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"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.
DnC-FMS-Valentin3D-ICRA2020.pdf (5.19 MB)
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"A Robotics Course during CoViD-19: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Online Teaching beyond the Pandemic", Robotics, 2020.
, "Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) without Navigation: Scan Registration as Basis for Near Field Synthetic Imaging in 2D", Sensors, vol. 20, 2020.
, "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.
, "Adaptive Navigation Scheme for Optimal Deep-Sea Localization Using Multimodal Perception Cues", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019.
, "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.
, "Classification and Localization of Naval Mines with Superellipse Active Contours", IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 44, pp. 767-782, 2019.
, "Model based design of a stereo vision system for intelligent deep-sea operations", Measurement, vol. 144: Elsevier, pp. 298-310, 2019.
, "Revisiting Superquadric Fitting: A numerically stable formulation", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 220-233, 2019.
, "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.
, "Underwater Navigation using Visual Markers in the Context of Intervention Missions", International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS): Sage, 2019.
, "Conceptualization of Object Compositions Using Persistent Homology", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
, "High-Fidelity Deep-Sea Perception Using Simulation in the Loop", IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS), 2018.
, "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.
, "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.
, "3D Grid Map Transmission for Underwater Mapping and Visualization under Bandwidth Constraints", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
, "Efficient Continuous System Integration and Validation for Deep-Sea Robotics Applications", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
, "The game of science", Luc Steels - Growing Seeds, Antwerpen, Berger and Montag Publishers, pp. 64-67, 2017.
ABirk-TheGameOfScience-LucSteelsLiberAmicorum.pdf (511.47 KB)
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"Image Rectification with the Pinax Camera Model in Underwater Stereo Systems with Verged Cameras", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
, "The Pinax-Model for Accurate and Efficient Refraction Correction of Underwater Cameras in Flat-Pane Housings", Ocean Engineering, vol. 133, pp. 9-22, 2017.
, "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.
, "Revisiting Superquadric Fitting: A numerically stable formulation", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), online first, pp. 1-14, 2017.
, "Robotic Bridge Inspection Within Strategic Flood Evacuation Planning", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
, "Robotic bridge statics assessment within strategic flood evacuation planning using low-cost sensors", IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2017.
, "Seafloor Classification for Mine Counter Measure Operations using Synthetic Aperture Sonar Image", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
, "Stereo-vision based diver pose estimation using LSTM recurrent neural networks for AUV navigation guidance", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
, "Underwater Image Haze Removal with an Underwater-ready Dark Channel Prior", IEEE Oceans: IEEE press, 2017.
, "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.
, "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)
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"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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