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)

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

  • Actuator-level motion and contact episode learning and classification using adaptive resonance theory (2023)

    Authors: Vinzenz Bargsten, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Intelligent Service Robotics (Volume: 16)
    DOI: 10.1007/s11370-023-00481-7

  • Post-capture detumble trajectory stabilization for robotic active debris removal (2023)

    Authors: Shubham Vyas, Lasse Maywald, Shivesh Kumar, Marko Jankovic, Andreas Mueller, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Advances in Space Research (Volume: 72)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.09.033

  • A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics (2023)

    Authors: Mehmed Yüksel, Thomas M. Roehr, Marko Jankovic, Wiebke Brinkmann, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Acta Astronautica (Volume: 210)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.05.015

  • Multi-stage warm started optimal motion planning for over-actuated mobile platforms (2023)

    Authors: Gonzalo J. Paz-Delgado, Carlos J. Pérez-del-Pulgar, Martin Azkarate, Frank Kirchner, Alfonso García-Cerezo

    Published at: Intelligent Service Robotics (Volume: 16)
    DOI: 10.1007/s11370-023-00461-x

  • AcroMonk: A Minimalist Underactuated Brachiating Robot (2023)

    Authors: Mahdi Javadi, Daniel Harnack, Paula Stocco, Shivesh Kumar, Shubham Vyas, Daniel Pizzutilo, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (Volume: 8)
    DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3269296

  • Human-AI teams—Challenges for a team-centered AI at work (2023)

    Authors: Vera Hagemann, Michèle Rieth, Amrita Suresh, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (Volume: 6)
    DOI: 10.3389/frai.2023.1252897

  • Grasp Stability Prediction with Time Series Data Based on STFT and LSTM (2023)

    Authors: Tao Wang, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: 2023 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, ICARM 2023
    DOI: 10.1109/ICARM58088.2023.10218771

  • PhysWM: Physical World Models for Robot Learning (2023)

    Authors: Marc Otto, Octavio Arriaga, Chandandeep Singh, Jichen Guo, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: CEUR Workshop Proceedings (Volume: 3432)

  • Combined Path and Motion Planning for Workspace Restricted Mobile Manipulators in Planetary Exploration (2023)

    Authors: Gonzalo J. Paz-Delgado, J. Ricardo Sanchez-Ibanez, Raul Dominguez, Carlos J. Perez-Del-Pulgar, Frank Kirchner, Alfonso Garcia-Cerezo

    Published at: IEEE Access (Volume: 11)
    DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3298980

  • A Combined Rigid-Soft Thruster Based on Jetting Propulsion (2023)

    Authors: Christoph Stoeffler, Adriano Del Rio, Rene Sonntag, Florian Hoffmann, Shivesh Kumar, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2023
    DOI: 10.1109/RoboSoft55895.2023.10122055