7 papers
Remote Mobile Manipulation with the Centauro Robot: Full-body Telepresence and Autonomous Operator Assistance
Tobias Klamt, Max Schwarz, Christian Lenz +21
Solving mobile manipulation tasks in inaccessible and dangerous environments is an important application of robots to support humans. Example domains are construction and maintenan…
Feature-based visual odometry prior for real-time semi-dense stereo SLAM
Nicola Krombach, David Droeschel, Sebastian Houben +1
Robust and fast motion estimation and mapping is a key prerequisite for autonomous operation of mobile robots. The goal of performing this task solely on a stereo pair of video cam…
Efficient Continuous-Time SLAM for 3D Lidar-Based Online Mapping
David Droeschel, Sven Behnke
Modern 3D laser-range scanners have a high data rate, making online simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) computationally challenging. Recursive state estimation techniques…
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 Autonomous Flight in Warehouses for Inventory Applications
Marius Beul, David Droeschel, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen +3
The past years have shown a remarkable growth in use-cases for micro aerial vehicles (MAVs). Conceivable indoor applications require highly robust environment perception, fast reac…