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Hammoudeh Garcia, Nadia (Fraunhofer IPA); Lüdtke, Mathias (Fraunhofer IPA); Kortik, Sitar (Fraunhofer IPA); Kahl, Björn (Gesellschaft für Produktionssysteme Stuttgart); Bordignon, Mirko (Fraunhofer IPA): Bootstrapping MDE Development from ROS Manual Code - Pt.1: Metamodeling.
Conference paper: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers -IEEE-: Third IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, IRC 2019. Proceedings : 25-27 February 2019, Naples, Italy. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2019. S.329-336.

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Unhelkar, Vaibhav Vasant (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge); Dörr, Stefan (Fraunhofer IPA); Bubeck, Alexander; Lasota, Przemyslaw A. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge); Perez, Jorge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge); Siu, Ho Chit (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge); Boerkoel, James C. (Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, USA); Tyroller, Quirin (BMW Group, München); Bix, Johannes (BMW Group, München); Bartscher, Stefan (BMW Group, München); Shah, Julie A. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge): Mobile robots for moving-floor assembly lines. Design, evaluation, and deployment.
Conference paper: IEEE robotics & automation magazine 25 (2018), Nr.2, S.72-81.

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Lüdtke, Mathias (Fraunhofer IPA): Service robots with CAN-driven devices.
Journal article: CAN Newsletter (2017), Nr.1, S.30-33.  

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Fröhlich, Tim (Fraunhofer IPA); Reiser, Ulrich (Fraunhofer IPA): Design and implementation of Conference: Verl, Alexander (Chairman, Tagungspräsident); Dragan, Mihai (Programmkomitee); Hägele, Martin (Programmkomitee) ; International Federation of Robotics; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Robotik -DGR-; Informationstechnische Gesellschaft -ITG-; Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. -VDMA-, Fachverband Robotik und Automation, Frankfurt/Main; Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung -IPA-, Stuttgart: 47th International Symposium on Robotics 2016 : Robotics in the Era of Digitalization. June 21-22, 2016, Munich, Germany. Berlin: VDE-Verlag, 2016. ISBN: 978-3-8007-4231-8. S.251-258.

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Lüdtke, Mathias: The service robot Care-O-bot 4. In: CAN Newsletter Magazine : Hardware + Software + Tools + Engineering. - Nürnberg : CiA, 2016, Nr. 1, March, S. 36-39.

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Kittmann, Ralf ; Fröhlich, Tim ; Schäfer, Johannes ; Reiser, Ulrich ; Weißhardt, Florian ; Haug, Andreas: Let me Introduce Myself: I am Care-O-bot 4, a Gentleman Robot. In: Mensch und Computer 2015 : Proceedings. 6.-9. September 2015, Stuttgart / Herausgegeben von Sarah Diefenbach, Niels Henze, Martin Pielot. - Berlin; New York : de Gruyter, 2015, S. 223-232.

 

Mast, M., Burmester, M., Graf, B., Weisshardt, F., Arbeiter, G., Španěl, M., Materna, Z., Smrž, P., & Kronreif, G. (2015). Design of the human-robot interaction for a semi-autonomous service robot to assist elderly people. In R. Wichert & H. Klausing (Eds.), Advanced Technologies and Societal Change: Ambient Assisted Living. 7. AAL-Kongress 2014, Berlin, Germany, January 21-22, 2014. (pp. 15-29). Cham et al.: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-11866-6_2

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Fischer, Jan ; Verl, Alexander (Hauptberichter) ; Wörn, Heinz (Mitberichter): A user-oriented, comprehensive system for the 6 DoF recognition of arbitrary rigid household objects. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 2015. (Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Produktionsforschung; 44). (Stuttgart, Univ., Fak. Konstruktions-, Produktions- und Fahrzeugtechnik, Inst. für Steuerungstechnik der Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungseinrichtungen, Diss. 2015). - ISBN 978-3-8396-0891-3

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Bormann, Richard ; Hampp, Joshua ; Hägele, Martin: New Brooms Sweep Clean - An Autonomous Robotic Cleaning Assistant for Professional Office Cleaning. In: Parker, Lynne (General Chair) ; u.a. ; IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society: IEEE ICRA 2015 : Robotics and Automation: Technologies Enabling New Economic Growth. May 26 - 30, 2015, Seattle, USA. Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE Press, 2015, S. 4470-4477.

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Mast, Marcus ; Zdenek, Materna ; Spanel, Michal ; Weisshardt, Florian ; Arbeiter, Georg ; Burmester, Michael ; Smrz, Pavel ; Graf, Birgit: Semi-Autonomous Domestic Service Robots: Evaluation of a User Interface for Remote Manipulation and Navigation With Focus on Effects of Stereoscopic Display. In: International journal of Social Robotics. 7 (2015), Nr. 2, S. 183-202.

