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+ | =====Open researcher positions===== | ||
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+ | ====Digital Twin Knowledge Base for submarine robot inspection/ | ||
+ | The Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI) investigates methods for cognition-enabled robot control. The research is at the intersection of robotics and Artificial Intelligence and includes methods for intelligent perception, dexterous object manipulation, | ||
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+ | As a researcher of the IAI, you actively research by applying and extending the elaborated methods and tools of the IAI (e.g., CRAM, KnowRoB, and openEASE) to the uncertainties of limited resources, computation, | ||
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+ | **Prerequisites: | ||
+ | * Digital Twins | ||
+ | * Knowledge Representation | ||
+ | * Data structures | ||
+ | * Data Stream Representation. | ||
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+ | **Hiring institution: | ||
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+ | **PhD Enrollment: | ||
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+ | The PhD examination acceptance requires a “Certificate of Equivalence for Foreign Vocational Qualifications”. More information available at [[https:// | ||
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+ | **Duration of the project:** 36 months | ||
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+ | **Main Academic Supervisor: | ||
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+ | **Co-supervisors: | ||
+ | =====Theses and Student | ||
If you are looking for a bachelor/ | If you are looking for a bachelor/ | ||
- | == GPU-based Parallelization of Numerical Optimization Techniques (BA/ | ||
- | In the field of Machine Learning, numerical optimization techniques play a focal role. However, as models grow larger, traditional implementations on single-core CPUs suffer from sequential execution causing | + | < |
+ | == Knowledge-enabled PID Controller for 3D Hand Movements in Virtual Environments (BA/MA Thesis) == | ||
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+ | Implementing | ||
+ | of the human user will be mapped | ||
+ | The controller should | ||
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | | + | * Good C++ programming skills |
- | | + | * Familiar with PID controllers |
+ | * Experience with simulators/physics-/ | ||
+ | * Familiar with Unreal Engine API | ||
+ | * Familiar with version-control systems (git) | ||
+ | * Able to work independently with minimal supervision | ||
- | Contact: [[team:daniel_nyga|Daniel Nyga]] | + | Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] |
+ | --></ | ||
- | == Online Learning of Markov Logic Networks for Natural-Language Understanding (MA)== | ||
- | Markov Logic Networks | + | |
+ | < | ||
+ | == Natural Physics-based Grasping in Virtual Environments | ||
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+ | Implementing physics-based grasping | ||
+ | from various devices such as Manus VR or Valve Index. | ||
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Experience in Machine Learning. | + | * Good C++ programming skills |
- | * Experience with statistical relational learning | + | * Familiar with skeletal animations |
- | * Good programming skills in Python. | + | * Experience with simulators/ |
+ | * Familiar with Unreal Engine API | ||
+ | * Familiar with version-control systems | ||
+ | * Able to work independently with minimal supervision | ||
- | Contact: [[team:daniel_nyga|Daniel Nyga]] | + | Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] |
+ | --></ | ||
- | ==HiWi-Position: Knowledge Representation & Language Understanding for Intelligent Robots== | + | < |
+ | == Lisp / CRAM support assistant (HiWi) == | ||
- | In the context of the European research project RoboHow.Cog [1,2] we | + | Technical support for the group for Lisp and the CRAM framework. \\ |
- | are investigating methods | + | 8+ hours per week for up to 1 year (paid). |
- | The Institute for Artificial Intelligence is hiring a student researcher for the | + | Requirements: |
- | development and the integration of probabilistic methods | + | * Good programming skills |
+ | * Basic ROS knowledge | ||
- | This HiWi-Position can serve as a starting point for future Bachelor' | + | The student will be introduced to the CRAM framework at the beginning of the job, which is a robot programming framework written in Lisp. The student will then be responsible |
