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+=====Theses and Student Jobs=====
 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.
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+== Physics-based grasping in VR with finger tracking(Student Job / HiWi) ==
+Implementing physics-based grasping models in virtual environments,
+using Manus VR.
+Requirements:
+  * Good C++ programming skills
+  * Familiar with skeletal animations
+  * Experience with simulators/physics-/game- engines
+  * Familiar with Unreal Engine API
+  * Familiar with version-control systems (git)
+  * Able to work independently with minimal supervision
+Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
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 == Lisp / CRAM support assistant (HiWi) ==
 Technical support for the group for Lisp and the CRAM framework. \\
- hours per week for up to 1 year (paid).
++ hours per week for up to 1 year (paid).
 Requirements:
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 Contact: [[team:gayane_kazhoyan|Gayane Kazhoyan]]
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+== Mesh Editing / Mesh Segmentation/Cutting (Student Job / HiWi)==
+ {{ :research:human_hand_cutting.png?150|}}
-== Integrating PR2 in the Unreal Game Engine Framework (BA)==
+ Editing and cutting a human mesh into different parts in Blender / Maya (or other).
- {{ :research:unreal_ros_pr2.png?200|}}
-Integrating the [[https://www.willowgarage.com/pages/pr2/overview|PR2]] robot with [[http://www.ros.org/|ROS]] support in the [[https://www.unrealengine.com|Unreal Engine 4]] Framework.
 Requirements:
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++
+  * Good knowledge in 3D Modeling
-  * Basic physics/rendering engine knowledge
+  * Familiar with Blender / Maya (or other)
-  * Basic ROS knowledge
-  * UE4 basic tutorials
-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
+Contact: [[team/mona_abdel-keream|Mona Abdel-Keream]]
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+== 3D Animation and Modeling (Student Job / HiWi)==
+ {{ :research:kitchen_unreal.jpg?200|}}
-== Kitchen Activity Games in a Realistic Robotic Simulator (BA/MA)==
+Developing and improving existing or new 3D (static/skeletal)
- {{ :research:gz_env1.png?200|}}
+models in Blender / Maya (or other). Further importing and testing the
+models against Unreal Engine.
-Developing new activities and improving the current simulation framework done under the [[http://gazebosim.org/|Gazebo]] robotic simulator. Creating a custom GUI for the game, in order to launch new scenarios, save logs etc.
+Bonus: Working with state of the art 3D Scanners [[https://www.goscan3d.com/|Go!SCAN]] for creating sketching new models.
 Requirements:
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++
+  * Experience with Blender / Maya (or other)
-  * Basic physics/rendering engine knowledge
+  * Knowledge of Unreal Engine material / lightning development
-  * Gazebo simulator basic tutorials
+  * Familiar with version-control systems (git)
+  * Able to work independently with minimal supervision
 Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
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+== Scene Format Conversion Tool for Robotics Simulation (MA Thesis) ==
+**Motivation:**
+With robotics playing a significant role in various domains, simulation is essential for developing and testing algorithms. Multiple simulators are available, each with its own specialized format (SDF, USD, MJCF, URDF, FBX) for describing scenes. This diversity of formats makes it challenging to transfer scenarios between simulators. Therefore, a versatile parser that can convert scene descriptions between these formats is highly valuable.
-== Automated sensor calibration toolkit (BA/MA)==
+{{:multiformat.png?400|}}
-Computer vision is an important part of autonomous robots. For robots the image sensors are the main source of information of the surrounding world. Each camera is different, even if they are from the same production line. For computer vision, especially for robots manipulating their environment, it is important that the parameters for the cameras in use are well known. The calibration of a camera is a time consuming task, and the result depends highly on the chosen setup and the accuracy of the operator.
+**Task Description:**
-The topic for this thesis is to develop an automated system for calibrating cameras, especially RGB-D cameras like the Kinect v2.
+The objective of this project is to develop a universal parser capable of converting scene descriptions between common formats. The following key steps are involved:
- {{ :kinect2_calibration_setup_small.jpg?200|}}
+  - Create a model to represent and store the scene graph.
-The system should:
+  - Implement import functions for the model to handle scene descriptions in any of the supported formats.
-  * be independent of the camera type
+  - Implement export functions for the model to generate scene descriptions in any of the supported formats.
-  * estimate intrinsic and extrinsic parameters
+  -
-  * calibrate depth images (case of RGB-D)
+**Requirements:**
-  * integrate capabilities from Halcon [1]
-  * operate autonomously
-Requirements:
+  * A strong passion for robotics.
