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Germany
2023

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Computer Science

D-Index
64
Citations
17225
World Ranking
2591
National Ranking
113

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Sven Behnke is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research contributions span several interlinked fields and topics within computer science and engineering, particularly focusing on robotics, vision, and control systems.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their work covers various subfields such as:

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biomedical Engineering

The central themes of Behnke's research can be identified in the following areas:

  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Advanced Vision and Imaging
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Advanced Neural Network Applications

Among their recent papers are:

  • Pheno4D: A spatio-temporal dataset of maize and tomato plant point clouds for phenotyping and advanced plant analysis, 2021, published in PLoS ONE
  • Towards 3D LiDAR-based semantic scene understanding of 3D point cloud sequences: The SemanticKITTI Dataset, 2021, published in The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • NimbRo Avatar: Interactive Immersive Telepresence with Force-Feedback Telemanipulation, 2021, presented at the 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • Real-time Multi-Adaptive-Resolution-Surfel 6D LiDAR Odometry using Continuous-time Trajectory Optimization, 2021, presented at the 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • Bimanual telemanipulation with force and haptic feedback through an anthropomorphic avatar system, 2022, published in Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Frequent co-authors seen in Behnke's body of work include:

  • Max Schwarz
  • Simon Bultmann
  • Radu Alexandru Roşu
  • Jan Quenzel
  • Andre Rochow

Behnke has also contributed to book publications, including:

  • Roboter für Assistenzfunktionen: Konzeptstudien für die Interaktion in der Praxis, published by KIT Scientific Publishing eBooks in 2023

Their publishing record shows recurring appearances in key venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
  • 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • International Journal of Social Robotics

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of pooling operations in convolutional architectures for object recognition

    Dominik Scherer;Andreas Müller;Sven Behnke

  • SemanticKITTI: A Dataset for Semantic Scene Understanding of LiDAR Sequences

    Jens Behley;Martin Garbade;Andres Milioto;Jan Quenzel

  • RGB-D object recognition and pose estimation based on pre-trained convolutional neural network features

    Max Schwarz;Hannes Schulz;Sven Behnke

  • Real-time plane segmentation using RGB-D cameras

    Dirk Holz;Stefan Holzer;Radu Bogdan Rusu;Sven Behnke

  • Registration with the Point Cloud Library: A Modular Framework for Aligning in 3-D

    Dirk Holz;Alexandru E. Ichim;Federico Tombari;Radu B. Rusu

  • Hierarchical Neural Networks for Image Interpretation

    Sven Behnke

  • Multi-resolution surfel maps for efficient dense 3D modeling and tracking

    Jörg Stückler;Sven Behnke

  • Multispectral Pedestrian Detection using Deep Fusion Convolutional Neural Networks.

    Jörg Wagner;Volker Fischer;Michael Herman;Sven Behnke

  • Local multiresolution path planning

    Sven Behnke

  • Online trajectory generation for omnidirectional biped walking

    S. Behnke

  • RGB-D object detection and semantic segmentation for autonomous manipulation in clutter:

    Max Schwarz;Anton Milan;Arul Selvam Periyasamy;Sven Behnke

  • Towards a humanoid museum guide robot that interacts with multiple persons

    M. Bennewitz;F. Faber;D. Joho;M. Schreiber

  • NimbRo Rescue: Solving Disaster-response Tasks with the Mobile Manipulation Robot Momaro

    Max Schwarz;Tobias Rodehutskors;David Droeschel;Marius Beul

  • Efficient Continuous-Time SLAM for 3D Lidar-Based Online Mapping

    David Droeschel;Sven Behnke

  • Evaluating the Efficiency of Frontier-based Exploration Strategies

    Dirk Holz;Nicola Basilico;Francesco Amigoni;Sven Behnke

  • Fast Range Image Segmentation and Smoothing using Approximate Surface Reconstruction and Region Growing

    Dirk Holz;Sven Behnke

  • Fast Autonomous Flight in Warehouses for Inventory Applications

    Marius Beul;David Droeschel;Matthias Nieuwenhuisen;Jan Quenzel

  • The humanoid museum tour guide Robotinho

    Felix Faber;Maren Bennewitz;Clemens Eppner;Attila Gorog

  • Feature-based head pose estimation from images

    T. Vatahska;M. Bennewitz;S. Behnke

  • Pheno4D: A spatio-temporal dataset of maize and tomato plant point clouds for phenotyping and advanced plant analysis

    David Schunck;Federico Magistri;Radu Alexandru Rosu;André Cornelißen

  • Learning to interpret pointing gestures with a time-of-flight camera

    David Droeschel;Jörg Stückler;Sven Behnke

  • Predicting away robot control latency

    Sven Behnke;Anna Egorova;Alexander Gloye;Raul Rojas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Stückler
Jörg Stückler Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Maren Bennewitz
Maren Bennewitz University of Bonn
Raúl Rojas
Raúl Rojas Freie Universität Berlin
Cyrill Stachniss
Cyrill Stachniss University of Bonn
Reinhard Klein
Reinhard Klein University of Bonn
Antonio Frisoli
Antonio Frisoli Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Juergen Gall
Juergen Gall University of Bonn
Dirk Schulz
Dirk Schulz TU Dortmund University
Nikos G. Tsagarakis
Nikos G. Tsagarakis Italian Institute of Technology
Wolfram Burgard
Wolfram Burgard University of Technology Nuremberg

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