Research Focus
The focus of our research lies on robots acting in human environments. First, we investigate the interaction between robots and non-expert users and aim at designing intuitive programming interfaces. Second, we are especially interested in humanoid robot navigation in complex indoor environments. Accordingly, we develop techniques for humanoid robots navigating in multi-level and multi-room indoor environments that contain articulated and movable objects. We develop probabilistic methods for 3D environment modeling as well as for manipulation and navigation. This work is carried out within the SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition funded by the German Research Foundation and the project First-MM funded by the EU.
As part of the research training group on Embedded Microsystems funded by the German Research Foundation, we put special emphasis on the efficiency of the developed solutions so that they can be applied on systems with limited resources, which can only carry light-weight sensors and computers.
