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2023

Birk, Andreas; Buda, Frederike; Hansen, Tim

Dating Wall Constructions from Brick Sizes in the Flooded Basement of a WW-II Submarine Bunker for the Digitization of Cultural Heritage Proceedings Article

In: MTS/IEEE OCEANS, 2023.

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Hansen, Tim; Birk, Andreas

Using Registration with Fourier-SOFT in 2D (FS2D) for Robust Scan Matching of Sonar Range Data Proceedings Article

In: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023.

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Hansen, Tim; Buda, Frederike; Birk, Andreas

Underwater Exploration with Sonar of the Flooded Basement of a WW-II Submarine Bunker in the Context of Digitization of Cultural Heritage Proceedings Article

In: MTS/IEEE OCEANS, pp. 1-5, 2023.

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2022

Birk, Andreas; Buda, Frederike; Bülow, Heiko; Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Müller, Christian A.; Timpe, Julia

Digitizing a Gigantic Nazi Construction: 3D-Mapping of Bunker Valentin in Bremen Book Chapter

In: Julia, Timpe; Frederike, Buda (Ed.): Writing the Digital History of Nazi Germany, pp. 133-168, De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, 2022.

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2021

Birk, Andreas

Seeing through the forest and the trees with drones: Signal-processing of thermal images that are autonomously collected by a drone detects people in densely occluded forests Journal Article

In: Science Robotics, vol. 6, no. 55, 2021.

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Birk, Andreas; Dineva, Evelina

Improved Students’ Performance in an Online Robotics Class During COVID-19: Do only Strong Students Profit? Proceedings Article

In: Merdan, Munir; Lepuschitz, Wilfried; Koppensteiner, Gottfried; Balogh, Richard; Obdrzalek, David (Ed.): Robotics in Education (RiE), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, pp. 134-145, Springer International Publishing, 2021, ISBN: 978-3-030-82544-7.

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Birk, Andreas; Dineva, Evelina; Maurelli, Francesco; Nabor, Andreas

A Robotics Course during COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Online Teaching beyond the Pandemic Journal Article

In: Robotics, vol. 10, no. 5, 2021, ISSN: 2218-6581.

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Birk, Andreas; Simunovic, Dora

Robotics Labs and Other Hands-On Teaching During COVID-19: Change Is Here to Stay? Journal Article

In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 28, no. 4, 2021.

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Bülow, Heiko; Birk, Andreas

Registration of Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRT) Data with a Low Frequency Adaption of Fourier-Mellin-SOFT (LF-FMS) Journal Article

In: Sensors, vol. 21, no. 8, 2021.

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Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Ranieri, Andrea; Chiarella, Davide; Birk, Andreas

Underwater Vision-Based Gesture Recognition: A Robustness Validation for Safe Human-Robot Interaction Journal Article

In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 67-78, 2021.

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Maurelli, Francesco; Dineva, Evelina; Nabor, Andreas; Birk, Andreas

Robotics and Intelligent Systems: a new curriculum development and adaptations needed in Coronavirus times Proceedings Article

In: Merdan, Munir; Lepuschitz, Wilfried; Koppensteiner, Gottfried; Balogh, Richard; Obdrzalek, David (Ed.): Robotics in Education (RiE), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, pp. 134-145, Springer International Publishing, 2021, ISBN: 978-3-030-82544-7.

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Thosar, Madhura; Mueller, Christian A.; Jäger, Georg; Schleiss, Johannes; Pulugu, Narender; Mallikarjun, Ravi; Jeevangekar, Sai Vivek Rao; Birk, Andreas; Pfingsthorn, Max; Zug, Sebastian

From a Multi-modal Property Dataset to Robot-centric Conceptual Knowledge About Household Objects Journal Article

In: Frontiers in Robotics and AI, vol. 8, 2021.

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2020

Birk, Andreas; Dineva, Evelina; Maurelli, Francesco; Nabor, Andreas

A Robotics Course during CoViD-19: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Online Teaching beyond the Pandemic (ONLINE FIRST) Journal Article

In: Robotics, 2020.

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Bülow, Heiko; Birk, Andreas

Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) without Navigation: Scan Registration as Basis for Near Field Synthetic Imaging in 2D Journal Article

In: Sensors, vol. 20, no. 16, 2020.

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Bülow, Heiko; Mueller, Christian Atanas; Buda, Frederike; Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Birk, Andreas

A Divide and Conquer Method for 3D Registration of Inhomogeneous, Partially Overlapping Scans with Fourier Mellin SOFT (FMS) Proceedings Article

In: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020.

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Mueller, Christian A.; Birk, Andreas

Visual Object Categorization Based on Hierarchical Shape Motifs Learned From Noisy Point Cloud Decompositions Journal Article

In: Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 313-338, 2020, ISSN: 1573-0409.