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Morales, Ricardo ; Badesa, Francisco J. ; García-Aracil, Nicolás ; Bormann, Richard; Fischer, Jan ; Graf, Birgit: Bimanual Robot Manipulation and Packaging of Shoes in Footwear Industry. In: Armada, Manuel A. (Ed.) ; Sanfeliu, Alberto (Ed.) ; Ferre, Manuel (Ed.): ROBOT2013: First Iberian Robotics Conference : Advances in Robotics, Vol. 1. Cham: Springer, 2014, S. 315-329. - DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-03413-3 23

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Bubeck, Alexander; Weisshardt, Florian; Verl, Alexander: BRIDE - A toolchain for framework-independent development of industrial service robot applications. In: Verl, Alexander (Chair) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: Proceedings for the joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics ISR 2014 and the 8th GERMAN Conference on Robotics - ROBOTIK 2014 : Munich, 2-3 June 2014. Berlin; Offenbach : VDE Verlag, 2014, S. 137-142

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Arbeiter, Georg; Fuchs, Steffen; Hampp, Joshua; Bormann, Richard: Efficient Segmentation and Surface Classification of Range Images. In: Xi, Ning (General Chair) u.a.; IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society: IEEE ICRA 2014 : Robotics and Automation: Technologies Enabling New Economic Growth. May 31 - June 7, 2014, Hong Kong, China. Workshop & Tutorials. Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE Press, 2014, S. 5502-5509

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Weisshardt, Florian; Kett, Jannik; Freitas Oliveira Araujo, Thiago de; Bubeck, Alexander; Verl, Alexander: Enhancing Software Portability with a Testing and Evaluation Platform. In: Verl, Alexander (Chair) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: Proceedings for the joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics ISR 2014 and the 8th GERMAN Conference on Robotics - ROBOTIK 2014 : Munich, 2-3 June 2014. Berlin; Offenbach : VDE Verlag, 2014, S. 219-224

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Jacobs, Theo; Hesse, Maximilian; Verl, Alexander: Evaluation of wheel mechanisms for omnidirectional robot undercarriages. In: Verl, Alexander (Chair) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: Proceedings for the joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics ISR 2014 and the 8th GERMAN Conference on Robotics - ROBOTIK 2014 : Munich, 2-3 June 2014. Berlin; Offenbach : VDE Verlag, 2014, S. 190-196

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Jacobs, Theo; Virk, Gurvinder: ISO 13482 - The new safety standard for personal care robots. In: Verl, Alexander (Chair) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: Proceedings for the joint 45th International Symposium on Robotics ISR 2014 and the 8th GERMAN Conference on Robotics - ROBOTIK 2014 : Munich, 2-3 June 2014. Berlin; Offenbach : VDE Verlag, 2014, S. 698-703

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Bormann, Richard; Weisshardt, Florian; Arbeiter, Georg; Fischer, Jan: Autonomous dirt detection for cleaning in office environments. In: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013, S. 1252–1259

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Reiser, Ulrich; Jacobs, Theo; Arbeiter, Georg; Parlitz, Christopher; Dautenhahn, Kerstin: Care-O-bot® 3 - Vision of a Robot Butler. In: Trappl, Robert (Ed.): Your Virtual Butler : The Making-of. Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer, 2013, S. 97-116

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Fischer, Jan; Bormann, Richard; Arbeiter, Georg; Verl, Alexander: A feature descriptor for texture-less object representation using 2D and 3D cues from RGB-D data. In: IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society u.a.: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA : Anthropomatics - Technologies for Humans. May 6-10, 2013, Karlsruhe, Germany. Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE Press, 2013, S. 2104-2109

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Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Akker, Rieks op den; Bedaf, Sandra; Bormann, Richard; Draper, Heather; Evers, Vanessa; Gelderblom, Gert Jan; Gutierrez Ruiz, Carolina; Hewson, David; Koay, Kheng Lee; Kröse, Ben; Marti, Patrizia; Michel, Hervé; Prevot-Huille, Hélène; Reiser, Ulrich; Saunders, Joe; Sorell, Tom; Dautenhahn, Kerstin: Accompany: Acceptable robotiCs COMPanions for AgeiNg Years - Multidimensional Aspects of Human-System Interactions. In: Paja, Wieslaw A. (Ed.) u.a.; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: HSI 2013 : 6th International Conference on Human Systems Interactions (HSI), June 06-08, 2013, Gdansk, Sopot, Poland. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2013, S. 570-577

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Bormann, Richard; Zwölfer, Thomas; Fischer, Jan; Hampp, Joshua; Hägele, Martin: Person Recognition for Service Robotics Applications. In: IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society u.a.: Humanoids 2013 : IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots; Humanoids in the Real World, October 15-17, 2013, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Piscataway, NJ, 2013, 8 S.

