Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Standort Braunschweig
Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-SiegBonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology
Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS)
Fachhochschule Trier

Academic Projects

Ongoing

F.Adolf, F.Thielecke "A Sequence and Supervisory Control System for Onboard Mission Management of an Unmanned Helicopter", Proceedings of the CEAS European Air and Space Conference / Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2007, Berlin, September 2007 [paper, presentation]
F.Adolf, A.Langer, L.de Melo Pontes e Silva,, F.Thielecke "Probabilistic Roadmaps And Ant Colony Optimization For UAV Mission Planning", Proceedings of the 6th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles [1],  Toulouse, France, Sep 2007 [paper, presentation]

Finished Projects

2007

R.Schwarzer, F.Adolf, H.-G.Gräbe, "Testverfahren für eventgetriebene Software am Beispiel der ARTIS Plattform", Special Interest Group "Model Driven Software-Engineering", Workshop "Modellbasierte Software-Entwicklung für eingebettete Systeme", Stuttgart, Germany, June 2007 [presentation (1.713 kB)]
F.Adolf, F.Thielecke "A Sequence Control System For Onboard Mission Management Of An Unmanned Helicopter", Proceedings of the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference and Exhibit [1], Rohnert Park, CA, May 2007 [paper (384 kB), presentation (5.6 MB), flight-test video (7 MB)] Demonstration mission of the Sequence Control System executing an onboard mission plan, including take off and land.
J.S.Dittrich, F.Adolf, A.Langer, F.Thielecke "Mission Planning For Small UAV Systems In Unknown Environments", AHS International Specialists’ Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft, American Helicopter Society International, Inc., Jan 2007 [paper (933 kB)] Mission plan generated by the ground control station software MAESTRO.

2006

S.Olufs, F.Adolf, R.Hartanto, P.Plöger "Towards Probabilistic Shape Vision in RoboCup: A Practical Approach", RoboCup 2006 International Symposium, Bremen, Germany, Jun 2006 [paper (350kB), demo, website] Demo Video of Shape-Vision approach.

2005

F. Adolf "Benchmarking Real-World Object Recognition", Master Thesis, B-IT Master Studies, Fraunhofer AIS and University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Department of Applied Computer Science, Sep 2005 [initial (1MB)proposal (70kB),  thesis (2.4 MB), presentation (2 MB)]

F. Adolf "Enhancing Obstacle Avoidance, Remote Control with Online Video Feedback", Report for F&E 2.0, Fraunhofer AIS and University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Department of Applied Computer Science, Jan 2005 [doc (596kB), omni drive-video (486kB), omni drive simulation 1 (9.16MB)omni drive simulation 2 (12.5MB), differential drive video (1.1MB)]
The same Obstacle Avoidance software on an old Differential Drive robotObstacle Avoidance on an OmnidriveDemo: Obstacle Avoidance with SimulatorDemo: Obstacle Avoidance with Simulator

2004

 F. Adolf "Obstacle Avoidance for the Volksbot", Report for F&E 1.2, B-IT Master Studies, Fraunhofer AIS and University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Department of Applied Computer Science, Apr 2004 [doc (153kB)] Using color Vision for Obstacle detection

F. Adolf "Setting up the Volksbot platform for RoboCup", Report for F&E 1.1, B-IT Master Studies, Fraunhofer AIS and University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Department of Computer Science, Feb 2004 [doc (425kB)]

F. Adolf "Location Systems for Ubiquitous Computing", Seminar Localization and Control Architectures, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, Jan 2004 [doc (633kB), ppt (2.1MB)]

2003

F. Adolf "Flexible Handhabung und Transport mit einem autonomen Robotersystem", Diploma Thesis, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, Jul 2003 [video (22.4MB), video (google), d.thesis (5.6MB), slides (2.7MB), poster (1.4MB), guide (3.5MB)]
A bowl from the "mensa" as object detection exampleFlexHandTrans: Flexible Handhabung und Transport mithilfe eines autonomen mobilen Roboters

F. Adolf "How-to build a cascade of boosted classifiers based on Haar-like features", User Guide for OpenCV Object Recognition Framework, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, May 2003 [doc (306kB)]

F. Adolf "Visualisierung von DWD Wetterdaten", Student semester project, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, Feb 2003 Visualisierung von DWD Niederschlagsdaten, Anwendung "DWD Tracker" Screenshot

F. Adolf "Navigationssysteme im Automobilbereich", Seminar on Global Positioning Systems, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, Jan 2003 [doc (633kB), ppt (8.9MB)]

2002

F. Adolf "Locomotion - Find home", Robotics Lab Student Project, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, Dec 2002 [doc (167kB)]

F. Adolf "UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration)", Seminar on Languages and Tools using XML, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, Jul 2002 [doc (225kB), ppt (686kB)]

F. Adolf "Adaptive Signalfilterung durch ein Neuronales Netz", Student Project in Soft Computing, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, Jun 2002 [doc (421kB)] Adaptive Signal Filtering using a Neural network

F. Adolf "Fuzzy Experten System - Fragenauswertung mit Fuzzy Logic", Student Project in Soft Computing, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, May 2002 [doc (303kB)]

F. Adolf "Abschliessender Bericht zum Praxissemester", Final Report, Internship Semester, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Department of Design and Computer Science, March 2002 [doc (877kB)]


Other Projects

Robocup

"AIS/BIT" informations:
Selected events the AIS/BIT team participated:
  • KI 2005 Koblenz
  • "German Open", Paderborn, April 2005 [img]
    quarter finals!
  • "Wissenschaftssommer", Stuttgart, Sep 2004 [img]
  • "MechRob", Aachen, Sep 2004 [img]
  • "Kanzlerfest", Berlin, Aug 2004 [img]
  • "World Championship", Lisbon/Portugal, Jul 2004 [img]
    • 3rd (behind Trackies2004 and AttemptoTuebingen) in 1st Round Robin Group C
      with 9:3 goals (2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss)
    • 3rd (behind WinKIT and Brainstormers-Tribots) in 2nd Round Robin Group A
      with 2:12 goals (1 win, 2 losses)
  • "Dutch Closed", Nijmegen/Netherlands, Jun 2004 [img]
  • "German Open", Paderborn, April 2004 [img]
  • "Press Day", IZB Birlinghoven, March 2004 [img]

Hiwi

Miscellaneous

  • Windows installer package for SynERJ , Jun 2004
  • OpenCV object detection demo package (installer, tutorial), May 2003
  • India FAQ, Mar 2002


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