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- | =====Theses and Jobs===== | ||
- | If you are looking for a bachelor/ | ||
+ | =====Open researcher positions===== | ||
+ | ====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, | ||
- | == HiWi-Position: | + | As a researcher of the IAI, you actively research by applying |
- | When dealing with real-world robot tasks, simulation that is close to reality is key to test behavior-driven, | + | **Prerequisites: |
+ | * Digital Twins | ||
+ | * Knowledge Representation | ||
+ | * Data structures | ||
+ | * Data Stream Representation. | ||
- | Requirements: | + | **Hiring institution: |
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- | Contact: [[team: | + | **PhD Enrollment:** PhD position in the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at University of Bremen. The project involves collaboration with ROSEN in Bremen and UiO in Oslo. |
+ | The PhD examination acceptance requires a “Certificate of Equivalence for Foreign Vocational Qualifications”. More information available at [[https:// | ||
- | == GPU-based Parallelization | + | **Duration |
- | 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 a severe slow-down. In this thesis, state-of-the-art GPU frameworks (e.g. CUDA) are to be investigated in order implement numerical optimizers that substantially profit from parallel execution. | + | **Main Academic Supervisor: |
- | Requirements: | + | **Co-supervisors:** prof. Einar Broch Johnsen (UiO, Norway), dr. Peter Kampmann (ROSEN, Germany) |
- | | + | =====Theses |
- | | + | If you are looking for a bachelor/master thesis or a job as a student research assistant, you may find some interesting opportunities on this page. |
- | Contact: [[team: | ||
- | == Online Learning of Markov Logic Networks for Natural-Language Understanding | + | == Physics-based grasping in VR with finger tracking(Student Job / HiWi) == |
- | Markov Logic Networks (MLNs) combine the expressive power of first-order logic and probabilistic graphical | + | Implementing physics-based grasping |
+ | using Manus VR. | ||
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]] |
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- | ==HiWi-Position: | + | |
- | In the context of the European research project RoboHow.Cog [1,2] we | ||
- | are investigating methods for combining multimodal sources of knowledge (e.g. video, natural-language recipes or computer games), in order to enable mobile robots to autonomously acquire new high level skills like cooking meals or straightening up rooms. | ||
- | The Institute for Artificial Intelligence is hiring a student researcher for the | ||
- | development and the integration of probabilistic methods in AI, which enable intelligent robots to understand, interpret and execute natural-language instructions from recipes from the World Wide Web. | ||
- | This HiWi-Position can serve as a starting point for future Bachelor' | + | < |
+ | == Lisp / CRAM support assistant (HiWi) == | ||
- | Tasks: | + | Technical support for the group for Lisp and the CRAM framework. \\ |
- | * Implementation of an interface to the Robot Operating System (ROS). | + | 8+ hours per week for up to 1 year (paid). |
- | * Linkage of the knowledge base to the executive of the robot. | + | |
- | * Support | + | |
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Studies | + | * Good programming skills |
- | * Basic skills in Artificial Intelligence | + | * Basic ROS knowledge |
- | * Optional: basic skills in Probability Theory | + | |
- | * Optional: basic skills in Machine Learning | + | |
- | * Good programming skills in Python and Java | + | |
- | Hours: 10-20 h/week | + | 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 for assisting not familiar with the framework people, explaining them the parts they don't understand and pointing them to the relevant documentation sources. |
- | Contact: [[team:daniel_nyga|Daniel Nyga]] | + | Contact: [[team:gayane_kazhoyan|Gayane Kazhoyan]] |
+ | --></ | ||
- | [1] www.robohow.eu\\ | + | < |
- | [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eIryyzlRwA | + | == Mesh Editing |
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- | == Kitchen Activity Games in a Realistic Robotic Simulator | + | |
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- | Developing new activities and improving the current simulation framework done under the [[http:// | + | |
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Good programming skills | + | * Good knowledge |
- | * Basic physics/rendering engine knowledge | + | * Familiar with Blender |
- | * Gazebo simulator basic tutorials | + | |
- | Contact: [[team: | + | Contact: [[team/ |
+ | --></ | ||
- | == Integrating Eye Tracking in the Kitchen Activity Games (BA/MA)== | ||
- | {{ : | ||
- | Integrating the eye tracker in the [[http:// | ||
- | Requirements: | + | == 3D Animation and Modeling |
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | {{ :research:kitchen_unreal.jpg? |
- | * Gazebo simulator basic tutorials | + | |
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- | Contact: [[team: | + | |
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- | == Hand Skeleton Tracking Using Two Leap Motion Devices | + | |
- | {{ :research:leap_motion.jpg? | + | |
- | Improving the skeletal | + | Developing and improving existing or new 3D (static/skeletal) |
+ | models in Blender | ||
+ | models against Unreal Engine. | ||
- | The tracked hand can then be used as input for the Kitchen Activity Games framework. | + | Bonus: Working with state of the art 3D Scanners [[https:// |
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | * Experience with Blender |
+ | * Knowledge of Unreal Engine material / lightning development | ||
+ | * Familiar with version-control systems (git) | ||
+ | * Able to work independently with minimal supervision | ||
Contact: [[team: | Contact: [[team: | ||
- | == Fluid Simulation in Gazebo (BA/MA)== | ||
- | {{ : | ||
- | [[http:// | + | == App zur Generierung von Ernährungsempfehlungen |