Hampp, Joshua; Bormann, Richard: Quadtree-based Polynomial Polygon Fitting. In: Sugano, Shigeki (General Chair); IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society u.a.: IROS 2013: New Horizon : 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Tokyo, Japan, November 3-8, 2013. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2013, S. 4207-4213

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Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Akker, Rieks op den; Bedaf, Sandra; Bormann, Richard; Draper, Heather; Evers, Vanessa; Gallego Pérez, Jorge; Gelderblom, Gert Jan; Gutierrez Ruiz, Carolina; Hewson, David; Hu, Ninghang; Koay, Kheng Lee; Kröse, Ben; Lehmann, Hagen; Marti, Patrizia; Michel, Hervé; Prevot-Huille, Hélène; Reiser, Ulrich; Saunders, Joe; Sorell, Tom; Stienstra, Jelle; Syrdal, Dag; Walters, Michael; Dautenhahn, Kerstin: Assistive Technology Design And Development for Acceptable Robotics Companions for Ageing Years. In: Paladyn, Journal of Behavorial Robotics 4 (2013), S. 94-112

Haug, Sebastian A.; Weisshardt, Florian; Verl, Alexander: Automatic Camera and Kinematic Calibration of a Complex Service Robot. In: Levi, Paul (Hrsg.) u.a.: Autonomous Mobile Systeme 2012 : 22. Fachgespräch Stuttgart, 26. bis 28. September 2012. Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer, 2012, S. 1-9 (Informatik aktuell).

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Bormann, Richard; Fischer, Jan; Arbeiter, Georg; Verl, Alexander: Adding Rotational Robustness to the Surface-Approximation Polynomials Descriptor. In: Iwata, Hiroyasu (Ed.) u.a.; IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society u.a.: Humanoids 2012 : 12th International IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots; November 29-December 1, 2012, Osaka, Japan; Humanoids and Humans: Towards A New Frontier. Piscataway, NJ, 2012, S. 409-416

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Jacobs, Theo; Connette, Christian P.; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: Design of wheel modules for non-holonomic, omnidirectional mobile robots in context of the emerging control problems. In: Berns, Karsten (Chair) u.a.; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Robotik u.a.: ROBOTIK 2012 - 7th German Conference on Robotics : Proceedings, 21-22 May 2012, Munich in Conjunction with Automatica 2012. Berlin; Offenbach : VDE Verlag, 2012, S. 135-138

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Reiser, Ulrich: Desire Web 2.0: Integration Management and Distributed Software Development for Complex Service Robots. In: Prassler, Erwin (Hrsg.) u.a.: Towards Service Robots for Everyday Environments : Recent Advances in Designing Service Robots for Complex Tasks in Everyday Environments. Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer, 2012, S. 517-526 (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics - STAR 76).

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Jacobs, Theo; Reiser, Ulrich; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: Development of validation methods for the safety of mobile service robots with manipulator. In: Berns, Karsten (Chair) u.a.; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Robotik u.a.: ROBOTIK 2012 - 7th German Conference on Robotics : Proceedings, 21-22 May 2012, Munich in Conjunction with Automatica 2012. Berlin; Offenbach : VDE Verlag, 2012, S. 46-50

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Connette, Christian; Arbeiter, Georg; Meßmer, Felix; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander; Notheis, Simon; Mende, Michael; Hein, Björn; Wörn, Heinz: Efficient Monitoring of Process Plants by Telepresence and Attention Guidance. In: Berns, Karsten (Chair) u.a.; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Robotik u.a.: ROBOTIK 2012 - 7th German Conference on Robotics : Proceedings, 21-22 May 2012, Munich in Conjunction with Automatica 2012. Berlin; Offenbach : VDE Verlag, 2012, S. 269-272

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Bormann, Richard; Fischer, Jan; Arbeiter, Georg; Verl, Alexander: Efficient Object Categorization with the Surface-Approximation Polynomials Descriptor. In: Stachniss, Cyrill (Ed.) u.a.: Spatial Cognition VIII : International Conference, Seeon, Germany, August 31- September 3, 2012; Proceedings. Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer, 2012, S. 34-53 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 7463).

