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

  • Attribution and Uncertainty Behavior of Learned Residual Gyro Correction for Gyro-Stellar Estimation (2027)

    Authors: Mariela De Lucas Alvarez, Melvin Laux, Arthur de Freitas Precht, Maurice Martin, Edoardo Caroselli, Frank Kirchner, Alexander Fabisch

    Published at: Communications in Computer and Information Science (Volume: 3107 CCIS)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-36806-5_8

  • Prioritized Motion Control Robust to Actuator Failure for Hovering-Type AUVs Using INDI-QP (2026)

    Authors: Tom Vincent Slawik, Shubham Vyas, Bilal Wehbe, Leif Christensen, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (Volume: 11)
    DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2026.3711829

  • 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 (Volume: 10)
    DOI: 10.1007/s41315-025-00520-9

  • 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

  • Task-Specific Subnetwork Discovery in Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Underwater Navigation (2026)

    Authors: Yi-Ling Liu, Melvin Laux, Mariela De Lucas Alvarez, Frank Kirchner, Rebecca Adam

    Published at: Oceans Conference Record IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS66983.2026.11616787

  • DINO-Explorer: Active Underwater Discovery via Ego-Motion Compensated Semantic Predictive Coding (2026)

    Authors: Yuhan Jin, Nayari Marie Lessa, Mariela De Lucas Alvarez, Melvin Laux, Lucas Amparo Barbosa, Frank Kirchner, Rebecca Adam

    Published at: Oceans Conference Record IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS66983.2026.11617131

  • Contextual Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Reef Monitoring (2026)

    Authors: Melvin Laux, Yi-Ling Liu, Rina Alo, Sören Töpper, Mariela De Lucas Alvarez, Frank Kirchner, Rebecca Adam

    Published at: Oceans Conference Record IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS66983.2026.11616873

  • Artificial Intelligence for Planetary Exploration: Lessons Learned from a Decade of Analog Field Tests † (2026)

    Authors: Steffen Planthaber, Udo Frese, Wiebke Brinkmann, Raúl Domínguez, Melvin Laux, Mehmed Yüksel, Andreas Bresser, Frank Kirchner

    Published at: Engineering Proceedings (Volume: 133)
    DOI: 10.3390/engproc2026133152

  • 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