Development of a Visual Odometry for Mobile Robots

In the Professional Service Robots - Outdoor research group we develop autonomous, mobile robots for a variety of outdoor applications, such as agriculture and forestry. The focus is on the development of an autonomous outdoor navigation solution as well as the hardware of the robots.   For most developments for outdoor applications, localisation is...

Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft betreibt in Deutschland derzeit 76 Institute und Forschungseinrichtungen und ist die weltweit führende Organisation für anwendungsorientierte Forschung. Rund 30 800 Mitarbeitende erarbeiten das jährliche Forschungsvolumen von 3,0 Milliarden Euro. **Was Sie bei uns tun** Your work will focus on the development of an...

Was Sie bei uns tun Your work will focus on the development of an optimisation algorithm that incorporates diverse sensor information such as RADAR, LiDAR, wheel odometry, GNSS, IMU or cameras to generate ground truth localisation information. Based on the current state of research, you will evaluate existing approaches and derive a novel concept...

Was Sie bei uns tun Your work will focus on the development of an optimisation algorithm that incorporates diverse sensor information such as RADAR, LiDAR, wheel odometry, GNSS, IMU or cameras to generate ground truth localisation information. Based on the current state of research, you will evaluate existing approaches and derive a novel concept...

In the Professional Service Robots - Outdoor research group we develop autonomous, mobile robots for a variety of outdoor applications, such as agriculture and forestry. The focus is on the development of an autonomous outdoor navigation solution as well as the hardware of the robots.   For outdoor robots to be able to move robustly and reliably in...

Was Sie bei uns tun Your work will be focused on the design and implementation of a model-predictive local planner for mobile outdoor robots. The motion planner should be able to find optimal collision-free trajectories on uneven outdoor terrain and send the appropriate velocity commands to the robot base. For your implementation with ROS in C++,...

Was Sie bei uns tun Your work will be focused on the design and implementation of a model-predictive local planner for mobile outdoor robots. The motion planner should be able to find optimal collision-free trajectories on uneven outdoor terrain and send the appropriate velocity commands to the robot base. For your implementation with ROS in C++,...

In the Professional Service Robots - Outdoor research group we develop autonomous, mobile robots for a variety of outdoor applications, such as agriculture and forestry. The focus is on the development of an autonomous outdoor navigation solution as well as the hardware of the robots.   Natural outdoor environments like farms and forests are filled...

In the Professional Service Robots - Outdoor research group we develop autonomous, mobile robots for a variety of outdoor applications, such as agriculture and forestry. The focus is on the development of an autonomous outdoor navigation solution as well as the hardware of the robots.   One of the main features of autonomous navigation in outdoor areas...

In the Professional Service Robots - Outdoor research group we develop autonomous, mobile robots for a variety of outdoor applications, such as agriculture and forestry. The focus is on the development of an autonomous outdoor navigation solution as well as the hardware of the robots.   To ensure that outdoor robots can be applied in the agricultural...

Was Sie bei uns tun Your work will be focused on the development and implementation of a data fusion algorithm for traversability analysis. Based on a state of art research you will evaluate existing approaches and derive a novel concept for combining multiple traversability information sources. The result will be a dense map of traversability costs...

Was Sie bei uns tun Your work will be focused on the development and implementation of a data fusion algorithm for traversability analysis. Based on a state of art research you will evaluate existing approaches and derive a novel concept for combining multiple traversability information sources. The result will be a dense map of traversability costs...

Was Sie bei uns tun In this thesis you will contribute to the environment understanding of the robot by developing a point cloud segmentation method based on classical and/or deep learning techniques. This work will lay the foundation of localization algorithms like 3D LiDAR SLAM and sophisticated obstacle classification and avoidance algorithms....

Was Sie bei uns tun In this thesis you will contribute to the environment understanding of the robot by developing a point cloud segmentation method based on classical and/or deep learning techniques. This work will lay the foundation of localization algorithms like 3D LiDAR SLAM and sophisticated obstacle classification and avoidance algorithms....

Was Sie bei uns tun In this thesis, you will establish the basis for the development of a lightweight track-based drive for the CURTmini robot. For this purpose, a requirements analysis and a research on the state of the art should be carried out in order to derive requirements. Based on the requirements and on systematic material selection, initial...

Was Sie bei uns tun In this thesis, you will establish the basis for the development of a lightweight track-based drive for the CURTmini robot. For this purpose, a requirements analysis and a research on the state of the art should be carried out in order to derive requirements. Based on the requirements and on systematic material selection, initial...

In the Professional Service Robots - Outdoor research group we develop autonomous mobile robots for a variety of outdoor applications, such as agriculture and forestry. The focus is on the development of an autonomous outdoor navigation solution as well as the hardware of the robots.   One challenge in these rough environments are the versatile ground...

  Was Sie mitbringen Background in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or similar  Profound knowledge mechanical design and design methods (e.g. VDI 2221) Experience with CAD software  Experience with safety equipment and sensors is a plus Enthusiasm for mobile robotics Fluent in English or German  Craft skills is a plus   ...

  Was Sie mitbringen Background in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or similar  Profound knowledge mechanical design and design methods (e.g. VDI 2221) Experience with CAD software  Experience with safety equipment and sensors is a plus Enthusiasm for mobile robotics Fluent in English or German  Craft skills is a plus   ...

Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft betreibt in Deutschland derzeit 76 Institute und Forschungseinrichtungen und ist die weltweit führende Organisation für anwendungsorientierte Forschung. Rund 30 800 Mitarbeitende erarbeiten das jährliche Forschungsvolumen von 3,0 Milliarden Euro. One of the main modules in outdoor navigation is the local planner, which...