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Arbeiter, Georg; Fuchs, Steffen; Bormann, Richard; Fischer, Jan; Verl, Alexander: Evaluation of 3D Feature Descriptors for Classification of Surface Geometries in Point Clouds. In: Almeida, Anibal T. de (General Chair) u.a.; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: IROS 2012 - Conference Proceedings : Celebrating 25 Years of IROS; IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 7th-12th of October 2012. Piscataway, NJ, 2012, S. 1644-1650

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Jacobs, Theo; Graf, Birgit: Practical Evaluation of Service Robots for Support and Routine Tasks in an Elderly Care Facility. In: Buss, Martin (General Chair); IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society u.a.: IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts - ARSO 2012 : 21-23 May 2012, Munich, Germany. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2012, S. 46-49

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Hammoudeh Garcia, Nadia; Jacobs, Theo; Reiser, Ulrich; Siee, Maik; Connette, Christian; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: ROBOSKIN tactile skin for safe human-robot interaction with Care-O-bot 3. In: Lobo, Jorge (Ed.) u.a.; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: IROS 2012 - Workshops and Tutorials : Celebrating 25 Years of IROS; Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 7th-12th of October 2012. Piscataway, NJ, 2012, 3 S.

 

Nowak, Walter; Reiser, Ulrich; Prassler, Erwin: Robot Development Process in the Desire Project. In: Prassler, Erwin (Hrsg.) u.a.: Towards Service Robots for Everyday Environments : Recent Advances in Designing Service Robots for Complex Tasks in Everyday Environments. Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer, 2012, S. 507-516 (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics - STAR 76).

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Connette, Christian; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: Singularity-Free State-Space Representation for Non-Holonomic, Omnidirectional Undercarriages by Means of Coordinate Switching. In: Almeida, Anibal T. de (General Chair) u.a.; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: IROS 2012 - Conference Proceedings : Celebrating 25 Years of IROS; IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 7th-12th of October 2012.

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Bubeck, Alexander; Connette, Christian; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: SyncMM - A Reactive Path Planning and Control Framework for the Mobile Manipulator Care-O-bot® 3. In: Basañez, Luis (Ed.) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: ISR 2012 : The 43rd International Symposium on Robotics, Taipei, Taiwan, August 29-31, 2012. Program & Abstracts & Proceedings. Taipei, Taiwan, 2012, S. 150-155

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Arbeiter, Georg; Bormann, Richard; Fischer, Jan; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: Towards Geometric Mapping for Semi-autonomous Mobile Robots. In: Stachniss, Cyrill (Ed.) u.a.: Spatial Cognition VIII : International Conference, Seeon, Germany, August 31- September 3, 2012; Proceedings. Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer, 2012, S. 114-127 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 7463).

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Qiu, Renxi; Ji, Ze; Noyvirt, Alexandre; Soroka, Anthony; Setchi, Rossi; Pham, Duc Truong; Xu, Shuo; Shivarov, Naiden; Pigini, Lucia; Arbeiter, Georg; Weisshardt, Florian; Graf, Birgit; Mast, Marcus; Blasi, Lorenzo; Facal, David; Rooker, Martijn; Lopez, Rafa; Li, Dayou; Liu, Beisheng; Kronreif, Gernot; Smrz, Pavel: Towards Robust Personal Assistant Robots: Experience Gained in the SRS Project. In: Almeida, Anibal T. de (General Chair) u.a.; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: IROS 2012 - Conference Proceedings : Celebrating 25 Years of IROS; IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 7th-12th of October 2012. Piscataway, NJ, 2012, S. 1651-1657

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Bormann, Richard; Fischer, Jan; Arbeiter, Georg; Weisshardt, Florian; Verl, Alexander: A Visual Dirt Detection System for Mobile Service Robots. In: Berns, Karsten (Chair) u.a.; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Robotik u.a.: ROBOTIK 2012 - 7th German Conference on Robotics : Proceedings, 21-22 May 2012, Munich in Conjunction with Automatica 2012. Berlin; Offenbach : VDE Verlag, 2012, S. 129-134

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Mast, Marcus; Burmester, Michael; Krüger, Katja; Fatikow, Sascha; Arbeiter, Georg; Graf, Birgit; Kronreif, Gernot; Pigini, Lucia; Facal, David; Qiu, Renxi: User-Centered Design of a Dynamic-Autonomy Remote Interaction Concept for Manipulation-Capable Robots to Assist Elderly People in the Home. In: Journal of Human-Robot Interaction 1 (2012), Nr. 1, S. 96-118

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Pfeiffer, Kai; Bengel, Matthias; Bubeck, Alexander: Offshore Robotics - Survey, Implementation, Outlook. In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems : Celebrating 50 Years of Robotics, September 25-30, 2011, San Francisco, USA. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2011, S. 241-246

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Browatzki B Person, Fischer J , Graf B , Bülthoff HH Person und Wallraven C Person (November-2011) Going into depth: Evaluating 2D and 3D cues for object classification on a new, large-scale object dataset 1st ICCV Workshop on Consumer Depth Cameras in Computer Vision (CD4CV2011).

