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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.

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. A., and A. Birk, "Conceptualization of Object Compositions Using Persistent Homology", IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.

Birk, A., T. Doernbach, C. A. Mueller, T. Luczynski, A. Gomez Chavez, D. Koehntopp, A. Kupcsik, S. Calinon, A. Tanwani, G. Antonelli, et al., "Dexterous Underwater Manipulation from Distant Onshore Locations", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 25, issue 4, 2018.

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. A., T. Doernbach, A. Gomez Chavez, D. Koehntopp, and A. Birk, "Robust Continuous System Integration for Critical Deep-Sea Robot Operations Using Knowledge-Enabled Simulation in the Loop", IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.

Gomez Chavez, A., C. A. Mueller, T. Doernbach, D. Chiarella, and A. Birk, "Robust Gesture-Based Communication for Underwater Human-Robot Interaction in the context of Search and Rescue Diver Missions", IROS 2018 Workshop on Human-Aiding Robotics: Open Issues and Future Direction, 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.

Jäger, G., C. A. Mueller, M. Thosar, S. Zug, and A. Birk, "Towards Robot-Centric Conceptual Knowledge Acquisition", IROS 2018 Workshop on Robots That Learn and Reason, 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, 09/2017.

Köhntopp, D., B. Lehmann, D. Kraus, and A. Birk, "Autonomous Mine Recognition using AUV and ATR", Undersea Defence Technology, 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, 06/2017.

Birk, A., "The game of science", Luc Steels - Growing Seeds, Antwerpen, Berger and Montag Publishers, pp. 64-67, 2017.

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, 06/2017.

Benndorf, M., M. Garsch, C. A. Mueller, T. Fromm, T. Haenselmann, N. Gebbeken, T. Luczynski, and A. Birk, "Robotic Bridge Statics Assessment Within Strategic Flood Evacuation Planning Using Low-Cost Sensors", International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, 2017.

Köhntopp, D., B. Lehmann, D. Kraus, and A. Birk, "Seafloor Classification for Mine Counter Measure Operations on Synthetic Aperture Sonar Images", IEEE Oceans, 2017.

Gomez Chavez, A., A. Babic, N. Miskovic, C. A. Mueller, and A. Birk, "Stereo-vision based diver pose estimation using LSTM recurrent neural networks for AUV navigation guidance", IEEE Oceans, 2017.

Luczynski, T., and A. Birk, "Underwater Image Haze Removal with an Underwater-ready Dark Channel Prior", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.

2016

Vaskevicius, N., K. Pathak, and A. Birk, "Anticipation and Attention for Robust Object Recognition with RGBD-Data in an Industrial Application Scenario", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS): IEEE Press, 2016.

Gomez Chavez, A., J. Fontes, P. Afonso, M. Pfingsthorn, and A. Birk, "Automated Species Counting using a Hierarchical Classification Approach with Haar Cascades and Multi-Descriptor Random Forests", IEEE Oceans, 2016.

AutomatedUnderwaterSpeciesCounting-Oceans16.pdf (2.35 MB)

Miskovic, N., M. Bibuli, A. Birk, M. Caccia, M. Egi, K. Grammer, A. Marroni, J. Neasham, A. Pascoal, and A. Vasilijevi Vukic, "CADDY - Cognitive Autonomous Diving Buddy: Two Years of Underwater Human-Robot Interaction", Marine Technology Society (MTS) Journal, vol. 50, pp. 1-13, 2016.

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