We work on self-driving cars and vessels that are capable of navigating in dense urban scenarios. We combine optimization and learning methods to model interaction and balance risk. With our collaborators, we have deployed our motion planners on full-scale autonomous vehicles. See for example our demo at the ISTS`20 Conference (Video)
This project brings tools from the field of dynamic game theory to robotic motion planning. This combination enables new motion-planning algorithms that allow a robot to strategically interact with other agents while accounting for their unknown—potentially malicious—intents.
Continue readingTogether with industry partners, we develop motion planning algorithms to navigate urban canals accounting for the interactions with other vessels.
Continue readingThis project develops probabilistic motion planners for social robots and automated vehicles. Our main goal is to account for the uncertain future motion of obstacles, such as pedestrians, to plan safe and efficient robot motion.
Continue readingRobots can play an important role in entertainment, art and education. We support those efforts. For example, we have contributed novel robot designs and multi-robot systems, such as a first-of-its-kind interactive display, and helped in developing the Duckietown open robotics education.
We empower Micro Aerial Vehicles with autonomous capabilities to navigate in complex environments and seamlessly coordinate with other agents. For this, we have proposed novel methods for aerial cinematography, formation control, motion planning, learning of communication policies and exploration.
How can autonomous drones support operations of emergency responders such as the police? This project targets scenarios such as search and rescue or reconnaissance in large, unknown and potentially hazardous environments, where it can be difficult or even dangerous for policemen to operate and fulfil the task.
Continue readingIn this project, we explore how a team of diverse robots can collaboratively monitor complex environments, such as bustling seaports or major city events. Equipped with varied sensors like cameras and microphones, each robot gathers data from its unique perspective...
Continue readingFrom healthcare to retail, passing by the high-tech industry, mobile robots will move in and manipulate their environment. However, how can we create robots, particularly mobile manipulators that can work alongside humans in highly dynamic and unpredictable environments? The problem is that right now, mobile manipulators are simply not ready for such a deployment. It is not possible to program a robot for everything that might happen and it is very hard to perform a variety of complex tasks while still maintaining a high degree of reliability. We develop novel algorithms for improved reliability in human-shared environments, based on optimization fabrics, learning and sampling-based model-predictive control.
In this project, interactions of mobile robots and humans is key. This concept is considered on multiple spatio-temporal granularities ranging from individual interactions to the macro interaction of a robot fleet with humans, and from short term (local) to long term (global) effects of the interaction.
Continue readingTrajectory generation for mobile manipulation in dynamic environments, in the context of retail.
Continue readingWithin this project we combine robotic mobility and manipulation modalities in complex, human-centred environments.
Continue readingThe vision of ground robots seamlessly operating among humans requires novel approaches which enhance classic robot motion planning by accounting for interaction effects and social preferences. Within our group we address social motion planning using learning from demonstrations, game theory and optimal control.
In this project, interactions of mobile robots and humans is key. This concept is considered on multiple spatio-temporal granularities ranging from individual interactions to the macro interaction of a robot fleet with humans, and from short term (local) to long term (global) effects of the interaction.
Continue readingThis project brings tools from the field of dynamic game theory to robotic motion planning. This combination enables new motion-planning algorithms that allow a robot to strategically interact with other agents while accounting for their unknown—potentially malicious—intents.
Continue readingWithin this project we combine robotic mobility and manipulation modalities in complex, human-centred environments.
Continue readingThis project develops probabilistic motion planners for social robots and automated vehicles. Our main goal is to account for the uncertain future motion of obstacles, such as pedestrians, to plan safe and efficient robot motion.
Continue readingOn-demand transportation will transform our cities and factories by providing timely and convenient transportation anywhere, and anytime. However, to achieve that goal complex optimization problems have to be solved efficiently. Within our group we work on efficient,large-scale task-assignment and routing methods for on-demand ride-sharing for inner city transportation of people, on-demand last-mile logistics, on-demand transportation in human-centric environments such as hospitals and distributed multi-robot task assignment.
Routing and Fleet Sizing for Flash Delivery operations of groceries from multiple depots.
Continue readingRouting and analysis of on-demand ridepooling systems, and integration into public transport.
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