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RoboCup@Home 2024 OPL Winner NimbRo: Anthropomorphic Service Robots using Foundation Models for Perception and Planning
Raphael Memmesheimer, Jan Nogga, Bastian Pätzold +8
We present the approaches and contributions of the winning team NimbRo@Home at the RoboCup@Home 2024 competition in the Open Platform League held in Eindhoven, NL. Further, we desc…
Self-Centering 3-DoF Feet Controller for Hands-Free Locomotion Control in Telepresence and Virtual Reality
Raphael Memmesheimer, Christian Lenz, Max Schwarz +2
We present a novel seated feet controller for handling 3-DoF aimed to control locomotion for telepresence robotics and virtual reality environments. Tilting the feet on two axes yi…
HortiBot: An Adaptive Multi-Arm System for Robotic Horticulture of Sweet Peppers
Christian Lenz, Rohit Menon, Michael Schreiber +3
Horticultural tasks such as pruning and selective harvesting are labor intensive and horticultural staff are hard to find. Automating these tasks is challenging due to the semi-str…
RoboCup 2023 Humanoid AdultSize Winner NimbRo: NimbRoNet3 Visual Perception and Responsive Gait with Waveform In-walk Kicks
Dmytro Pavlichenko, Grzegorz Ficht, Angel Villar-Corrales +5
The RoboCup Humanoid League holds annual soccer robot world championships towards the long-term objective of winning against the FIFA world champions by 2050. The participating tea…
NimbRo wins ANA Avatar XPRIZE Immersive Telepresence Competition: Human-Centric Evaluation and Lessons Learned
Christian Lenz, Max Schwarz, Andre Rochow +4
Robotic avatar systems can enable immersive telepresence with locomotion, manipulation, and communication capabilities. We present such an avatar system, based on the key component…
VR Facial Animation for Immersive Telepresence Avatars
Andre Rochow, Max Schwarz, Michael Schreiber +1
VR Facial Animation is necessary in applications requiring clear view of the face, even though a VR headset is worn. In our case, we aim to animate the face of an operator who is c…
Audio-based Roughness Sensing and Tactile Feedback for Haptic Perception in Telepresence
Bastian Pätzold, Andre Rochow, Michael Schreiber +4
Haptic perception is highly important for immersive teleoperation of robots, especially for accomplishing manipulation tasks. We propose a low-cost haptic sensing and rendering sys…
Robust Immersive Telepresence and Mobile Telemanipulation: NimbRo wins ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals
Max Schwarz, Christian Lenz, Raphael Memmesheimer +4
Robotic avatar systems promise to bridge distances and reduce the need for travel. We present the updated NimbRo avatar system, winner of the $5M grand prize at the international A…
Target Chase, Wall Building, and Fire Fighting: Autonomous UAVs of Team NimbRo at MBZIRC 2020
Marius Beul, Max Schwarz, Jan Quenzel +11
The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) 2020 posed diverse challenges for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). We present our four tailored UAVs, specifically d…
NimbRo Avatar: Interactive Immersive Telepresence with Force-Feedback Telemanipulation
Max Schwarz, Christian Lenz, Andre Rochow +2
Robotic avatars promise immersive teleoperation with human-like manipulation and communication capabilities. We present such an avatar system, based on the key components of immers…
Autonomous Fire Fighting with a UAV-UGV Team at MBZIRC 2020
Jan Quenzel, Malte Splietker, Dmytro Pavlichenko +6
Every day, burning buildings threaten the lives of occupants and first responders trying to save them. Quick action is of essence, but some areas might not be accessible or too dan…
Team NimbRo's UGV Solution for Autonomous Wall Building and Fire Fighting at MBZIRC 2020
Christian Lenz, Jan Quenzel, Arul Selvam Periyasamy +7
Autonomous robotic systems for various applications including transport, mobile manipulation, and disaster response are becoming more and more complex. Evaluating and analyzing suc…
Autonomous Wall Building with a UGV-UAV Team at MBZIRC 2020
Christian Lenz, Max Schwarz, Andre Rochow +4
Constructing large structures with robots is a challenging task with many potential applications that requires mobile manipulation capabilities. We present two systems for autonomo…
RoboCup 2019 AdultSize Winner NimbRo: Deep Learning Perception, In-Walk Kick, Push Recovery, and Team Play Capabilities
Diego Rodriguez, Hafez Farazi, Grzegorz Ficht +7
Individual and team capabilities are challenged every year by rule changes and the increasing performance of the soccer teams at RoboCup Humanoid League. For RoboCup 2019 in the Ad…
NimbRo Rescue: Solving Disaster-Response Tasks through Mobile Manipulation Robot Momaro
Max Schwarz, Tobias Rodehutskors, David Droeschel +10
Robots that solve complex tasks in environments too dangerous for humans to enter are desperately needed, e.g. for search and rescue applications. We describe our mobile manipulati…
Team NimbRo at MBZIRC 2017: Autonomous Valve Stem Turning using a Wrench
Max Schwarz, David Droeschel, Christian Lenz +7
The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) 2017 has defined ambitious new benchmarks to advance the state-of-the-art in autonomous operation of ground-based an…
Fast Object Learning and Dual-arm Coordination for Cluttered Stowing, Picking, and Packing
Max Schwarz, Christian Lenz, Germán Martín García +4
Robotic picking from cluttered bins is a demanding task, for which Amazon Robotics holds challenges. The 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge (ARC) required stowing items into a storage…
First International HARTING Open Source Prize Winner: The igus Humanoid Open Platform
Philipp Allgeuer, Grzegorz Ficht, Hafez Farazi +2
The use of standard platforms in the field of humanoid robotics can lower the entry barrier for new research groups, and accelerate research by the facilitation of code sharing. Nu…
RoboCup 2016 Humanoid TeenSize Winner NimbRo: Robust Visual Perception and Soccer Behaviors
Hafez Farazi, Philipp Allgeuer, Grzegorz Ficht +4
The trend in the RoboCup Humanoid League rules over the past few years has been towards a more realistic and challenging game environment. Elementary skills such as visual percepti…
The igus Humanoid Open Platform: A Child-sized 3D Printed Open-Source Robot for Research
Philipp Allgeuer, Hafez Farazi, Grzegorz Ficht +2
The use of standard robotic platforms can accelerate research and lower the entry barrier for new research groups. There exist many affordable humanoid standard platforms in the lo…
Learning to Improve Capture Steps for Disturbance Rejection in Humanoid Soccer
Marcell Missura, Cedrick Münstermann, Philipp Allgeuer +5
Over the past few years, soccer-playing humanoid robots have advanced significantly. Elementary skills, such as bipedal walking, visual perception, and collision avoidance have mat…
Humanoid TeenSize Open Platform NimbRo-OP
Max Schwarz, Julio Pastrana, Philipp Allgeuer +4
In recent years, the introduction of affordable platforms in the KidSize class of the Humanoid League has had a positive impact on the performance of soccer robots. The lack of rea…
Child-sized 3D Printed igus Humanoid Open Platform
Philipp Allgeuer, Hafez Farazi, Michael Schreiber +1
The use of standard platforms in the field of humanoid robotics can accelerate research, and lower the entry barrier for new research groups. While many affordable humanoid standar…
Grown-up NimbRo Robots Winning RoboCup 2017 Humanoid AdultSize Soccer Competitions
Grzegorz Ficht, Dmytro Pavlichenko, Philipp Allgeuer +6
The ongoing evolution of the RoboCup Humanoid League led in 2017 to the introduction of one vs. one soccer games for the AdultSize robots, which motived our team NimbRo to enter th…