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Mertens, Alexander; Reiser, Ulrich; Brenken, Benedikt; Lüdtke, Mathias; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander; Brandl, Christopher; Schlick, Christopher: Assistive Robots in Eldercare and Daily Living: Automation of Individual Services for Senior Citizens. In: Jeschke, Sabina (Ed.) u.a.: Intelligent Robotics and Applications Part I : 4th International Conference, ICIRA 2011. Aachen, Germany, December 6-8, 2011. Proceedings. Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer, 2011, Part I, S. 542-552 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 7101).

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Arbeiter, Georg; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: Field of view dependent registration of point clouds and incremental extraction of table-tops using time-of-flight cameras: held at the ICRA Workshop: Semantic Perception, Mapping and Exploration (SPME). In: IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society u.a.: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA: Better Robots, Better Life. May 9-13, 2011, Shanghai, China. Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE Press, 2011, 6 S.

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Fischer, Jan; Ruppel, Alexander; Weisshardt, Florian; Verl, Alexander: A Rotation Invariant Feature Descriptor O-DAISY and its FPGA Implementation. In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems: celebrating 50 Years of Robotics, September 25-30, 201, San Francisco, USA. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2011, S. 2365-2370

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Fischer, Jan; Arbeiter, Georg; Verl, Alexander: Combination of Time-of-Flight Depth and Stereo using Semiglobal Optimization. In: IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society u.a.: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2011: Better Robots, Better Life. May 9-13, 2011, Shanghai, China. Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE Press, 2011, S. 3548-3553

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Blumenthal, Sebastian; Fischer, Jan; Nowak, Walter; Prassler, Erwin: Towards Identification of Best Practice Algorithms in 3D Perception and Modeling. In: IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society u.a.:2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA : Better Robots, Better Life. May 9-13, 2011, Shanghai, China.Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE Press, 2011, S. 3554-3561

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Connette, Christian P.; Pott, Andreas; Hägele, Martin: Addressing Input Saturation and Kinematic Constraints of Overactuated Undercarriages by Predictive Potential Fields. In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Robots and Intelligent Systems: Intelligent Robotics in the Next Transition, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 18-22, 2010. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2010, S. 4775-4781

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Kunz, Tobias; Reiser, Ulrich; Stilman, Mike; Verl, Alexander:Real-Time Path Planning for a Robot Arm in Changing Environments. In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Robots and Intelligent Systems: Intelligent Robotics in the Next Transition, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 18-22, 2010. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2010, S. 5906-5911

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Connette, Christian P.; Hofmeister, Stefan; Bubeck, Alexander; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: Model-Predictive Undercarriage Control for a Pseudo-Omnidirectional, Wheeled Mobile Robot. In: Neumann, Kristin (Ed.) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: Joint International Conference of ISR/ROBOTIK2010: Munich, 7-9 June 2010. Berlin; Offenbach: VDE-Verlag, 2010, S. 1178-1183

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Arbeiter, Georg; Fischer, Jan; Verl, Alexander: 3-D-Environment Reconstruction for Mobile Robots using fast- SLAM and Feature Extraction. In: Neumann, Kristin (Ed.) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: Joint International Conference of ISR/ROBOTIK2010: Munich, 7-9 June 2010. Berlin; Offenbach: VDE-Verlag, 2010, S. 291-295

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Fischer, Jan; Seitz, Daniel; Verl, Alexander: Face Detection using 3-D Time-of-Flight and Colour Cameras. In: Neumann, Kristin (Ed.) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: Joint International Conference of ISR/ROBOTIK2010: Munich, 7-9 June 2010. Berlin; Offenbach: VDE-Verlag, 2010, S. 112-116

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Weisshardt, Florian; Reiser, Ulrich; Parlitz, Christopher; Verl, Alexander: Making High-Tech Service Robot Platforms Available. In: Neumann, Kristin (Ed.) u.a.; International Federation of Robotics u.a.: Joint International Conference of ISR/ROBOTIK2010: Munich, 7-9 June 2010. Berlin; Offenbach: VDE-Verlag, 2010, S. 1115-1120

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Arbeiter, Georg; Fischer, Jan; Verl, Alexander: 3D Perception and Modeling for Manipulation on Care-O-bot® 3. In: IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society: 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2010): Conference Digest. Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 3-8, 2010. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE Press, 2010, 5 S.

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Graf, Birgit; Reiser, Ulrich; Hägele, Martin; Mauz, Kathrin; Klein, Peter: Robotic Home Assistant Care-O-bot® 3 - Product Vision and Innovation Platform. In: IEEE / Robotics and Automation Society: IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts - ARSO 2009: Workshop Proceedings, Tokyo, Japan, November 23-25, 2009. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2009, S. 139-144

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Ulrich Reiser, Christian Connette, Jan Fischer, Jens Kubacki, Alexander Bubeck, Florian Weisshardt, Theo Jacobs, Christopher Parlitz, Martin Hägele, Alexander Verl: Care-O-bot 3 - Creating a product vision for service robot applications by integrating design and technology. In: The 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), St. Louis, USA, pp. 1992-1997.

