Remy, Stefano Roccella, Claudio Rossi, Antti Tikanmäki, Gianfranco Visentin
The ESA Lunar Robotics Challenge: Simulating Operations at the Lunar South Pole. J. Field Robotics 30 (5) (2013)
Fumitoshi Matsuno, Itsuki Noda, Robin R. Murphy, Andreas Birk
Preface. Adv. Robotics 27 (5) (2013)
Ravi Kulan Rathnam, Andreas Birk
A Distributed Algorithm for Cooperative 3D Exploration under Communication Constraints. Paladyn J. Behav. Robotics 4 (4) (2013)
Max Pfingsthorn, Andreas Birk
Simultaneous localization and mapping with multimodal probability distributions. Int. J. Robotics Res. 32 (2) (2013)
Christian A. Mueller, Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk
Object recognition in RGBD images of cluttered environments using graph-based categorization with unsupervised learning of shape parts. IROS (2013)
Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk
Spectral 6DOF Registration of Noisy 3D Range Data with Partial Overlap. IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. 35 (4) (2013)
Razvan-George Mihalyi, Kaustubh Pathak, Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk
Uncertainty estimation of AR-marker poses for graph-SLAM optimization in 3D object model generation with RGBD data. IROS (2013)
Felipe A. W. Belo, Andreas Birk, Christopher Brunskill, Frank Kirchner, Vaios Lappas, C. David Remy, Stefano Roccella, Claudio Rossi, Antti Tikanmäki, Gianfranco Visentin
The ESA Lunar Robotics Challenge: Simulating operations at the lunar south pole. J. Field Robotics 29 (4) (2012)
Max Pfingsthorn, Andreas Birk, Heiko Bülow
Uncertainty estimation for a 6-DoF spectral registration method as basis for sonar-based underwater 3D SLAM. ICRA (2012)
Sören Schwertfeger, Andreas Birk
A short overview of recent advances in map evaluation. SSRR (2012)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Kaustubh Pathak, Alexandru Ichim, Andreas Birk
The jacobs robotics approach to object recognition and localization in the context of the ICRA'11 Solutions in Perception Challenge. ICRA (2012)
Kaustubh Pathak, Narunas Vaskevicius, Francisc Bungiu, Andreas Birk
Utilizing color information in 3D scan-registration using planar-patches matching. MFI (2012)
Andreas Birk, Stefano Stramigioli, Satoshi Tadokoro
Propose an RAS Summer School [Education]. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. 19 (1) (2012)
Andreas Birk, Max Pfingsthorn, Heiko Bülow
Advances in underwater mapping and their application potential for Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). SSRR (2012)
Andreas Birk, Burkhard Wiggerich, Heiko Bülow, Max Pfingsthorn, Sören Schwertfeger
Safety, Security, and Rescue Missions with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) - Aerial Mosaicking and Autonomous Flight at the 2009 European Land Robots Trials (ELROB) and the 2010 Response Robot Evaluation Exercises (RREE). J. Intell. Robotic Syst. 64 (1) (2011)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk
Towards Pathplanning for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) in 3D Plane-Maps of Unstructured Environments. Künstliche Intell. 25 (2) (2011)
John Hollerbach, Andreas Birk, Stefano Stramigioli
Future RAS Support for Summer Schools [Education]. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. 18 (3) (2011)
Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk
Spectral registration of volume data for 6-DOF spatial transformations plus scale. ICRA (2011)
Andreas Birk, Fumitoshi Matsuno
Editorial: Safety, security, and rescue robotics special issue. J. Field Robotics 28 (6) (2011)
Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk
Spectral registration of noisy sonar data for underwater 3D mapping. Auton. Robots 30 (3) (2011)
Andreas Birk
What is Robotics? An Interdisciplinary Field Is Getting Even More Diverse [Education]. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. 18 (4) (2011)
