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    Introspective Robot Perception Using Smoothed Predictions from Bayesian Neural Networks

    This work focuses on improving uncertainty estimation in the field of object classification from RGB images and demonstrates its benefits in two robotic applications. We employ a Bayesian Neural Network (BNN),...

    Jianxiang Feng, Maximilian Durner, Zoltán-Csaba Márton in Robotics Research (2022)

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    6DoF Pose Estimation for Industrial Manipulation Based on Synthetic Data

    We present a perception system for mobile manipulation tasks. The primary design goal of the proposed system is to minimize human interaction during system setup which is achieved by several means, such as au...

    Manuel Brucker, Maximilian Durner in Proceedings of the 2018 International Symp… (2020)

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    Simultaneous Calibration and Map**

    We present evaluation experiments of a hand-eye calibration and camera-camera calibration method, which is applicable to cases where classical calibration methods fail. As described in our earlier works, the c...

    Christian Nissler, Maximilian Durner in Proceedings of the 2018 International Symp… (2020)

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    Towards Autonomous Planetary Exploration

    Planetary exploration poses many challenges for a robot system: From weight and size constraints to extraterrestrial environment conditions, which constrain the suitable sensors and actuators. As the distance ...

    Martin J. Schuster, Sebastian G. Brunner in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (2019)

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    Improving object orientation estimates by considering multiple viewpoints

    This article describes a probabilistic approach for improving the accuracy of general object pose estimation algorithms. We propose a histogram filter variant that uses the exploration capabilities of robots, ...

    Zoltán Csaba Márton, Serkan Türker, Christian Rink, Manuel Brucker in Autonomous Robots (2018)

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    RoboSherlock: Unstructured Information Processing Framework for Robotic Perception

    A pressing question when designing intelligent autonomous systems is how to integrate the various subsystems concerned with complementary tasks. Robotic vision must provide task relevant information about the ...

    Michael Beetz, Ferenc Bálint-Benczédi in Handling Uncertainty and Networked Structu… (2015)

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    Interactive Segmentation of Textured and Textureless Objects

    This article describes interactive object segmentation for autonomous service robots acting in human living environments. The proposed system allows a robot to effectively segment textured and textureless obje...

    Karol Hausman, Dejan Pangercic in Handling Uncertainty and Networked Structu… (2015)

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    Part-Based Geometric Categorization and Object Reconstruction in Cluttered Table-Top Scenes

    This paper presents an approach for 3D geometry-based object categorization in cluttered table-top scenes. In our method, objects are decomposed into different geometric parts whose spatial arrangement is repr...

    Zoltan-Csaba Marton, Ferenc Balint-Benczedi in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (2014)

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    Reconstruction and Verification of 3D Object Models for Gras**

    In this paper we present a method for approximating complete models of objects with 3D shape primitives, by exploiting common symmetries in objects of daily use. Our proposed approach reconstructs boxes and cy...

    Zoltan-Csaba Marton, Lucian Goron, Radu Bogdan Rusu, Michel Beetz in Robotics Research (2011)