- | Tasks: | + | Contact: [[team: |
- | * Implementation of an interface to the Robot Operating System | + | --></ |
- | * Linkage of the knowledge base to the executive of the robot. | + | |
- | * Support for the scientific staff in extending | + | < |
+ | == Mesh Editing / Mesh Segmentation/ | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | |||
+ | | ||
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Studies | + | * Good knowledge |
- | * Basic skills in Artificial Intelligence | + | * Familiar with Blender / Maya (or other) |
- | * Optional: basic skills in Probability Theory | + | |
- | * Optional: basic skills in Machine Learning | + | |
- | * Good programming skills in Python and Java | + | |
- | Hours: 10-20 h/week | + | Contact: [[team/ |
+ | --></html> | ||
- | Contact: [[team: | ||
- | [1] www.robohow.eu\\ | ||
- | [2] http:// | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | == 3D animation and model developer (Student Job / HiWi)== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
- | == Depth-Adaptive Superpixels | + | Developing and improving existing or new 3D (static/skeletal) |
- | {{ : | + | models in Blender / Maya (or other). Further importing and testing |
- | We are currently investigating a new set of sensors | + | models against Unreal Engine. |
- | Since the current implementation of DASP is not very performant for high resolution images, there are several options for doing a project in this field like reimplementing DASP using CUDA, investigating how thermal data can be integrated, | + | Bonus: Working with state of the art 3D Scanners [[https:// |
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Basic knowledge of image processing | + | * Experience with Blender / Maya (or other) |
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++. | + | * Knowledge of Unreal Engine material |
- | * Experience | + | * Familiar with version-control systems (git) |
+ | * Able to work independently | ||
- | Contact: [[team:jan-hendrik_worch|Jan-Hendrik Worch]] | + | Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] |
+ | --></ | ||
- | == Physical Simulation of Humans | + | < |
- | {{ :research:human_model.png?200|}} | + | == Integrating PR2 in the Unreal Game Engine Framework |
+ | {{ :research:unreal_ros_pr2.png?100|}} | ||
- | For tracking people, | + | Integrating |
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
* Good programming skills in C/C++ | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | ||
- | * Optional: Experience in working with physics | + | * Basic physics/rendering engine knowledge |
+ | * Basic ROS knowledge | ||
+ | * UE4 basic tutorials | ||
- | Contact: [[team:jan-hendrik_worch|Jan-Hendrik Worch]] | + | Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] |
- | == Kitchen Activity Games in a Realistic Robotic Simulator (BA/ | ||
- | {{ : | ||
- | Developing new activities and improving the current simulation framework done under the [[http://gazebosim.org/|Gazebo]] robotic simulator. Creating | + | == Realistic Grasping using Unreal Engine (BA/ |
+ | |||
+ | {{ : | ||
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+ | The objective of the project is to implement var- | ||
+ | ious human-like grasping approaches in a game developed using [[https://www.unrealengine.com/|Unreal Engine]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The game consist of a household environment where a user has to execute various given tasks, such as cooking a dish, setting | ||
+ | |||
+ | In order to improve the ease of manipulating objects the user should | ||
+ | be able to switch during runtime the type of grasp (pinch, power | ||
+ | grasp, precision grip etc.) he/she would like to use. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Requirements: | ||
+ | * Good programming skills in C++ | ||
+ | * Good knowledge of the Unreal Engine API. | ||
+ | * Experience with skeletal control / animations / 3D models in Unreal Engine. | ||
+ | * Familiar with version-control systems (git) | ||
+ | * Able to work independently with minimal supervision | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Contact: [[team/ | ||
+ | --></ | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | == Unreal Engine Editor Developer (Student Job / HiWi)== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | |||
+ | Creating new user interfaces (panel customization) for various internal plugins using the Unreal C++ framework [[https:// | ||
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | * Good C++ programming skills |
