Universität Bonn: Autonomous Intelligent Systems Group   Computer Science Institute VI: Autonomous Intelligent Systems

FOR 1505 Mapping on Demand: Local Perception and 3D Navigation

MoD Kopter      MoD-Kopter

Within the DFG Research Unit FOR 1505 "Mapping on Demand", two projects are carried out in the Autonomous Intelligent Systems Group:

Partners in this research unit are Prof. Wolfgang Förstner (speaker), Prof. Heiner Kuhlmann, Prof. Reinhard Klein, Prof. Daniel Cremers, and Prof. Lutz Plümer.

Laser-based 3D map of the environment

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Publications

Jan Quenzel, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, David Droeschel, Marius Beul, Sebastian Houben, and Sven Behnke:
Autonomous MAV-based Indoor Chimney Inspection with 3D Laser Localization and Textured Surface Reconstruction
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems (JINT) 93(1): 317-335, Springer, February 2019.
[Video]

Nicola Krombach, David Droeschel, Sebastian Houben, and Sven Behnke:
Feature-based Visual Odometry Prior for Real-time Semi-dense Stereo SLAM
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), Elsevier, available online 2018.

Marius Beul, David Droeschel, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, Jan Quenzel, Sebastian Houben, and Sven Behnke:
Fast Autonomous Flight in Warehouses for Inventory Applications
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2018.
[Video]

David Droeschel and Sven Behnke:
Efficient Continuous-time SLAM for 3D Lidar-based Online Mapping
Accepted for IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia, May 2018.
[Video]

Jan Quenzel, Radu Alexandru Rosu, Sebastian Houben, and Sven Behnke:
Online Depth Calibration for RGB-D Cameras using Visual SLAM
In Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vancouver, Canada, September 2017.
[Video]

Marius Beul, Sebastian Houben, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, and Sven Behnke:
Fast Autonomous Landing on a Moving Target at MBZIRC
In Proceedings of European Conference on Mobile Robotics (ECMR), Paris, France, September 2017.
[Video]

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, Marius Beul, Radu Alexandru Rosu, Jan Quenzel, Dmytro Pavlichenko, Sebastian Houben, and Sven Behnke:
Collaborative Object Picking and Delivery with a Team of Micro Aerial Vehicles at MBZIRC
In Proceedings of European Conference on Mobile Robotics (ECMR), Paris, France, September 2017.
[Video]

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, Jan Quenzel, Marius Beul, David Droeschel, Sebastian Houben, and Sven Behnke:
ChimneySpector: Autonomous MAV-based Indoor Chimney Inspection Employing 3D Laser Localization and Textured Surface Reconstruction
In Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Miami, FL, USA, June 2017.
[Video]

Marius Beul and Sven Behnke:
Fast Full State Trajectory Generation for Multirotors
In Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Miami, FL, USA, June 2017.
[Video]

Marius Beul, Nicola Krombach, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, David Droeschel, and Sven Behnke:
Autonomous Navigation in a Warehouse with a Cognitive Micro Aerial Vehicle
In Robot Operating System (ROS), The Complete Reference (Volume 2), pp. 487-524, Springer 2017.

Sebastian Houben, Jan Quenzel, Nicola Krombach, and Sven Behnke:
Efficient Multi-camera Visual-Inertial SLAM for Micro Aerial Vehicles
In Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Deajeon, Korea, October 2016.
[Video] [YouTube]

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen and Sven Behnke:
Local Multiresolution Trajectory Optimization for Micro Aerial Vehicles Employing Continuous Curvature Transitions
In Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Deajeon, Korea, October 2016.
[Video] [YouTube]

Sebastian Houben, David Droeschel, and Sven Behnke:
Joint 3D Laser and Visual Fiducial based SLAM for a Micro Aerial Vehicle
In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI), Baden-Baden, Germany, September 2016.

Nicola Krombach, David Droeschel, and Sven Behnke:
Combining Feature-based and Direct Methods for Semi-dense Real-time Stereo Visual Odometry
In Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), Shanghai, China, July 2016.
Best Paper Award. [KITTY video] [EuRoC video]

Marius Beul and Sven Behnke:
Analytical Time-optimal Trajectory Generation and Control for Multirotors
In Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Arlington, VA, USA, June 2016.
[Video]

David Droeschel, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, Marius Beul, Dirk Holz, Jörg Stückler, and Sven Behnke:
Multi-Layered Mapping and Navigation for Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles
Journal of Field Robotics, 33(4):451-475, Wiley, 2016.

Dirk Holz, Alexandru-Eugen Ichim, Federico Tombari, Radu B. Rusu, and Sven Behnke:
Registration with the Point Cloud Library - A Modular Framework for Aligning in 3-D
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 22(4):110-124, December 2015.

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, David Droeschel, Marius Beul, and Sven Behnke:
Autonomous Navigation for Micro Aerial Vehicles in Complex GNSS-denied Environments
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, available online, 2015.