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Mueller, Christian A.; Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Doernbach, Tobias; Köhntopp, Daniel; Birk, Andreas

Continuous system integration and validation for underwater perception in offshore inspection and intervention tasks Book Chapter

In: Karimi, Hamid Reza (Ed.): Fundamental Design and Automation Technologies in Offshore Robotics, Chapter 2, pp. 9-75, Elsevier, 2020, ISBN: 978-0-12-820271-5.

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2019

Bülow, Heiko; Birk, Andreas

Large-scale Fourier-Mellin Invariant Registration Using a Dirichlet Based Phase Filter Journal Article

In: under review, 2019.

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Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Mueller, Christian A.; Doernbach, Tobias; Birk, Andreas

Underwater Navigation using Visual Markers in the Context of Intervention Missions Journal Article

In: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS), 2019.

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Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Ranieri, Andrea; Chiarella, Davide; Zereik, Enrica; Babic, Anja; Birk, Andreas

CADDY Underwater Stereo-Vision Dataset for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in the Context of Diver Activities Journal Article

In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE), spec.iss. Underwater Imaging, vol. 7, no. 1, 2019.

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Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Xu, Qingwen; Mueller, Christian Atanas; Schwertfeger, Sören; Birk, Andreas

Adaptive Navigation Scheme for Optimal Deep-Sea Localization Using Multimodal Perception Cues Proceedings Article

In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019.

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Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Xu, Qingwen; Mueller, Christian A.; Schwertfeger, Soren; Birk, Andreas

Towards Accurate Deep-Sea Localization in Structured Environments based on Perception Quality Cues Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS), pp. 1988-1990, International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 3331986, 2019.

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Köhntopp, Daniel; Lehmann, Benjamin; Kraus, Dieter; Birk, Andreas

Classification and Localization of Naval Mines with Superellipse Active Contours Journal Article

In: IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 767-782, 2019, (online first: 2018).

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Luczynski, Tomasz; Luczynski, Piotr; LukasPehle,; Wirsum, Manfred; Birk, Andreas

Model based design of a stereo vision system for intelligent deep-sea operations Journal Article

In: Measurement, vol. 144, pp. 298-310, 2019.

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Vaskevicius, Narunas; Birk, Andreas

Revisiting Superquadric Fitting: A numerically stable formulation Journal Article

In: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 220-233, 2019, ISSN: 0162-8828.

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Xu, Qingwen; Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Bulow, Heiko; Birk, Andreas; Schwertfeger, Sören

Improved Fourier Mellin Invariant for Robust Rotation Estimation with Omni-Cameras Proceedings Article

In: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp. 320-324, 2019.

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2018

Bülow, Heiko; Birk, Andreas

Scale-Free Registrations in 3D: 7 Degrees of Freedom with Fourier-Mellin-SOFT transforms Journal Article

In: International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), vol. 126, no. 7, pp. 731-750, 2018.

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Birk, A.; Doernbach, T.; Mueller, C. A.; Luczynski, T.; Chavez, A. Gomez; Köhntopp, D.; Kupcsik, A.; Calinon, S.; Tanwani, A. K.; Antonelli, G.; di Lillo, P.; Simetti, E.; Casalino, G.; Indiveri, G.; Ostuni, L.; Turetta, A.; Caffaz, A.; Weiss, P.; Gobert, T.; Chemisky, B.; Gancet, J.; Siedel, T.; Govindaraj, S.; Martinez, X.; Letier, P.

Dexterous Underwater Manipulation from Distant Onshore Locations Journal Article

In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 24-33, 2018.

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Doernbach, Tobias; Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Mueller, Christian A.; Birk, Andreas

High-Fidelity Deep-Sea Perception Using Simulation in the Loop Proceedings Article

In: IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS), 2018.

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Mueller, Christian Atanas; Birk, Andreas

Conceptualization of Object Compositions Using Persistent Homology Proceedings Article

In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.

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Mueller, Christian Atanas; Doernbach, Tobias; Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Köhntopp, Daniel; Birk, Andreas

Robust Continuous System Integration for Critical Deep-Sea Robot Operations Using Knowledge-Enabled Simulation in the Loop Proceedings Article

In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, 2018.

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2017

Benndorf, Maik; Haenselmann, Thomas; Garsch, Maximilian; Gebbeken, Norbert; Mueller, Christian A.; Fromm, Tobias; Luczynski, Tomasz; Birk, Andreas

Robotic bridge statics assessment within strategic flood evacuation planning using low-cost sensors Proceedings Article

In: IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2017.

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Birk, Andreas

The game of science Book Chapter

In: Belpaeme, Tony; Beuls, Katrien; Boer, Bart De (Ed.): Luc Steels - Growing Seeds, pp. 64-67, Berger and Montag Publishers, Antwerpen, 2017, ISBN: 9789081430616.

