Frank Kirchner

Frank Kirchner

Frank.Kirchner@dfki.de
Institution: University of Bremen / DFKI
Department: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science (Bremen) / Robotics Innovation Center (DFKI)
Position: Chair of Robotics (Bremen) / Executive Director (DFKI)
https://robotik.dfki-bremen.de/de/ueber-uns/mitarbeiter/frki01

Artificial intelligence based on robotics, machine learning, human-machine interface, walking and underactuated robotics

  • Fast reprogramming and adaptive reproduction of contact-rich assembly (2026)

    Authors: Dimitrios Rakovitis, Vamsi Krishna Origanti, Vinzenz Bargsten, Adrian Danzglock, Dennis Mronga, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Volume: 13)
    DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2026.1746577

  • Recent advances in tracking control of hydrobatic AUVs (2026)

    Authors: Tom Vincent Slawik, Leif Christensen, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: At Automatisierungstechnik (Volume: 74)
    DOI: 10.1515/auto-2025-0071

  • ITPNet: Initial trajectory prediction network-a deep learning framework for predicting initial trajectories to warm start optimization-based motion planners (2026)

    Authors: Sankaranarayanan Natarajan, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications
    DOI: 10.1007/s41315-025-00520-9

  • Robust anomaly detection through multi-modal autoencoder fusion for small vehicle damage detection (2025)

    Authors: Sara Khan, Mehmed Yüksel, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Machine Learning with Applications (Volume: 22)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mlwa.2025.100794

  • Cooperative robotic exploration of a planetary skylight surface and lava cave (2025)

    Authors: Raúl Domínguez, Carlos Pérez-Del-pulgar, Gonzalo J. Paz-Delgado, Fabio Polisano, Jonathan Babel, Thierry Germa, Iulia Dragomir, Valérie Ciarletti, Anne-Claire Berthet, Leon Cedric Danter, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Science Robotics (Volume: 10)
    DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adj9699

  • 3D-DUO: 3D detection of underwater objects in low-resolution multibeam echosounder maps (2025)

    Authors: Nael Jaber, Bilal Wehbe, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Ocean Engineering (Volume: 331)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121254

  • Learning Fourier series with parametrized quantum circuits (2025)

    Authors: Dirk Heimann, Hans Hohenfeld, Gunnar Schönhoff, Elie Mounzer, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Physical Review Research (Volume: 7)
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.023151

  • Toward Sustainable Space Exploration: Designing an AI-Powered Modular Toolbox for Future Planetary Exploration† (2025)

    Authors: Wiebke Brinkmann, Moritz Schilling, Priyanka Chowdhury, Jonas Eisenmenger, Jonas Benz, Malte Langosz, Jieying Li, Erik Michelson, Mehmed Yüksel, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Engineering Proceedings (Volume: 90)
    DOI: 10.3390/engproc2025090026

  • Stepping Locomotion for a Walking Excavator Robot using Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning and Action Masking (2025)

    Authors: Ajish Babu, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
    DOI: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247348

  • Development of Quasi-Direct Drive Motor for Walking Robots in Extraterrestrial Environments † (2025)

    Authors: Jonas Eisenmenger, Zhongqian Zhao, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Engineering Proceedings (Volume: 90)
    DOI: 10.3390/engproc2025090099