10 papers
Efficient Trajectory Optimization for Autonomous Racing via Formula-1 Data-Driven Initialization
Samir Shehadeh, Lukas Kutsch, Nils Dengler +2
Trajectory optimization is a central component of fast and efficient autonomous racing. However practical optimization pipelines remain highly sensitive to initialization and may c…
Interpreting Context-Aware Human Preferences for Multi-Objective Robot Navigation
Tharun Sethuraman, Subham Agrawal, Nils Dengler +3
Robots operating in human-shared environments must not only achieve task-level navigation objectives such as safety and efficiency, but also adapt their behavior to human preferenc…
RHINO-AR: An Augmented Reality Exhibit for Teaching Mobile Robotics Concepts in Museums
Nils Dengler, Tim Graf, Leif Van Holland +3
We present RHINO-AR, an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) museum exhibit that reintroduces the historical mobile robot RHINO into its original exhibition environment at the Deutsc…
A Robust Placeability Metric for Model-Free Unified Pick-and-Place Reasoning
Benno Wingender, Nils Dengler, Rohit Menon +2
Reliable manipulation of previously unseen objects remains a fundamental challenge for autonomous robotic systems operating in unstructured environments. In particular, robust pick…
PeRoI: A Pedestrian-Robot Interaction Dataset for Learning Avoidance, Neutrality, and Attraction Behaviors in Social Navigation
Subham Agrawal, Nico Ostermann-Myrau, Nils Dengler +1
Robots are increasingly being deployed in public spaces such as shopping malls, sidewalks, and hospitals, where safe and socially aware navigation depends on anticipating how pedes…
Safe Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Behavior-Based Cooperative Navigation
Murad Dawood, Sicong Pan, Nils Dengler +3
In this paper, we address the problem of behavior-based cooperative navigation of mobile robots using safe multi-agent reinforcement learning~(MARL). Our work is the first to focus…