Publications

  1. D. Nurchalifah, S. Blumenthal, L. Lo Iacono, and N. Hochgeschwender, “Analysing the Safety and Security of a UV-C Disinfection Robot,” in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023, pp. 12729–12736. DOI
  2. H. Andradi, S. Blumenthal, E. Prassler, and P. G. Ploeger, “LiDAR-based Indoor Localization with Optimal Particle Filters using Surface Normal Constraints,” in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023, pp. 1947–1953. DOI
  3. F. Yazdani, S. Blumenthal, N. Huebel, A. K. Bozcuoğlu, M. Beetz, and H. Bruyninckx, “Query-based integration of heterogeneous knowledge bases for search and rescue tasks,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 117, pp. 80–91, 2019. DOI
  4. L. Naik, S. Blumenthal, N. Huebel, H. Bruyninckx, and E. Prassler, “Semantic mapping extension for OpenStreetMap applied to indoor robot navigation,” in 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019, pp. 3839–3845. DOI
  5. R. Ravichandran, E. Prassler, N. Huebel, and S. Blumenthal, “A Workbench for Quantitative Comparison of Databases in Multi-Robot Applications,” in 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018, pp. 3744–3750. DOI
  6. N. T. Huebel, S. Blumenthal, L. Naik, and H. Bruyninckx, “Challenges in Using OSM for Robotic Applications,” in State of the Map 2018, Date: 2018/07/28-2018/07/30, Location: Milan, 2018. Link
  7. D. E. Hernandez, S. Blumenthal, E. Prassler, S. Bo, and Z. Haojie, “Vision-based road boundary tracking system for unstructured roads,” in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS), 2017, pp. 66–71. DOI
  8. S. Blumenthal, B. Brieber, N. Huebel, F. Yazdani, M. Beetz, and H. Bruyninckx, A case study for integrating heterogeneous knowledge bases for outdoor environments. KU Leuven, 2016. Link
  9. E. Scioni, N. Huebel, S. Blumenthal, A. Shakhimardanov, M. Klotzbuecher, H. Garcia, and H. Bruyninckx, “Hierarchical Hypergraph for Knowledge-centric Robot Systems: a Composable Structural Meta Model and its Domain Specific Language NPC4,” JOSER: Journal of Software Engineering for Robotics, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 55–74, 2016. Link
  10. S. Blumenthal, N. Hochgeschwender, E. Prassler, H. Voos, and H. Bruyninckx, “An approach for a distributed world model with QoS-based perception algorithm adaptation,” in 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015, pp. 1806–1811. DOI
  11. S. Blumenthal and H. Bruyninckx, “Towards a Domain Specific Language for a Scene Graph based Robotic World Model,” arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.0200, 2014. Link
  12. S. Blumenthal, H. Bruyninckx, W. Nowak, and E. Prassler, “A Scene Graph Based Shared 3D World Model for Robotic Applications,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013. DOI
  13. S. Blumenthal, E. Prassler, J. Fischer, and W. Nowak, “Towards Identification of Best Practice Algorithms in 3D Perception and Modeling,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, 2011. DOI
  14. T. Linder, V. Tretyakov, S. Blumenthal, P. Molitor, H. Surmann, D. Holz, R. Murphy, and S. Tadokoro, “Rescue Robots at the Collapse of the Municipal Archive of Cologne City: a Field Report,” in IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR-2010), 2010. DOI
  15. S. Blumenthal, D. Droeschel, D. Holz, T. Linder, P. Molitor, and H. Surmann, “Omnidirectional sensors for mobile robots,” in Workshop Proceedings of Intl. Conf. on SIMULATION, MODELING and PROGRAMMING for AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS (SIMPAR), 2008, pp. 414–425. ISBN 978-88-95872-01-8. Link
  16. S. Blumenthal, “Optimierte Umsetzung eines Telekommunikation-Protokolls aus dem Bereich Internet-Telefonie auf Mikrocontrollern,” in Seminar der Informatiktage, GI-Edition Lecture Notes in Informatics, 2008, pp. 205–208. Link
  17. S. Blumenthal, D. Holz, T. Linder, P. Molitor, H. Surmann, and V. Tretyakov, “Teleoperated Visual Inspection and Surveillance with Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicles,” in Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation 2008 (REV 2008), 2008. Link
  18. H. Surmann, D. Holz, S. Blumenthal, T. Linder, P. Molitor, and V. Tretyakov, “Teleoperated Visual Inspection and Surveillance with Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicles,” International Journal of Online Engineering 2008 (iJOE 2008), vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 26–38, 2008. ISSN: 1861-2121. DOI