Dr. Michael Ruhnke

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Technische Fakultät Autonome Intelligente Systeme Georges-Köhler-Allee 079 D-79110 Freiburg i. Br., Germany Left September 2016

About me

I am a former postdoctoral research assistant in the Autonomous Intelligent Systems group.
My diploma thesis was about modeling objects based on 3D range scans. My research focused mostly on on object and environment modeling and lifelong navigation. During my time at the University of Freiburg I had the pleasure to work on the EUROPA project and be part of a team that developed a city scale autonomous navigation system for a pedestrian robot. I left the University of Freiburg in September 2016 and live and work in California now.

Research Interests

• 3D surface modeling
• 3D SLAM, Localization
• Lifelong Navigation
• Dense 3D model creation for Virtual Reality applications

Former Research Projects

• EUROPA2: lifelong navigation in urban environments.
• FLOURISH: Adaptable robotic solution for precision farming.
• Lifenav: Reliable lifelong navigation for mobile robots.
• EUROPA: lifelong navigation in urban environments.