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Development of a Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Florian Poppa, Uwe R. Zimmer, Andrew Feitz & Henry Berko
Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS) Workshop on Robotics for Environmental Monitoring (WREM) 2013, Berlin, Germany, June 24-28
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Handbook of Collectve Robotics: Fundamentals and Challenges
Chapter "Underwater Robot Swarms: Challenges and Opportunities"
Navinda Kottege, Felix Schill, Alexander Bahr & Uwe R. Zimmer
Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., May 2013
 
A Scalable Electro-magnetic Communication System for Underwater Swarms
Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer
9th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft (IFAC-MCMC) 2012, Arenzano, Italy, September 19-21
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
RobotUI - A Software Architecture for Modular Robotics User Interface Frameworks
Florian Poppa & Uwe R. Zimmer
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2012, Vilamoura, Portugal, October 7-12
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Underwater Acoustic Localization for Small Submersibles
Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer
Journal of Field Robotics (intl. journal) Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 40-69, 2011
Abstract | contact authors for a copy
 
Optima Localization by Vehicle Formations Imitating the Nelder-Mead Simplex Algorithm
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
Autonomous Robots (intl. journal) 2009, 27:239-260
Abstract | contact authors for a copy
 
Complex Control Skills Acquisition Supported by Haptic Feedback
Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of the 2008 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA '08), December 2008, Canberra, Australia
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Cross-correlation tracking for Maximum Length Sequence based acoustic localisation
Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of the 2008 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA '08), December 2008, Canberra, Australia
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Scale-Adaptive Polygonal Formations of Submersible Vehicles and Tracking Isocontours
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS), September, 22-26, 2008, Nice, France
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Acoustical Methods for Azimuth, Range and Heading Estimation in Underwater Swarms
Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of Acoustics '08, Palais des Congrès, Paris, France, 29 June-4 July 2008
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Simplex Formations of Autonomous Vehicles and Adaptive Sampling Strategies
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) '07,
Aberystwyth, September 2007
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Adaptive Iso-Altitude Tracking and Terrain Reconstruction by Submarine Vehicle Formations
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation (ACRA) '07,
December 10 - 12, 2007, Brisbane, Australia
Abstract
 
Scale-Adaptive Polygonal Formations of Submersible Vehicles and Tracking Terrain Isocontours
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
submitted to ICRA '07
Abstract
 
Tracking Environmental Isoclines using Polygonal Formations of Submersible Autonomous Vehicles
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR) '07 Chamonix, France
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Pruning Local Schedules for Efficient Swarm Communication
Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underwater Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Relative Localization for AUV swarms
Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underwater Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Motion Planning for Small Formations of Autonomous Vehicles Navigating on Gradient Fields
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underwater Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Distributed Shape Control of Homogeneous Swarms of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
Autonomous Robots (intl. journal), Volume 22, Number 1 / January, 2007
pp. 37-53, ISSN: 0929-5593
Abstract | contact authors for a copy
 
Distributed Dynamical Omnicast Routing
Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer
Complex Systems (intl. journal) Volume 16, Issue 4, 2006
ISSN 0891-2513
Abstract | contact authors for a copy
 
MLS-based, Distributed Bearing, Range, and Posture Estimation for Schools of Submersibles
Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer
10th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) '06,
Rio de Janeiro, July 6-10, 2006
Experimental Robotics, Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics , Vol. 39
Khatib, Oussama; Kumar, Vijay; Rus, Daniela (eds.)
(to appear March 2008) ISBN: 978-3-540-77456-3
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Acoustical Localization in Schools of Submersibles
Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer
OCEANS '06, Singapore, May 16-19, 2006
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Effective Communication in Schools of Submersibles
Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer
OCEANS '06, Singapore, May 16-19, 2006
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
A Formation Control Approach to Adaptation of Contour-Shaped Robotic Formations
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
IROS '06 (IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems), Beijing, China, October 9-15, 2006
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Control of Contour-Shaped Robotic Formations with Constraints
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
submitted for publication
Abstract
 
Control of Open Contour Formations of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Dec. '05
Abstract | contact authors for a copy
 
Control of Contour Formations of Autonomous Vehicles by General Curve Evolution Theory
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
ACRA (Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation),
December 5-7, 2005, Sydney, Australia
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Contour Shaped Robotic Formations for Isocline Adaptation
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) intl. conference, September 12-14, 2005, London
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Towards Optimal TDMA Scheduling for Robotic Swarm Communication
Felix Schill, Uwe R. Zimmer & Jochen Trumpf
TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) intl. conference, September 12-14, 2005, London
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Real-time Modelling of Complex Dynamical Systems
Christfried Webers & Uwe R. Zimmer
TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) intl. conference, September 12-14, 2005, London
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Visible Spectrum Optical Communication and Distance Sensing for Underwater Applications
Felix Schill, Uwe R. Zimmer & Jochen Trumpf
Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, December 6-8, 2004, Canberra, Australia
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Contour Shaped Formation Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using Canonical Shape Descriptors and Deformable Models
Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer
OCEANS 2004 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Marine Technology and Ocean Science, Kobe, Japan
Abstract | Paper (pdf)
 
Robust asynchronous temporal event mapping
Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2002, Lausanne
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Motion Control of Mobile Robots - from static targets to fast drives in moving crowds
Christfried Webers & Uwe R. Zimmer
Autonomous Robots, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2002
Abstract | contact authors for a copy
 