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, David Droeschel, Marius Beul, and Sven Behnke:
Autonomous MAV Navigation in Complex GNSS-denied 3D Environments
In Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, October 2015

Dirk Holz and Sven Behnke:
Registration of Non-Uniform Density 3D Laser Scans for Mapping with Micro Aerial Vehicles
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 74, pp. 318-330, Elsevier, December 2015.

Jan Razlaw, David Droeschel, Dirk Holz, and Sven Behnke:
Evaluation of Registration Methods for Sparse 3D Laser Scans
In Proceedings of European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Lincoln, UK, September 2015.

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen and Sven Behnke:
3D Planning and Trajectory Optimization for Real-time Generation of Smooth MAV Trajectories
In Proceedings of European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Lincoln, UK, September 2015.

Nicola Krombach, David Droeschel and Sven Behnke:
Evaluation of Stereo Algorithms for Obstacle Detection with Fisheye Lenses
In Procedings of 3rd International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics (UAV-g), Toronto, Canada, August 2015. 

Marius Beul, Nicola Krombach, Yongfeng Zhong, David Droeschel, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, and Sven Behnke:
A High-performance MAV for Autonomous Navigation in Complex 3D Environments
In Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Denver, USA, June 2015.

David Droeschel, Dirk Holz, and Sven Behnke:
Omnidirectional Perception for Lightweight MAVs using a Continously Rotating 3D Laser Scanner
Photogrammetrie Fernerkundung Geoinformation (PFG), volume 5, pp. 451-464, 2014.

David Droeschel, Jörg Stückler, and Sven Behnke:
Local Multi-Resolution Surfel Grids for MAV Motion Estimation and 3D Mapping
In Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), Padova, Italy, July 2014.

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen and Sven Behnke:
Layered Mission and Path Planning for MAV Navigation with Partial Environment Knowledge
In Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), Padova, Italy, July 2014.

Dirk Holz and Sven Behnke:
Mapping with Micro Aerial Vehicles by Registration of Sparse 3D Laser Scans
In Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), Padova, Italy, July 2014. 

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen and Sven Behnke:
Hierarchical Planning with 3D Local Multiresolution Obstacle Avoidance for Micro Aerial Vehicles
In Proceedings of Joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) and 8th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK), Munich, June 2014.

David Droeschel and Sven Behnke:
3D Local Multiresolution Grid for Aggregation of Omnidirectional Distance Measurements on a Micro Aerial Vehicle
In Proceedings of Joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) and 8th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK), Munich, June 2014.

Dirk Holz and Sven Behnke:
Registration of Non-Uniform Density 3D Point Clouds using Approximate Surface Reconstruction
In Proceedings of Joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) and 8th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK), Munich, June 2014.

Marius Beul, Rainer Worst, and Sven Behnke:
Nonlinear Model-based Position Control for Quadrotor UAVs
In Proceedings of Joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) and 8th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK), Munich, June 2014.

David Droeschel, Jörg Stückler, and Sven Behnke:
Local Multiresolution Representation for 6D Motion Estimation and Mapping with a Continuously Rotating 3D Laser Scanner
In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong, May 2014.

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, Marius Beul, David Droeschel, and Sven Behnke:
Obstacle Detection and Navigation Planning for Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles
In Proceedings of  International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Orlando, USA, May 2014.

Lasse Klingbeil, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, Johannes Schneider, Christian Eling, David Droeschel, Dirk Holz, Thomas Läbe, Wolfgang Förstner, Sven Behnke, and Heiner Kuhlmann:
Towards Autonomous Navigation of an UAV-based Mobile Mapping System
In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Machine Control & Guidance (MCG), Braunschweig, March 2014.

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, David Droeschel, Johannes Schneider,Dirk Holz, Thomas Läbe, and Sven Behnke:
Multimodal Obstacle Detection and Collision Avoidance for Micro Aerial Vehicles
In Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Barcelona, Spain, September 2013.

Dirk Holz, Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, David Droeschel, Michael Schreiber and Sven Behnke:
Towards Multimodal Omnidirectional Obstacle Detection for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
In Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics (UAV-g), Rostock, Germany, September 2013.

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, Mark Schadler, and Sven Behnke:
Predictive Potential Field-based Collision Avoidance for Multicopters
In Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics (UAV-g), Rostock, Germany, September 2013.

David Droeschel, Michael Schreiber, and Sven Behnke:
Omnidirectional Perception for Lightweight UAVs Using a Continuous Rotating Laser Scanner
In Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics (UAV-g), Rostock, Germany, September 2013.

Matthias Nieuwenhuisen, David Droeschel, Dirk Holz, and Sven Behnke:
Omnidirectional Obstacle Perception and Collision Avoidance for Micro Aerial Vehicles
In 2nd Workshop on Resource-Efficient Integration of Perception, Control, and Navigation for Micro Air Vehicles, Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, June 2013.


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Related Project

InventAIRy - Identification with Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles

InvetAIRy Bonn Test Copter

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