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Frank-Kirchner
Prof. Frank Kirchner

Further information:

AG Robotik; DFKI Robotics Innovation Center

Ecosystem

Publications
Sep 2022 // journal-article

Post-capture detumble trajectory stabilization for robotic active debris removal

Advances in Space Research

Shubham Vyas; Lasse Maywald; Shivesh Kumar; Marko Jankovic; Andreas Mueller; Frank Kirchner

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

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

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

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

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

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
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2202.02426

2022 // journal-article

Unsupervised Segmentation of Human Manipulation Movements Into Building Blocks

IEEE Access

Lisa Gutzeit; Frank Kirchner

2022 // other

Learning capability of parametrized quantum circuits

arXiv

Heimann, D.; Schönhoff, G.; Mounzer, E.; Hohenfeld, H.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.10345

2022 // other

Multi-stage warm started optimal motion planning for over-actuated mobile platforms

arXiv

Paz-Delgado, G.J.; Pérez-Del-Pulgar, C.J.; Azkarate, M.; Kirchner, F.; García-Cerezo, A.
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.14659

2022 // journal-article

Momentum based classification for robotic active debris removal

Journal of Space Safety Engineering

Vyas, S.; Jankovic, M.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsse.2022.09.008

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
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91352-6_6

2022 // other

Quantum Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robot Navigation Tasks

arXiv

Hohenfeld, H.; Heimann, D.; Wiebe, F.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2202.12180

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
DOI:

Jul 2021 // journal-article

Learning context-adaptive task constraints for robotic manipulation

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Dennis Mronga; Frank Kirchner
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2008.02610

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 // conference-paper

Surrogate Model based Co-Optimization of Deep Neural Network Hardware Accelerators

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Wohrle, H.; De Lucas Alvarez, M.; Schlenke, F.; Walsemann, A.; Karagounis, M.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.1109/MWSCAS47672.2021.9531708

2021 // other

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

arXiv

Esser, J.; Kumar, S.; Peters, H.; Bargsten, V.; de Gea Fernandez, J.; Mastalli, C.; Stasse, O.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2101.10591

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

Dec 2020 // journal-article

AI-perspectives: the Turing option

AI Perspectives

Frank Kirchner

Apr 2020 // journal-article

An Analytical and Modular Software Workbench for Solving Kinematics and Dynamics of Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Shivesh Kumar; Kai Alexander von Szadkowski; Andreas Mueller; Frank Kirchner

2020 // journal-article

A survey on modularity and distributivity in series-parallel hybrid robots

Mechatronics

Kumar, S.; Wöhrle, H.; de Gea Fernández, J.; Müller, A.; Kirchner, F.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2020.102367