Practical trade-offs in robust target following
Christfried Webers & Uwe R. Zimmer
International Congress on Intelligent Systems and Applications (ISA 2000), International Symposium on Industrial Systems (IS 2000), December 12-15, 2000, at the University of Wollongong, Australia
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Robust tracking under uncertainties
Christfried Webers & Uwe R. Zimmer
AUV 2000, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
Proc. of the OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE, September 11-14, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
General and specific models in complex robotics systems
- a critique and a proposal
Uwe R. Zimmer
Hybrid Information Processing in Adaptive Autonomous Vehicles,
G.K. Kraetzschmar, G. Palm (eds.), Springer, LNAI
 
Embedding local metrical map patches in a globally consistent topological map
Uwe R. Zimmer
Symposium on Underwater Technology 2000, Tokyo, Japan, May 23-26 2000, IEEE Catalog #00EX418
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Dynamical situation and trajectory discrimination by means of clustering and accumulation of raw range measurements
Emilia Barakova & Uwe R. Zimmer
International Conference on Advances in Intelligent Systems: Theory and Application - AISTA 2000, 2-4 February 2000, Canberra, Australia
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Global spatial modelling based on dynamics identification according to discriminated static sensations
Emilia Barakova & Uwe R. Zimmer
Intl. Symposium on Underwater Technology 2000, Tokyo, Japan, May 23-26 2000, IEEE Catalog #00EX418
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Acoustic-based room discrimination for the navigation of autonomous mobile robots
Guido Tesch & Uwe R. Zimmer
1999 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation CIRA '99, pp. 274-281, Monterey, USA, November 8-9, 1999
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
A Framework for Plan Execution in Behaviour-Based Robots
Joachim Hertzberg, Herbert Jaeger, Philippe Morignot, Uwe R. Zimmer
ISIC/CIRA/ISAS '98, September 14-17, 1998, Gaithersburg, Maryland U.S.A.
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
Aspects of Japanese Robotics Research
Uwe R. Zimmer, Thomas Christaller, Christfried Webers
KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, September 1998, volume 3, year 12, pp. 39-42
 
Recent Developments in Japanese Robotics Research
- Notes of a Japan Tour -
Uwe R. Zimmer, Thomas Christaller, Christfried Webers
GMD Technical Report #1077, April 1997
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
General and Specific Models in Complex Robotics Systems
- a critique and a proposal -
Uwe R. Zimmer
GMD Technical Report #1063, April 1997
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Robust World-Modelling and Navigation in a Real World
Uwe R. Zimmer
NeuroComputing, Vol. 13, Nos. 2-4, pp. 247-260,1996
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Adaptive Approaches to Basic Mobile Robot Tasks
Uwe R. Zimmer
PhD thesis, Computer Science Department, University of Kaiserslautern, 1995
Abstract (including links to chapters)
 
Minimal Qualitative Topologic World Models for Mobile Robots
Uwe R. Zimmer
Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems '95
November 20-23, 1995, Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Deriving Baseline Detection Algorithms from Verbal Descriptions
Bärbel Herrnberger & Uwe R. Zimmer
Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems '95
November 20-23, 1995, Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Self-Localization in Dynamic Environments
Uwe R. Zimmer
IEEE/SOFT International Workshop BIES '95, Tokyo, Japan, May 30-31, 1995
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)
 
Connectionist Decision Systems for a Visual Search Problem
Uwe R. Zimmer
IIZUKA ´94, Fukuoka, Japan, August 1-7, 1994, Invited paper
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
Navigation on Topologic Feature-Maps
Uwe R. Zimmer, Cornelia Fischer, Ewald von Puttkamer
IIZUKA ´94, Fukuoka, Japan, August 1-7, 1994
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
Realtime-learning on an Autonomous Mobile Robot with Neural Networks
Uwe R. Zimmer, Ewald von Puttkamer
Euromicro ?94 Realtime Workshop, Vaesteraas (Västerås), Sweden,
June 15-17, 1994
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
Comparing Environment-Learning Strategies on an Autonomous Mobile Robot
Uwe R. Zimmer, Ewald von Puttkamer
IWK ´94, Ilmenau, Germany, 27. - 30. September 1994
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
ALICE
- Topographic Exploration, Cartography and Adaptive Navigation on a Simple Mobile Robot
Pascal Lefèvre, Andreas Prüß & Uwe R. Zimmer
TSRPC '94, Leeuwenhorst, The Netherlands, June 24-26, 1994
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
SPIN-NFDS Learning and Preset Knowledge for Surface Fusion - A Neural Fuzzy Decision System
Jörg Bruske, Ewald von Puttkamer, Uwe R. Zimmer
ANZIIS ´93, Perth, Western Australia, December 1-3, 1993
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
SPIN - Learning and Forgetting Surface Classifications with Dynamic Neural Networks
Herman Keuchel, Ewald von Puttkamer, Uwe R. Zimmer
ICANN ´93, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 1993
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
ALBATROSS - The Communication Scheme as a Key to Fulfil Hard Real-Time Constraints
Ewald von Puttkamer, Christopher Wetzler & Uwe R. Zimmer
Euromicro '92 Realtime Workshop, Athens, Greece, June 3-5, 1992
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)
 
ALBATROSS - An Operating-System under hard Realtime-Constraints
Ewald von Puttkamer, Uwe R. Zimmer
Real-Time Magazine, 1650 Beersel, Belgium, Vol 5, Nr 3, 91/3, ISSN 1018-0303
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.Z)