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Bengel, Matthias; Pfeiffer, Kai; Graf, Birgit; Bubeck, Alexander; Verl, Alexander: Mobile Robots for Offshore Inspection and Manipulation. In: The 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Intelligent Systems (IROS), St. Louis, USA, pp. 3317-3322

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Bubeck, Alexander; Reiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Kai; Hägele, Martin: Distributed Access to a Centralized Testing and Benchmarking Facility via the DESIRE Webportal. In: The 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Intelligent Systems (IROS), St. Louis. Workshop on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking for Next Intelligent Robots and Systems, 5 S.

 

Reiser, Ulrich; Parlitz, Christopher; Klein, Peter: Care-O-bot® 3 - Vision of a robot butler. In: Beyond Gray Droids: Domestic Robot Design for the 21st Century: Workshop in Cambridge, UK on 1 September 2009 at HCI 2009. Cambridge, UK, 2009, 4 S.

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Ulrich Reiser, Regina Klauser, Christopher Parlitz and Alexander Verl: "DESIRE WEB 2.0 - Integration Management and Distributed Software Development for Service Robots". In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Advance Robotics, June 22-26, Munich, Germany

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Graf, Birgit; Staab, Harald: Service Robots and Automation for the Disabled / Limited. In: Nof, Shimon Y. (Hrsg.): Springer Handbook of Automation. Berlin u.a.: Springer, 2009, S. 1485-1502

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Graf, Birgit: An Adaptive Guidance System for Robotic Walking Aids. In: Journal of Computing and Information Technology - CIT 17 (2009), Nr. 1, S. 109-120

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Graf, Birgit; Parlitz, Christopher; Hägele, Martin: Robotic Home Assistant Care-O-bot® 3 Product Vision and Innovation Platform. In: Human-Computer Interaction - HCI International 2009 / DVD: Interaction Design and Usability. 13th International Conference, HCI International 2009 with 10 further Associated Conferences, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009. Proceedings and Posters. Berlin u.a.: Springer, 2009, S. 312-320 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5610-5624).

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Connette, Christian P.; Parlitz, Christopher; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: Singularity Avoidance for Over-Actuated, Pseudo-Omnidirectional, Wheeled Mobile Robots. In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: CD-ROM. May 12-17, 2009, Kobe, Japan. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2009

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Connette, Christian P.; Parlitz, Christopher; Graf, Birgit; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: "The Mobility Concept of Care-O-bot 3." In: International Federation of Robotics u.a.: ISR 2008: 39th International Symposium on Robotics, 15.-17. Oct. 2008, Seoul, Korea. Seoul, Korea, 2008, S. 746-750

 

Connette, Christian P.; Pott, Andreas; Hägele, Martin; Verl, Alexander: "Control of an Pseudo-omnidirectional, Non-holonomic, Mobile Robot Based on an ICM Representation in Spherical Coordinates." In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control: CD-ROM. December 9-11, 2008, Cancun, Mexico. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2008, S. 4976-4983

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Graf, B.; Pfeiffer, K.: "Mobile Robotics for Offshore Automation". In: Penders, J. (Ed.) u.a.: Universität Jaume Castellón de la Plana, Spanien, u.a.: Robotics for Risky Interventions and Surveillance of the Environment: IARP/EURON International Workshop, January 7th-8th, 2008, Benicàssim, Spain Castelló de la Plana, Spanien, 2008 (e-Treballs d'Informàtica i Tecnologia 4)

 

Parlitz, Christopher; Hägele, Martin; Klein, Peter; Seifert, Jan; Dautenhahn, Kerstin "Care-O-bot 3 - Rationale for human-robot interaction design." In: International Federation of Robotics u.a.: ISR 2008: 39th International Symposium on Robotics, 15.-17. Oct. 2008, Seoul, Korea. Seoul, Korea, 2008, S. 275-280

 

Reiser, Ulrich; Volz, Rene; Geibel, Felix: "ManIPA: A flexible Manipulation Framework for Collision Avoidance and Robot Control." In: International Federation of Robotics u.a.: ISR 2008: 39th International Symposium on Robotics, 15.-17. Oct. 2008, Seoul, Korea. Seoul, Korea, 2008, S. 407-411

Connette, C.P.; Meister, O.; Hägele, M.; Trommer, G.F.: "Decomposition of Line Segments into Corner and Statistical Grown Line Features in an EKF-SLAM Framework". In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: IROS 07: 20 Years of Innovative Robotics: Conference Proceedings. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Diego, Oct 29 - Nov 2, 2007. New Orleans: Omnipress, 2007, S. 3884-3891

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Graf, B.; Pfeiffer, K.; Staab, H.: "Mobile Robots for Offshore Inspection and Manipulation." In: Proceedings of the International Petroleum Technology Conference, 4-6 December 2007, Dubai, U.A.E. (IPTC-11542-MS).

