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Frank-Kirchner
Prof. Frank Kirchner

Further information:

AG Robotik; DFKI Robotics Innovation Center

Publications
Jun 2022 // journal-article

Torque-limited simple pendulum: A toolkit for getting familiar with control algorithms in underactuated robotics

Journal of Open Source Software

Felix Wiebe; Jonathan Babel; Shivesh Kumar; Shubham Vyas; Daniel Harnack; Melya Boukheddimi; Mihaela Popescu; Frank Kirchner

May 2022 // conference-paper

Whole-Body Control of Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots

2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Dennis Mronga; Shivesh Kumar; Frank Kirchner

May 2022 // conference-paper

Introducing RH5 Manus: A Powerful Humanoid Upper Body Design for Dynamic Movements

2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Melya Boukheddimi; Shivesh Kumar; Heiner Peters; Dennis Mronga; Rohan Budhiraja; Frank Kirchner

Apr 2022 // book-chapter

Design and Control of a Portable Continuum Robot for Pipe Inspection Assisted by a Rigid Manipulator

Soft Robotics


Mar 2022 // conference-paper

Towards a Semi-Autonomous Robotic Exploration of a Lunar Skylight Cavity

2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)

Roland U. Sonsalla; Steffen Planthaber; Raul Dominguez; Alexander Dettmann; Florian Cordes; Benjamin Huelsen; Christopher Schulz; Patrick Schoeberl; Sebastian Kasperski; Henning Wiedemann; Frank Kirchner

Jan 2022 // journal-article

Human-centered AI and robotics

AI Perspectives

Stephane Doncieux; Raja Chatila; Sirko Straube; Frank Kirchner

2022 // journal-article

Unsupervised Segmentation of Human Manipulation Movements Into Building Blocks

IEEE Access

Lisa Gutzeit; Frank Kirchner

2022 // journal-article

Analytic Estimation of Region of Attraction of an LQR Controller for Torque Limited Simple Pendulum

ArXiv

Gross, Lukas; Maywald, Lasse; Kumar, Shivesh; Kirchner, Frank; Luth, Christoph
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2022 // other

Quantum Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robot Navigation Tasks

arXiv

Heimann, D.; Hohenfeld, H.; Wiebe, F.; Kirchner, F.
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2022 // journal-article

DoraHand: a novel dexterous hand with tactile sensing finger module

Industrial Robot

Wang, T.; Xie, Z.; Li, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, H.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.1108/IR-12-2021-0303

2022 // conference-paper

Whole-Body Control of Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Mronga, Dennis; Kumar, Shivesh; Kirchner, Frank

2022 // conference-paper

Multi-modal manipulation planning for an upper-torso humanoid system

IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots

Natarajan, Sankaranarayanan; Kirchner, Frank
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2022 // journal-article

Learning capability of parametrized quantum circuits

ArXiv

Heimann, Dirk; Schoenhoff, Gunnar; Kirchner, Frank
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2022 // conference-paper

Combinatorics of a Discrete Trajectory Space for Robot Motion Planning

2nd IMA Conference on Mathematics of Robotics (IMA 2020)

Felix Wiebe; Shivesh Kumar; Daniel Harnack; Malte Langosz; Hendrik Wöhrle; Frank Kirchner

2022 // conference-paper

The Influence of Labeling Techniques in Classifying Human Manipulation Movement of Different Speed

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods

Sadique Siddiqui; Lisa Gutzeit; Frank Kirchner

2022 // journal-article

Quantum Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robot Navigation Tasks

ArXiv

Heimann, Dirk; Hohenfeld, Hans; Wiebe, Felix; Kirchner, Frank
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Dec 2021 // journal-article

A development cycle for automated self-exploration of robot behaviors

AI Perspectives

Thomas Roehr; Daniel Harnack; Hendrik Wöhrle; Felix Wiebe; Moritz Schilling; Oscar Lima; Malte Langosz; Shivesh Kumar; Sirko Straube; Frank Kirchner

Sep 2021 // conference-paper

DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING OF THE DFKI-X ROBOTICS JOINT FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS

19th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS)

Mulsow, Niklas; Sonsalla, Rol; Schöberl, Patrick; Stark, Tobias; Kirchner, Frank
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Jul 2021 // journal-article

Learning context-adaptive task constraints for robotic manipulation

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Dennis Mronga; Frank Kirchner

May 2021 // journal-article

Establishment of cooperative research data management in the U Bremen Research Alliance

Iris Pigeot; Frank Oliver Glöckner; Rolf Drechsler; Tanja Hörner; Derk Hergen Schönfeld; Lena Steinmann; Björn Oliver Schmidt

2021 // other

Grasp stability prediction with time series data based on STFT and LSTM

arXiv

Wang, T.; Kirchner, F.
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2021 // conference-paper

Terrain Adaption Controller for a Walking Excavator Robot using Deep Reinforcement Learning

2021 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2021

Babu, A.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.1109/ICAR53236.2021.9659399

2021 // journal-article

Learning Context-Adaptive Task Constraints for Robotic Manipulation

ArXiv

Mronga, Dennis; Kirchner, Frank
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2021 // conference-paper

Design, analysis and control of the series-parallel hybrid RH5 humanoid robot

IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots

Eßer, J.; Kumar, S.; Peters, H.; Bargsten, V.; De Gea Fernandez, J.; Mastalli, C.; Stasse, O.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.1109/HUMANOIDS47582.2021.9555770

2021 // journal-article

A Development Cycle for Automated Self-Exploration of Robot Behaviors

ArXiv

M. Roehr, Thomas; Harnack, Daniel; Wohrle, Hendrik; Wiebe, Felix; Schilling, Moritz; Lima, Oscar; Langosz, Malte; Kumar, Shivesh; Straube, Sirko; Kirchner, Frank
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