-  * Good programming skills in Python and C/C++
+  * Dedication to the chosen topic.
-  * ROS, OpenCV
+  * Eager to learn.
-[1] http://www.halcon.de/
+Contact: [[team:hoang_giang_nguyen|Giang Nguyen]]
-Contact: [[team:alexis_maldonado|Alexis Maldonado]] and [[team:thiemo_wiedemeyer|Thiemo Wiedemeyer]]
+== Generating Comics about Everyday Experiences of a Robot (BA Thesis) ==
-== On-the-fly 3D CAD model creation (MA)==
+Summary:
+  * Query experience data from an existing database
+  * Retrieve situations of interest
+  * Recreate the scene in a 3D environment
+  * Apply a comic shader
+  * Find good camera position for moments of interest
+  * Generate a PDF summarizing the experiences as a comic strip
-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.
+Contact: [[team:daniel_bessler|Daniel Beßler]]
-Requirements:
+== Integration of novel objects into Digital Twin Knowledge Bases (MA Thesis) ==
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++
-  * strong background in computer vision
-  * ROS, OpenCV, PCL
-Contact: [[team:thiemo_wiedemeyer|Thiemo Wiedemeyer]]
+In this thesis, the goal is to make a robotic system learn new objects automatically.
+The system should be able to generate the necessary models required for re-detecting it again and also consult online information sources to automatically acquire knowledge about it.
-== Simulation of a robots belief state to support perception(MA) ==
+The focus of the thesis would be two-fold:
+  * Develop methods to automatically infer the object class of new objects. This would include perceiving it with state of the art sensors, constructing a 3d model of it and then infer the object class from online information sources.
+  * In the second step the system should also infer factual knowledge about the object from the internet and assert it into a robotic knowledgebase. Such knowledge could for example include the category of this product, typical object properties like its weight or typical location and much more.
-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, detection and tracking of these in the real world.
 Requirements:
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++
+  * Knowledge about sensor data processing
-  * strong background in computer vision
+  * Interest in model construction from sensory data
-  * Gazebo, OpenCV, PCL
+  * Work with KnowRob knowledge processing framework
-Contact: [[team:ferenc_balint-benczedi|Ferenc Balint-Benczedi]]
-== Multi-expert segmentation of cluttered and occluded scenes ==
+Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]
-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 and so on. A personal robot assistant in order to execute a task, needs to detect these objects and recognize them. In this thesis a multi-modal approach to interpreting cluttered scenes is going to be investigated, combining the results of multiple segmentation algorithms in order to come up with more reliable object hypotheses.
+== Integration von Nährwertangaben für Rezepte in bestehende Website (BA Thesis) ==
-Requirements:
+In dieser Arbeit soll eine bestehende Website mit Nährwertangaben und Zusatzfunktionalität zu Produkten um eine Nährwertangabe zu Rezepten erweitert werden. Es handelt sich um folgende website: productkg.informatik.uni-bremen.de
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++
-  * strong background in 3D vision
-  * basic knowledge of ROS, OpenCV, PCL
-Contact: [[team:ferenc_balint-benczedi|Ferenc Balint-Benczedi]]
+Die Aufgaben dazu sind:
+  * Vergleich von bestehenden Lösungen.
+  * Erweiterung einer Ontologie um Nährwertangaben.
+  * Erweiterung der Website.
+Contact: [[team:michaela_kümpel|Michaela Kümpel]]
+<html><!--
+== Development of Modules for Robot Perception (Student Job / HiWi) ==
+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://robosherlock.org/|RoboSherlock]] which contains many algorithms for computer vision problems (mainly C++)
+Requirements:
+  * Experience in C++.
+  * Basic understanding of the ROS middleware and Linux.
+The spoken language in this job is german or english, based on your preference.
+Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]
+--></html>
+== Game Engine Developer and 3D-Modelling  (Student Job / HiWi) ==
+A recent development in the field of AI is the usage of photorealistic simulations, for example to create Digital Twins of environments like households or  [[https://iottechnews.com/news/2021/apr/13/bentley-systems-nvidia-omniverse-create-real-time-digital-twins/|factories]].
+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.
+Therefore, we are currently offering multiple Hiwi positions / student jobs for the following tasks:
+  * Modelling of objects for the use in Unreal Engine 4.
+  * Creation of specific simulation aspects in Unreal Engine 4. For example the development of interactable objects.
+Requirements:
+  * Knowledge of 3D-Modelling tools. Blender would be highly preferred.
+  * Experience in Game Engine development. Ideally Unreal Engine 4 and C++.
+The spoken language in this job is german or english, based on your preference.
+Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]

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