 

Graf, B.; Schraft, R.D.: "Behavior-based Path Modification for Shared Control of Robotic Walking Aids". In: Driessen, Bart (General Chair / Ed.) u.a.; Nederlandse Centrale Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek u.a.: Robots care. ICORR 2007 / CD-ROM: 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, June 12 - June 15, 2007, Noordwijk, Netherlands. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Operations Center, 2007, S. 317-322

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Parlitz, C.; Baum, W.; Reiser, U.; Hägele, M.: "Intuitive Human-Machine-Interaction and Implementation on a Household Robot Companion". In: Human-Computer Interaction - HCI International 2007 / DVD: Interaction Design and Usability. 12th International Conference, Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007. Proceedings, Part I. Berlin u.a.: Springer, 2007, S. 922-929 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4550).

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Reiser, U.; Kubacki, J.: "Using a 3D Time-of-Flight Range Camera for Visual Tracking". In: Centre National de la Recherche scientifique / Laboratoire d'Architecture et d'Analyse des Systemes: 6th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles / CD-ROM: Symposium Proceedings. 3-5 September 2007, Toulouse, France. Toulouse, France, 2007, 6 S.

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Kubacki, J.; Reiser, U.: "Mirrobot: Fast Detection of Body-Parts in the Scale-Space of Range Images with an Application to Human Motion Copying". In: proceedings of IEEE ROMAN '06, pp. 552 - 557

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Kubacki, J.; Baum, W.: "Towards Open-Ended 3D Rotation and Shift Invariant Object Detection for Robot Companions". In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers u.a.: Intelligent Robots and Systems / CD-ROM: Proceedings. IEEE/RSJ International Conference. October 9-15, 2006, Beijing, China. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE Press, 2006, S. 3352-3357

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Schraft, R.D.; Wegener, K.; Simons, F.; Pfeiffer, K.: "Intelligent Sensor System and Flexible Gripper for Security Robots". In: Tokhi, M. Osman (Ed.) u.a.: Climbing and Walking Robots: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2005), 13-15 September 2005, London, UK. Berlin u.a.: Springer, 2006, S. 801-808

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Kubacki, J.; Pfeiffer, K.: "Using Range Imaging Sensors with Color Imaging Sensors in Cognitive Robot Companions: A New and Simple Calibration Technique Based on Particle Swarm Optimization". In: Ingensand, Hilmar (Publ.) u.a.; ETH Zürich: 1st Range Imaging Research Day: Proceedings, September 8/9, 2005 at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Zürich, 2005, S. 43-57

 

Kubacki, J.; Giesler, B.; Parlitz, C.: "Active Autonomous Object Modeling for Recognition and Manipulation: Towards a Unified Object Model and Learning Cycle". In: Levi, Paul (Hrsg.) u.a.: Autonome Mobile Systeme 2005: 19. Fachgespräch, Stuttgart, 8./9. Dezember 2005. Berlin u.a.: Springer, 2005, S. 227-233 (Informatik aktuell).

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Graf, B.: "Dependability of Mobile Robots in Direct Interaction with Humans." In: Prassler, E.; Lawitzky, G.; Stopp, A.; Grunwald, G.; Hägele, M.; Dillmann, R.; Iossifidis, I. (Eds.): Advances in Human-Robot Interaction. Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics , Vol. 14, 2004, pp. 223-240

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Graf, B.; Hans, M.; Schraft, R.D.: "Mobile Robot Assistants - Issues for Dependable Operation in Direct Cooperation With Humans". IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine Vol. 11 (2004) No. 2, Special Issue on Human Centered Robotics and Dependability, pp. 67-77.

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Graf, B.; Hans, M.; Schraft, R.D.: "Care-O-bot II - Development of a Next Generation Robotic Home Assistant". Autonomous Robot Journal, March 2004, Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 193-205.

