See the full range of projects, from hobby projects and EU prototypes to certified products.
Self-assembled lawn mower DIY kit robot from the Ardumower open-source project.
Couldn't resist testing it off-season...
Tech: GNSS RTK based navigation (u-blox ZED-F9P) on Arduino (Adafruit Grand Central M4).
The world's first mobile robot classified as a medical device on the EU market. Used for gait rehabilitation: the robot drives in front of the patient and provides audio-visual feedback to improve the walking pattern.
Tech: 1x 2D LiDAR, RGB-D camera, depth camera, MIRA software framework
KELO robot developed to transport roll containers by lifting them. Platform can operate fully autonomously or can be moved by a force-sensitive handlebar.
Tech: 2x 2D LiDAR, 1x 3D LiDAR (3D SLAM), 4x RGB-D camera, ROS
Proof-of-concept robot for autonomous transport of roll containers.
The majority of system tests have been carried out in a remote testing facility, observed by IP cameras. This type of testing works surprisingly well.
Tech: CNN-based load detection and depth camera based visual servoing, 2x 2D LiDAR, 1x 3D LiDAR (3D SLAM), 4x RGB-D camera, ROS
KELO robot developed to transport roll containers by pulling them.
Tech: CNN-based load detection and depth camera based visual servoing, 2x 2D LiDAR, 1x 3D LiDAR (3D SLAM), 4x RGB-D camera, ROS
KELO robot developed to guide visitors.
As part of the NaRKo project, on-purpose collisions with persons have been studied to test the force-controlled omni-directional platform. No person harmed :)
Tech: 2x 2D LiDAR, 2x RGB-D camera, ROS
UV-C disinfection robot, developed as part of the DIH-HERO COVID-19 call. Disables lamps when persons are detected in camera images. Later used in the SESAME EU project on safe and secure multi-robot systems.
Tech: CNN-based person detection on Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier on 4 RGB cameras, 2x 2D LiDAR, 1x 3D LiDAR, 4x RGB-D camera, ROS
Research platform developed during the ROPOD EU project for hospital logistics.
Tech: 1x 2D LiDAR, 1x 3D LiDAR, 2x RGB-D camera, ROS
"Wasp" and "hawk" UAVs, developed by partners in the SHERPA EU project on alpine rescue scenarios. I contributed the Digital Cognitive Map (DCM) for a team of heterogeneous rescue robots.
Picture of Wasp taken during a test flight in Davos. Two of the UAVs flew into a sudden snowstorm and disappeared - out of sight, out of hearing range. Everyone on the team stood there waiting to hear them again. When they came back, the mission was completed as planned :)
RUFUS is a running coach. It runs in front of the user and provides an optimal velocity control based on heart rate measurements. Image with red RUFUS shows attached sensor rack used during development of the autopilot for the ROBLIN project for blind runners.
Tech: Plain C++ on ARM Cortex-A8 and Android app as UI. Autopilot version: Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier, RGB-D camera, GNSS, mmWave radar
LBR arm used in the EU project BRICS. The arm picks and places small plastic objects. I contributed the integration of the vision system (Cognex).
The KUKA youBot is an educational and research robot for mobile manipulation. In my role at Locomotec, I contributed to the open-source SDK and sensor ecosystem.
During a fair a person approached me: "I know your name from the author list of the ROS wrapper for the youBot driver." One of the pros of open-source software is getting recognized :)
Tech: ROS
Care-O-bot 3 is a mobile manipulation robot developed at Fraunhofer IPA. As part of the EU project BRICS, I prepared a perception component.
Pictures have been taken during one of the many BRICS research camps - which brought together robotics researchers from all around the world.
Mobile robot equipped with 2 rotating SICK laser scanners and a penta-dodecahedron shaped vision system "spherecam". I worked on a visual odometry module for the spherecam.
Tech: 2x 2D LiDAR, multi-camera system, C++ in-house framework
Of course, this is how it all started. Our teacher asked us: "shall we get a couple of these Mindstorms kits and build a robot?" - Yes, please! Later, I earned my first money by giving courses to fellow students on how to program Mindstorms robots.