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2020
Bülow, H., C. Atanas Mueller, F. Buda, A. Gomez Chavez, and A. Birk, "A Divide and Conquer Method for 3D Registration of Inhomogeneous, Partially Overlapping Scans with Fourier Mellin SOFT (FMS)", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020. PDF icon DnC-FMS-Valentin3D-ICRA2020.pdf (5.19 MB)
Birk, A., E. Dineva, F. Maurelli, and A. Nabor, "A Robotics Course during CoViD-19: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Online Teaching beyond the Pandemic", Robotics, 2020.
Bülow, H., and A. Birk, "Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) without Navigation: Scan Registration as Basis for Near Field Synthetic Imaging in 2D", Sensors, vol. 20, 2020.
Mueller, C. A., and A. Birk, "Visual Object Categorization Based on Hierarchical Shape Motifs Learned From Noisy Point Cloud Decompositions", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 97, pp. 313-338, 2020.
2019
Chavez, A. Gomez, Q. Xu, C. Atanas Mueller, S. Schwertfeger, and A. Birk, "Adaptive Navigation Scheme for Optimal Deep-Sea Localization Using Multimodal Perception Cues", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019.
Chavez, A. Gomez, A. Ranieri, D. Chiarella, E. Zereik, A. Babic, and A. Birk, "CADDY Underwater Stereo-Vision Dataset for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in the Context of Diver Activities", Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE), spec.iss. Underwater Imaging, vol. 7, no. 1: MDPI, 2019.
Köhntopp, D., B. Lehmann, D. Kraus, and A. Birk, "Classification and Localization of Naval Mines with Superellipse Active Contours", IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 44, pp. 767-782, 2019.
Xu, Q., A. G. Chavez, H. Bülow, A. Birk, and S. Schwertfeger, "Improved Fourier Mellin Invariant for Robust Rotation Estimation with Omni-Cameras", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2019.
Luczynski, T., P. Luczynski, LukasPehle, M. Wirsum, and A. Birk, "Model based design of a stereo vision system for intelligent deep-sea operations", Measurement, vol. 144: Elsevier, pp. 298-310, 2019.
Vaskevicius, N., and A. Birk, "Revisiting Superquadric Fitting: A numerically stable formulation", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 220-233, 2019.
Chavez, A. Gomez, Q. Xu, C. A. Mueller, S. Schwertfeger, and A. Birk, "Towards Accurate Deep-Sea Localization in Structured Environments based on Perception Quality Cues", Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS): International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, pp. 1988-1990, 2019.
Chavez, A. Gomez, C. A. Mueller, T. Doernbach, and A. Birk, "Underwater Navigation using Visual Markers in the Context of Intervention Missions", International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS): Sage, 2019.
2018
Mueller, C. Atanas, and A. Birk, "Conceptualization of Object Compositions Using Persistent Homology", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
Birk, A., T. Doernbach, C.A. Mueller, T. Luczynski, G. A. Chavez, D. Köhntopp, A. Kupcsik, S. Calinon, A.K. Tanwani, G. Antonelli, et al., "Dexterous Underwater Manipulation from Distant Onshore Locations", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 25, pp. 24-33, 2018. PDF icon DexROV-RAM18-PREPRINT.pdf (1.51 MB)
Doernbach, T., A. Gomez Chavez, C. A. Mueller, and A. Birk, "High-Fidelity Deep-Sea Perception Using Simulation in the Loop", IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS), 2018.
Mueller, C. Atanas, T. Doernbach, A. Gomez Chavez, D. Köhntopp, and A. Birk, "Robust Continuous System Integration for Critical Deep-Sea Robot Operations Using Knowledge-Enabled Simulation in the Loop", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS): IEEE, 2018.
Bülow, H., and A. Birk, "Scale-Free Registrations in 3D: 7 Degrees of Freedom with Fourier-Mellin-SOFT transforms", International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), vol. 126, issue 7, 2018.
2017
Luczynski, T., T. Fromm, S. Govindaraj, C. A. Mueller, and A. Birk, "3D Grid Map Transmission for Underwater Mapping and Visualization under Bandwidth Constraints", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
Miskovic, N., A. Pascoal, M. Bibuli, M. Caccia, J. A. Neasham, A. Birk, M. Egi, K. Grammer, A. Marroni, A. Vasilijevic, et al., "CADDY project, year 3: The final validation trials", OCEANS: IEEE, 2017.
Fromm, T., C. A. Mueller, M. Pfingsthorn, A. Birk, and P. Di Lillo, "Efficient Continuous System Integration and Validation for Deep-Sea Robotics Applications", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
Birk, A., "The game of science", Luc Steels - Growing Seeds, Antwerpen, Berger and Montag Publishers, pp. 64-67, 2017. PDF icon ABirk-TheGameOfScience-LucSteelsLiberAmicorum.pdf (511.47 KB)
Luczynski, T., M. Pfingsthorn, and A. Birk, "Image Rectification with the Pinax Camera Model in Underwater Stereo Systems with Verged Cameras", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
Luczynski, T., M. Pfingsthorn, and A. Birk, "The Pinax-Model for Accurate and Efficient Refraction Correction of Underwater Cameras in Flat-Pane Housings", Ocean Engineering, vol. 133, pp. 9-22, 2017.
Vaskevicius, N., K. Pathak, and A. Birk, "Recognition and Localization of Sacks for Autonomous Container Unloading by Fitting Superquadrics in Noisy, Partial Views from a Low-cost RGBD Sensor", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 88, issue 1, pp. 57-71, 2017.
Vaskevicius, N., and A. Birk, "Revisiting Superquadric Fitting: A numerically stable formulation", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), online first, pp. 1-14, 2017.
Mueller, C. A., T. Fromm, H. Buelow, A. Birk, M. Garsch, and N. Gebbeken, "Robotic Bridge Inspection Within Strategic Flood Evacuation Planning", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
Benndorf, M., T. Haenselmann, M. Garsch, N. Gebbeken, C. A. Mueller, T. Fromm, T. Luczynski, and A. Birk, "Robotic bridge statics assessment within strategic flood evacuation planning using low-cost sensors", IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2017.
Koehntopp, D., B. Lehmann, D. Kraus, and A. Birk, "Seafloor Classification for Mine Counter Measure Operations using Synthetic Aperture Sonar Image", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
Chavez, A. Gomez, C. A. Mueller, A. Birk, A. Babic, and N. Miskovic, "Stereo-vision based diver pose estimation using LSTM recurrent neural networks for AUV navigation guidance", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
Luczynski, T., and A. Birk, "Underwater Image Haze Removal with an Underwater-ready Dark Channel Prior", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.

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