Andreas Birk, Kaustubh Pathak, Narunas Vaskevicius, Max Pfingsthorn, Jann Poppinga, Sören Schwertfeger
Surface Representations for 3D Mapping - A Case for a Paradigm Shift. Künstliche Intell. 24 (3) (2010)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk, Kaustubh Pathak, Sören Schwertfeger
Efficient Representation in Three-Dimensional Environment Modeling for Planetary Robotic Exploration. Adv. Robotics 24 (8-9) (2010)
Elena Digor, Andreas Birk, Andreas Nüchter
Exploration Strategies for a Robot with a Continously Rotating 3D Scanner. SIMPAR (2010)
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Using recursive spectral registrations to determine brokenness as measure of structural map errors. ICRA (2010)
Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk, Narunas Vaskevicius, Max Pfingsthorn, Sören Schwertfeger, Jann Poppinga
Online three-dimensional SLAM by registration of large planar surface segments and closed-form pose-graph relaxation. J. Field Robotics 27 (1) (2010)
Kaustubh Pathak, Dorit Borrmann, Jan Elseberg, Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk, Andreas Nüchter
Evaluation of the robustness of planar-patches based 3D-registration using marker-based ground-truth in an outdoor urban scenario. IROS (2010)
Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk, Narunas Vaskevicius, Jann Poppinga
Fast Registration Based on Noisy Planes With Unknown Correspondences for 3-D Mapping. IEEE Trans. Robotics 26 (3) (2010)
Max Pfingsthorn, Andreas Birk, Heiko Bülow
An efficient strategy for data exchange in multi-robot mapping under underwater communication constraints. IROS (2010)
Max Pfingsthorn, Andreas Birk, Sören Schwertfeger, Heiko Bülow, Kaustubh Pathak
Maximum likelihood mapping with spectral image registration. ICRA (2010)
Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk, Narunas Vaskevicius
Plane-based registration of sonar data for underwater 3D mapping. IROS (2010)
Andreas Birk
A quantitative assessment of structural errors in grid maps. Auton. Robots 28 (2) (2010)
Narunas Vaskevicius, Kaustubh Pathak, Razvan Pascanu, Andreas Birk
Extraction of quadrics from noisy point-clouds using a sensor noise model. ICRA (2010)
Kaustubh Pathak, Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk
Uncertainty analysis for optimum plane extraction from noisy 3D range-sensor point-clouds. Intell. Serv. Robotics 3 (1) (2010)
Jann Poppinga, Andreas Birk, Kaustubh Pathak
A Characterization of 3D Sensors for Response Robots. RoboCup (2009)
Kaustubh Pathak, Max Pfingsthorn, Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk
Relaxing loop-closing errors in 3D maps based on planar surface patches. ICAR (2009)
Heiko Bülow, Andreas Birk, Shams Feyzabadi
Creating Photo Maps with an Aerial Vehicle in USARsim. RoboCup (2009)
Andreas Birk, Narunas Vaskevicius, Kaustubh Pathak, Sören Schwertfeger, Jann Poppinga, Heiko Bülow
3-D perception and modeling. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. 16 (4) (2009)
Hamed Bastani, Andreas Birk
Precise realtime localization by RF transceiver ToF measurements. ICAR (2009)
Kaustubh Pathak, Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk
Revisiting uncertainty analysis for optimum planes extracted from 3D range sensor point-clouds. ICRA (2009)
Andreas Birk, Sören Schwertfeger, Kaustubh Pathak
A networking framework for teleoperation in safety, security, and rescue robotics. IEEE Wirel. Commun. 16 (1) (2009)
Kaustubh Pathak, Narunas Vaskevicius, Jann Poppinga, Max Pfingsthorn, Sören Schwertfeger, Andreas Birk
Fast 3D mapping by matching planes extracted from range sensor point-clouds. IROS (2009)
Hamed Bastani, Andreas Birk
Iterative localization optimization for networked mobile robots. ICAR (2009)

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