- | Currently there is an [[http:// | + | Dies ist ein Wissensrepräsentations-Thema. Basierend auf einem bestehenden Wissensgraphen mit Produktinformationen sollen weitere ernährungsspezifische Informationen wie z.B. Substitute für Rezeptzutaten oder Rezepte für spezielle Ernährungsgewohnheiten generiert werden. Diese Informationen müssen aus bestehenden web-Quellen extrahiert und mit dem Wissensgraphen verknüpft werden. Die Informationen sollen dann in einer Smartphone-App (Android) visualisiert werden. Dabei kann auf bestehenden Apps aufgebaut werden. |
- | The computational method for the fluid simulation is SPH (Smoothed-particle Dynamics), however newer and better methods based on SPH are currently present | + | Aufgaben: |
- | and should be implemented (PCISPH/IISPH). | + | * Arbeit mit Wissensrepräsentation und Wissensgraphen |
+ | * Wissensakquisition aus web-Quellen | ||
+ | * App Entwicklung mit der Unity game engine und/oder Flutter | ||
- | 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:// | + | == Sprachauswahl für Shopping Assistenten (BA Thesis) == |
- | Here is a [[https:// | + | Weiterentwicklung eines Produktinformationssystems im Einzelhandel für Smartphones (Android) um eine Sprachauswahl. Anzeige der jeweiligen Informationen |
+ | Dabei wird auf bestehenden Apps aufgebaut. | ||
- | Requirements: | + | Aufgaben: |
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | * App Entwicklung mit der Unity game engine und Flutter |
- | * Interest in Fluid simulation | + | * Erweiterung der App um eine Sprachauswahl |
- | * Basic physics/ | + | * Arbeit mit Wissensrepräsentation und Wissensgraphen für Sprachmodellierung |
- | * Gazebo simulator and Fluidix basic tutorials | + | |
- | Contact: [[team: | ||
+ | Contact: [[team: | ||
- | == Automated sensor calibration toolkit | + | == Situational awareness in kitchen environments |
- | Computer vision | + | This is a knowledge representation topic including knowledge graphs. The idea is so link external Web-knowledge to an existing knowledge framework in order to include situational awareness so that a robot acting |
- | The topic for this thesis is to develop an automated system | + | 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. |
- | {{ : | + | requirements: |
- | The system should: | + | * Work with KnowRob knowledge processing framework |
- | * be independent of the camera type | + | * Work with knowledge graphs |
- | * estimate intrinsic | + | * Implement reasoning about situations |
- | * calibrate depth images | + | |
- | * integrate capabilities from Halcon [1] | + | |
- | * operate autonomously | + | |
- | Requirements: | ||
- | * Good programming skills in Python and C/C++ | ||
- | * ROS, OpenCV | ||
- | [1] http:// | + | Contact: |
- | Contact: [[team: | ||
- | == On-the-fly 3D CAD model creation | + | == Development of Modules for Robot Perception |
+ | In our research group, we focus on the development of modern robots that can make use of the potential of game engines. One particular research direction, is the combination of computer vision with game engines. | ||
+ | In this context, we are currently offering multiple Hiwi positions / student jobs for the following tasks: | ||
+ | * Software development to create Interfaces between ROS and Unreal Engine 4 (mainly C++) | ||
+ | * Software development for our Robot Perception framework [[http:// | ||
- | Create models during runtime for unknown textured objets based on depth and color information. Track the object and update the model with more detailed information, completing it's 3D model from multiple views improving redetection. Using the robots manipulator pick up the object and complete the model by viewing it from multiple viewpoints. | + | Requirements: |
+ | * Experience in C++. | ||
+ | * Basic understanding of the ROS middleware. | ||
+ | The spoken language in this job is german or english, based on your preference. | ||
- | Requirements: | + | Contact: [[team: |
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | |
- | * strong background in computer vision | + | |
- | * ROS, OpenCV, PCL | + | |
- | Contact: | + | == Game Engine Developer and 3D-Modelling |
+ | A recent development in the field of AI is the usage of photorealistic simulations, | ||
+ | In our research group, we focus on the development of modern robots that can make use of the potential of game engines. This requires a high degree of specialized game engine plugins that can simulate certain aspects of our research. Another important task is the creation of 3d models. | ||
- | == Simulation | + | Therefore, we are currently offering multiple Hiwi positions / student jobs for the following tasks: |
+ | * Modelling | ||
+ | * Creation of specific simulation aspects in Unreal Engine 4. For example the development of interactable objects. | ||
- | Create a simulation environment that represents the robots current belief state and can be updated frequently. Use off-screen rendering to investigate the affordances these objects possess, in order to support segmentation, | + | Requirements: |
- | + | * Knowledge of 3D-Modelling tools. Blender would be highly preferred. | |
- | Requirements: | + | * Experience |
- | * Good programming skills in C/C++ | + | |
- | * strong background | + | |
- | * Gazebo, OpenCV, PCL | + | |
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- | Contact: [[team: | + | |
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- | == Multi-expert segmentation of cluttered and occluded scenes == | + | |
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- | Objects in a human environment are usually found in challenging scenes. They can be stacked upon eachother, touching or occluding, can be found in drawers, cupboards, refrigerators | + | |
- | Requirements: | + | The spoken language |
- | * Good programming skills | + | |
- | * strong background in 3D vision | + | |
- | * basic knowledge of ROS, OpenCV, PCL | + | |
- | Contact: [[team:ferenc_balint-benczedi|Ferenc Balint-Benczedi]] | + | Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]] |
Prof. Dr. hc. Michael Beetz PhD
Head of Institute
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