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Hans, M.: "The Control Architecture of Care-O-bot II." In: Prassler, E.; Lawitzky, G.; Stopp, A.; Grunwald, G.; Hägele, M.; Dillmann, R.; Iossifidis, I. (Eds.): Advances in Human-Robot Interaction. Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics , Vol. 14, 2004, pp. 321-330

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Haegele, M.; Schaaf, W.; Helms, E.: "Robot Assistants as Simple and Effective Tools in Manufacturing Environments." In: Prassler, E.; Lawitzky, G.; Stopp, A.; Grunwald, G.; Hägele, M.; Dillmann, R.; Iossifidis, I. (Eds.): Advances in Human-Robot Interaction. Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics , Vol. 14, 2004, pp. 347-358

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Hans, M.; Graf, B.: "Robotic Home Assistant Care-O-bot II." In: Prassler, E.; Lawitzky, G.; Stopp, A.; Grunwald, G.; Hägele, M.; Dillmann, R.; Iossifidis, I. (Eds.): Advances in Human-Robot Interaction. Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics , Vol. 14, 2004, pp. 371-38

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Hägele, Martin: Robot Assistants in Manufacturing and Home Environments: Design and Technologies for Safety and Dependability. In: The Third IARP-IEEE/RAS-EURON Joint Workshop on Technical Challenges for Dependable Robots in Human Environments

 

Schraft, R.D.; Helms, E.; Hans, M.; Thiemermann, S.: "Man-Machine-Interaction and Co-Operation for Mobile and Assisting Robots". In: Proceedings of EIS 2004. Madeira, 2004.

Graf, B.; Barth, O.: "Entertainment Robotics: Examples, Key Technologies and Perspectives". In proceedings of IROS-Workshop "Robots in Exhibitions" 2002.

 

Graf, B.; Hans, M.; Kubacki, J.; Schraft, R.D.: "Robotic Home Assistant Care-O-bot II". In proceedings of the Second Joint Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas, 2002.

 

Graf, B.; Helms, E.; Lakshmana, V.; Rohrmoser, B.; Schraft, R.D.: "Anthropomorphic Robot Assistants - Giving the Human a Helping Hand". In proceedings of the Second IARP ­ IEEE/RAS Joint Workshop on Technical Challenge for Dependable Robots in Human Environments, Toulouse 2002, pp. 20-24.

 

Hans, M.; Graf, B.; Schraft, R.D.: "Robotic Home Assistant Care-O-bot: Past - Present - Future". In proceedings of IEEE ROMAN '02, pp. 380-385.

 

Hägele, M.; Schaaf, W.; Helms, E.: "Robot Assistants at Manual Workplaces: Effective Co-operation and Safety Aspects". In: International Symposium on Robotics 2002 / CD-ROM: Proceedings. October 7-11, 2002, Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm, 2002, o. Z.

 

Helms, E.; Schraft, R.D.; Hägele, M.: "rob@work: Robot Assistant in Industrial Environments". In proceedings of IEEE ROMAN '02.

 

Hostalet Wandosell, J. M., Graf, B.: "Non-Holonomic Navigation System of a Walking-Aid Robot". In proceedings of IEEE ROMAN '02, pp. 518-523.

Graf, B., Haegele, M.: "Dependable Interaction with an Intelligent Home Care Robot". In Proceedings of ICRA-Workshop on Technical Challenge for Dependable Robots in Human Environments, 2001, pp. IV-2.

 

Graf, B., Hostalet Wandosell, J. M.: "Flexible Path Planning for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots". In proceedings of Eurobot'01, pp. 199-206.

 

Graf, B.: "Reactive Navigation of an Intelligent Robotic Walking Aid". In proceedings of ROMAN-2001, pp. 353-358.

 

Haegele M., Schraft, R.D.; Neugebauer, J.: "From Robots to Robot Assistants". In Proceedings of the 32nd ISR (International Symposium on Robotics), pp. 404-409, 2001.

 

Hans, M.; Baum, W.: "Concept of a Hybrid Architecture for Care-O-bot". In proceedings of ROMAN-2001, pp. 407-411.

 

Schraft, R.D.; Graf, B.; Traub, A.; John, D.; " A Mobile Robot Platform for Assistance and Entertainment". In Industrial Robot Journal, Vol. 28, 2001, pp. 83-94.

Graf, B.; Schraft, R.D.; Neugebauer, J.: "A Mobile Robot Platform for Assistance and Entertainment", Proceedings of ISR-2000, Montreal, pp. 252-253.

Schaeffer, C.; May, T.: "Care-O-bot: A System for Assisting Elderly or Disabled Persons in Home Environments". In Proceedings of AAATE-99, Düsseldorf, 1999.

 

Traub, A.; Schraft, R.D.: "An Object-Oriented Realtime Framework for Distributed Control Systems"; in Proceedings of ICRA-99, pp. 3115-3121, 1999.

Schraft, R.D.; Schaeffer,C.; May,T.: "The Concept of a System for Assisting Elderly or Disabled Persons in Home Environments", Proceedings of the 24th IEEE IECON, Vol. 4 Aachen (Germany), 1998.