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Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Mueller, Christian A.; Birk, Andreas; Babic, Anja; Miskovic, Nikola

Stereo-vision based diver pose estimation using LSTM recurrent neural networks for AUV navigation guidance Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, IEEE press, 2017.

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Fromm, Tobias; Mueller, Christian A.; Pfingsthorn, Max; Birk, Andreas; Lillo, Paolo Di

Efficient Continuous System Integration and Validation for Deep-Sea Robotics Applications Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, IEEE press, 2017.

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Koehntopp, Daniel; Lehmann, Benjamin; Kraus, Dieter; Birk, Andreas

Seafloor Classification for Mine Counter Measure Operations using Synthetic Aperture Sonar Image Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, IEEE press, 2017.

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Luczynski, Tomasz; Birk, Andreas

Underwater Image Haze Removal with an Underwater-ready Dark Channel Prior Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, IEEE press, 2017.

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Luczynski, Tomasz; Fromm, Tobias; Govindaraj, Shashank; Mueller, Christian A.; Birk, Andreas

3D Grid Map Transmission for Underwater Mapping and Visualization under Bandwidth Constraints Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, IEEE press, 2017.

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Luczynski, Tomasz; Pfingsthorn, Max; Birk, Andreas

Image Rectification with the Pinax Camera Model in Underwater Stereo Systems with Verged Cameras Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, IEEE press, 2017.

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Luczynski, Tomasz; Pfingsthorn, Max; Birk, Andreas

The Pinax-Model for Accurate and Efficient Refraction Correction of Underwater Cameras in Flat-Pane Housings Journal Article

In: Ocean Engineering, vol. 133, pp. 9-22, 2017.

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Miskovic, N.; Pascoal, A.; Bibuli, M.; Caccia, M.; Neasham, J. A.; Birk, A.; Egi, M.; Grammer, K.; Marroni, A.; Vasilijevic, A.; Nad, D.; Vukic, Z.

CADDY project, year 3: The final validation trials Proceedings Article

In: OCEANS, pp. 1-5, IEEE, 2017.

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Mueller, Christian A.; Fromm, Tobias; Buelow, Heiko; Birk, Andreas; Garsch, Maximilian; Gebbeken, Norbert

Robotic Bridge Inspection Within Strategic Flood Evacuation Planning Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, IEEE press, 2017.

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Vaskevicius, Narunas; Birk, Andreas

Revisiting Superquadric Fitting: A numerically stable formulation Journal Article

In: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), online first, pp. 1-14, 2017, ISSN: 0162-8828.

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Vaskevicius, Narunas; Pathak, Kaustubh; Birk, Andreas

Recognition and Localization of Sacks for Autonomous Container Unloading by Fitting Superquadrics in Noisy, Partial Views from a Low-cost RGBD Sensor Journal Article

In: Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 57-71, 2017.

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2016

Birk, Andreas; Pfingsthorn, Max

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) Book Chapter

In: Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Wiley, 2016.

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Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Fontes, Jorge; Afonso, Pedro; Pfingsthorn, Max; Birk, Andreas

Automated Species Counting using a Hierarchical Classification Approach with Haar Cascades and Multi-Descriptor Random Forests Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, 2016.

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Chavez, Arturo Gomez; Pfingsthorn, Max; Rathnam, Ravi; Birk, Andreas

Visual Speed Adaptation for Improved Sensor Coverage in a Multi-Vehicle Survey Mission Proceedings Article

In: IEEE Oceans, 2016.

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Fromm, Tobias; Birk, Andreas

Physics-Based Damage-Aware Manipulation Strategy Planning Using Scene Dynamics Anticipation Proceedings Article

In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE Press, 2016.

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Gancet, Jeremi; Weiss, Peter; Antonelli, Gianluca; Pfingsthorn, Max Folkert; Calinon, Sylvain; Turetta, Alessio; Walen, Cees; Urbina, Diego; Govindaraj, Shashank; Müller, Christian Atanas; Martinez, Xavier; Fromm, Tobias; Chemisky, Bertrand; Indiveri, Giovanni; Casalino, Giuseppe; Lillo, Paolo Augusto Di; Simetti, Enrico; Palma, Daniela De; Birk, Andreas; Tanwani, Ajay; Havoutis, Ioannis; Caffaz, Andrea; Guilpain, Lisa; Letier, Pierre

Dexterous Undersea Interventions with Far Distance Onshore Supervision: the DexROV Project Proceedings Article

In: 10th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS), International Federation of Automatic Control, 2016.

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Miskovic, Nikola; Bibuli, Marco; Birk, Andreas; Caccia, Massimo; Egi, Murat; Grammer, Karl; Marroni, Alessandro; Neasham, Jeff; Pascoal, Antonio; Vukic, Antonio Vasilijevic Zoran

CADDY - Cognitive Autonomous Diving Buddy: Two Years of Underwater Human-Robot Interaction Journal Article

In: Marine Technology Society (MTS) Journal, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1-13, 2016.

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