- | * Basic physics/rendering engine knowledge | + | * Familiar with the [[https:// |
- | * Gazebo simulator basic tutorials | + | * Familiar with Unreal Engine API |
+ | * Familiar with version-control systems (git) | ||
+ | * Able to work independently with minimal supervision | ||
Contact: [[team: | Contact: [[team: | ||
- | == Integrating Eye Tracking in the Kitchen Activity Games (BA/MA)== | ||
- | {{ : | ||
- | Integrating the eye tracker | + | |
+ | == OpenEASE rendering | ||
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+ | Implmenting the rendering of the [[https://data.open-ease.org/|OpenEASE]] knowledge base visualization in Unreal Engine. This will have to be packaged as a HTML5 executable and inserted into the website. | ||
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | * Good C++ programming skills |
- | * Gazebo simulator | + | * Familiar with Unreal Engine API |
+ | * Familiar with HTML5 and JavaScript | ||
+ | * Familiar with the [[https:// | ||
+ | * Familiar with basic ROS communication | ||
+ | * Familiar with version-control systems (git) | ||
+ | * Able to work independently with minimal supervision | ||
Contact: [[team: | Contact: [[team: | ||
- | == Hand Skeleton Tracking Using Two Leap Motion Devices | + | < |
- | {{ : | + | == Knowledge-enabled PID Controller for 3D Hand Movements in Virtual Environments |
- | Improving the skeletal tracking offered by the [[https:// | + | Implementing a force-, velocity- and impulse-based PID controller for precise and responsive hand movements in a virtual environment. The virtual environment used in Unreal Engine in combination with Virtual Reality |
- | + | of the human user will be mapped | |
- | The tracked hand can then be used as input for the Kitchen Activity Games framework. | + | The controller should |
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | * Good C++ programming skills |
+ | * Familiar with PID controllers and control theory | ||
+ | * Experience with simulators/ | ||
+ | * Familiar with Unreal Engine API | ||
+ | * Familiar with version-control systems (git) | ||
+ | * Able to work independently with minimal supervision | ||
Contact: [[team: | Contact: [[team: | ||
+ | --></ | ||
- | == Fluid Simulation in Gazebo | + | == Mülltrennungs-App mit Wissensgraph-Anbindung |
- | {{ : | + | |
- | [[http:// | + | Entwicklung einer Mülltrennungs-App für Smartphones |
+ | Dabei wird auf bestehende Objekterkennungs-Apps aufgebaut und eine Smartphone App entwickelt, die Objekte erkennt und auf einen Wissensgraphen zugreift, um weitere Informationen zu diesen Produkten zu erhalten. | ||
+ | Eine Aufgabe der Arbeit ist es, den bestehenden Wissengraphen um Wissen über Produktverpackungen und deren Entsorgungsmöglichkeiten zu erweitern. | ||
- | Currently there is an [[http:// | + | Aufgaben: |
+ | * App Entwicklung mit der Unity game engine | ||
+ | * Objekterkennung mittels Vuforia | ||
+ | * Arbeit mit Wissensrepräsentation und Wissensgraphen | ||
+ | * Erweiterung von .owl Dateien im Wissensgraphen | ||
- | The computational method for the fluid simulation is SPH (Smoothed-particle Dynamics), however newer and better methods based on SPH are currently present | ||
- | and should be implemented (PCISPH/ | ||
- | The interaction between the fluid and the rigid objects is a naive one, the forces and torques are applied only from the particle collisions (not taking into account pressure and other forces). | + | Contact: [[team: |
- | Another topic would be the visualization of the fluid, currently is done by rendering every particle. For the rendering engine [[http:// | + | == Situational awareness in kitchen environments (MA Thesis) == |
- | Here is a [[https:// | + | This is a knowledge representation topic including knowledge graphs. The idea is so link external Web-knowledge to an existing knowledge framework |
- | Requirements: | + | A result would be that a spoon next to a bowl with cereal would be used for eating while a spoon on a stove next to a pot would be used for stirring. |
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | |
- | * Interest in Fluid simulation | + | requirements: |
- | * Basic physics/ | + | * Work with KnowRob knowledge processing framework |
- | * Gazebo simulator | + | * Work with knowledge |
+ | * Implement reasoning about situations (based on perceived environment) | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Contact: [[team: | ||
- | Contact: [[team: | ||
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