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 =====Open researcher positions===== =====Open researcher positions=====
  
-=====Theses and Student Jobs===== +====Digital Twin Knowledge Base for submarine robot inspection/manipulation==== 
-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.+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, plan-based robot control, and knowledge representation for robots. 
  
 +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, and sensor data of submarine robots. You develop a Digital Twin that simulates harsh continuously evolving environments and service tasks on real robots. You design a detailed representation of an environment to be inspected, including data coming from past inspections, both similar and different (e.g., transfer learning from an inspection of the interior of an installation). Your research will be especially the environment representation, semantic annotation, and sensor data fusion deal with noisy data and unreliable information in dynamic environments. You work with IAI researchers and engineers of the ROSEN Group, implementing a service for underwater pipeline inspection and maintenance.
  
 +**Prerequisites:** You have a strong background in some of the following fields:
 +  * Digital Twins 
 +  * Knowledge Representation
 +  * Data structures
 +  * Data Stream Representation. 
  
 +**Hiring institution:** University of Bremen
  
-<html><!-- +**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. 
-== Knowledge-enabled PID Controller for 3D Hand Movements in Virtual Environments (BA/MA Thesis) ==+
  
-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 devices. The movements +The PhD examination acceptance requires a “Certificate of Equivalence for Foreign Vocational Qualifications”. More information available at [[https://www.kmk.org/zab/central-office-for-foreign-education/certificate-of-equivalence.html]] and [[https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/sites/international/Studieren_in_Bremen/AnerkennungPromotion.pdf]] . Obtaining such a certificate is not necessary for the job application, but it is required later in the recruitment process.
-of the human user will be mapped to the virtual hands, and controlled via the implemented PID controllers. +
-The controller should be able to dynamically tune itself depending on the executed actions (opening/closing a drawer or lifting a heavy object) in combination with the physical limitations of the physics engine (dynamic update rates).+
  
-Requirements: +**Duration of the project:** 36 months
-  * Good C++ programming skills +
-  * Familiar with PID controllers and control theory +
-  * 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]] +**Main Academic Supervisor:** Prof. Michael Beetz, contact: beetz@cs.uni-bremen.de
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-== Natural Physics-based Grasping in Virtual Environments (BA/MA Thesis) ==+**Co-supervisors:** prof. Einar Broch Johnsen (UiO, Norway), dr. Peter Kampmann (ROSEN, Germany) 
 +=====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.
  
-Implementing physics-based grasping models in virtual environments, taking input + 
-from various devices such as Manus VR or Valve Index.+== Physics-based grasping in VR with finger tracking(Student Job / HiWi) == 
 + 
 +Implementing physics-based grasping models in virtual environments, 
 +using Manus VR.
  
 Requirements: Requirements:
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 Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
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-== 3D animation and model developer (Student Job / HiWi)==+ 
 +== 3D Animation and Modeling (Student Job / HiWi)==
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-<html><!-- +== App zur Generierung von Ernährungsempfehlungen (BA Thesis) ==
-== Integrating PR2 in the Unreal Game Engine Framework (BA/MA/HiWi)== +
- {{ :research:unreal_ros_pr2.png?100|}} +
  
-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.+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. 
  
-Requirements: +Aufgaben: 
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++ +  * Arbeit mit Wissensrepräsentation und Wissensgraphen 
-  * Basic physics/rendering engine knowledge +  * Wissensakquisition aus web-Quellen 
-  * Basic ROS knowledge +  * App Entwicklung mit der Unity game engine und/oder Flutter 
-  * UE4 basic tutorials+
  
-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]+Contact: [[team:michaela_kümpel|Michaela Kümpel]]
  
 +== Sprachauswahl für Shopping Assistenten (BA Thesis) ==
  
-== Realistic Grasping using Unreal Engine (BA/MA/HiWi) ==+Weiterentwicklung eines Produktinformationssystems im Einzelhandel für Smartphones (Android) um eine Sprachauswahl. Anzeige der jeweiligen Informationen in der gewünschten Sprache. 
 +Dabei wird auf bestehenden Apps aufgebaut. 
  
-{{  :teaching:gsoc:topic2_unreal.png?nolink&150|}}+Aufgaben: 
 +  * App Entwicklung mit der Unity game engine und Flutter  
 +  * Erweiterung der App um eine Sprachauswahl 
 +  * Arbeit mit Wissensrepräsentation und Wissensgraphen für Sprachmodellierung
  
-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 the table, cleaning the dishes etc. The interaction is done using various sensors to map the users hands onto the virtual hands in the game.+Contact: [[team:michaela_kümpel|Michaela Kümpel]]
  
-In order to improve the ease of manipulating objects the user should +== Situational awareness in kitchen environments (MA Thesis) ==
-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+
  
 +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 in a household environment can infer what an object is used for in a given situation.
  
-Contact: [[team/andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] +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.
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-== Unreal Engine Editor Developer (Student Job / HiWi)== +  * Work with KnowRob knowledge processing framework 
- {{ :research:unreal_editor.png?150|}} +  * Work with knowledge graphs and Linked Data to create a situational awareness knowledge graph that can be linked to KnowRob 
 +  * Implement reasoning about situations (based on perceived environment) and object use
  
-Creating new user interfaces (panel customization) for various internal plugins using the Unreal C++ framework [[https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Programming/Slate/|SLATE]]. 
  
 +Contact: [[team:michaela_kümpel|Michaela Kümpel]]
  
-Requirements: 
-  * Good C++ programming skills 
-  * Familiar with the [[https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Programming/Slate/|SLATE]] framework 
-  * Familiar with Unreal Engine API 
-  * Familiar with version-control systems (git) 
-  * Able to work independently with minimal supervision 
  
-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]+== Development of Modules for Robot Perception and Game Engine Technology (Hiwi Job) == 
 +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. 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: 
 +  * 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. 
 +  * 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++)
  
  
 +Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]
  
-== OpenEASE rendering in Unreal Engine (BA/MA Thesis, Student Job / HiWi)== 
- 
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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: 
-  * Good C++ programming skills 
-  * Familiar with Unreal Engine API 
-  * Familiar with HTML5 and JavaScript 
-  * Familiar with the [[https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Programming/Slate/|SLATE]] framework 
-  * Familiar with basic ROS communication 
-  * Familiar with version-control systems (git) 
-  * Able to work independently with minimal supervision 
- 
-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] 
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