Erik Schaffernicht
- 2012 – now: Postdoc in the MRO Lab at the AASS Research Center
- 2006 – 2012: Researcher and PhD student in the Neuroinformatics and Cognitive Robotics Lab at Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
- 2006: Software developer for robotics with Metralabs, Germany
- 2003 – 2004: Internship at the DaimlerChrysler research center in Ulm
- 2000 – 2006: Diploma student at Ilmenau University of Technology in computer science
Research Interests
Apparently, I like to play with [robots close to] fire.
I am interested applications of machine learning techniques both in context of robotics and intelligent control. Currently my research revolves around robot with monitoring or exploration tasks in harsh environments, e.g. for occupational health monitoring in steel foundries, for the detection of gas leaks or for scouting disaster sites in the presence of heavy smoke. Previously, I have been working a lot with learning systems to control combustion processes in coal-fired power plants.
One a more theoretical side, I am interested in feature selection techniques, information-theoretic learning, reinforcement learning, sensor planning for mobile robots, spatio-temporal interpolation methods for environmental mapping and people tracking.
I am working as scientific manager in the SmokeBot H2020 project, enabling robots to operate in low visibility scenarios and have been the project leader of RAISE, developing a robot- assisted occupational health monitoring system for foundries.
Contact
Dr. Erik Schaffernicht
AASS Research Centre
School of Science and Technology
Örebro University
70182 Örebro, Sweden
Room T1211
Phone +46 (0)19 30 32 27
erik.schaffernicht@oru.se
Publications
Journal Articles
[1] | Evaluating behavior trees. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 178, 2024 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[2] | Super-resolution for Gas Distribution Mapping. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 419, 2024 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[3] | Learning Behavior Trees From Planning Experts Using Decision Tree and Logic Factorization. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(6):3534-3541, 2023 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[4] | Survey of maps of dynamics for mobile robots. The international journal of robotics research, 42(11):977-1006, 2023 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[5] | Wearable-Based Intelligent Emotion Monitoring in Older Adults during Daily Life Activities. Applied Sciences, 13(9), 2023 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[6] | A Stack-of-Tasks Approach Combined With Behavior Trees : A New Framework for Robot Control. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(4):12110-12117, 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[7] | Ensemble Learning-Based Approach for Gas Detection Using an Electronic Nose in Robotic Applications. Frontiers in Chemistry, 10, 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[8] | Small number enumeration processes of deaf or hard-of-hearing students : A study using eye tracking and artificial intelligence. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[9] | Sniffing out fugitive methane emissions : autonomous remote gas inspection with a mobile robot. The international journal of robotics research, 40(4-5):782-814, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[10] | FireNose on Mobile Robot in Harsh Environments. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(24):12418-12431, 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[11] | Towards Gas Discrimination and Mapping in Emergency Response Scenarios Using a Mobile Robot with an Electronic Nose. Sensors, 19(3), 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[12] | A cluster analysis approach based on exploiting density peaks for gas discrimination with electronic noses in open environments. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 259:183-203, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[13] | Data-Driven Conceptual Spaces : Creating Semantic Representations for Linguistic Descriptions of Numerical Data. The journal of artificial intelligence research, 63:691-742, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[14] | Compressed Voxel-Based Mapping Using Unsupervised Learning. Robotics, 6(3), 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[15] | Enabling Flow Awareness for Mobile Robots in Partially Observable Environments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(2):1093-1100, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[16] | Probabilistic Air Flow Modelling Using Turbulent and Laminar Characteristics for Ground and Aerial Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(2):1117-1123, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[17] | Reconstructing gas distribution maps via an adaptive sparse regularization algorithm. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 24(7):1186-1204, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[18] | Global coverage measurement planning strategies for mobile robots equipped with a remote gas sensor. Sensors, 15(3):6845-6871, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[19] | Support relation analysis and decision making for safe robotic manipulation tasks. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 71(SI):99-117, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[20] | Bayesian Spatial Event Distribution Grid Maps for Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Gas Detection Events. Sensor Letters, 12(6-7):1142-1146, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[21] | Combining Non Selective Gas Sensors on a Mobile Robot for Identification and Mapping of Multiple Chemical Compounds. Sensors, 14(9):17331-17352, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[22] | Online parameter selection for gas distribution mapping. Sensor Letters, 12(6-7):1147-1151, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[23] | rTREFEX: Reweighting norms for detecting changes in the response of MOX gas sensors. Sensor Letters, 12(6/7):1123-1127, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[24] | TREFEX : trend estimation and change detection in the response of mox gas sensors. Sensors, 13(6):7323-7344, 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[25] | SOFCOM -- Self-Optimising Strategy for Control of the Combustion Process. VGB PowerTech Journal (VGB), 3:48-54, 2011 [ BibTeX ] |
[26] | Wirkungsgradverbesserung an steinkohlebefeuerten Dampferzeugern mittels lernfaehiger, videogestuetzter Lufverteilungsoptimierung. VGB PowerTech Journal (VGB), 12:94-99, 2008 [ BibTeX ] |
[27] | Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion Using a Probabilistic Aggregation Scheme for People Detection and Tracking. Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), 54(9):721-728, 2006 [ BibTeX ] |
Book Chapters
[1] | Using Chemical Sensors as 'Noses' for Mobile Robots. In Essentials of Machine Olfaction and Taste, pages 219-246, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
Refereed Conference and Workshop Articles
[1] | Gas Distribution Mapping With Radius-Based, Bi-directional Graph Neural Networks (RABI-GNN). In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN) 2024 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[2] | Identification of Gas Mixtures with Few Labels Using Graph Convolutional Networks. In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN) 2024 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[3] | LaCE-LHMP : Airflow Modelling-Inspired Long-Term Human Motion Prediction By Enhancing Laminar Characteristics in Human Flow. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pages 11281-11288, 2024 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[4] | Learning Solutions of Stochastic Optimization Problems with Bayesian Neural Networks. In Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2024 : 33rd International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Lugano, Switzerland, September 17–20, 2024, Proceedings, Part I, 15016:147-162, 2024 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[5] | Extracting Planning Domains from Execution Traces : a Progress Report. 2023 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[6] | Gather Dust and Get Dusted : Long-Term Drift and Cleaning of Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F Dust Sensor in a Steel Factory. 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[7] | Heterogeneous Full-body Control of a Mobile Manipulator with Behavior Trees. In IROS 2022 Workshop on Mobile Manipulation and Embodied Intelligence (MOMA): Challenges and Opportunities 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[8] | Learning From the Past : Sequential Deep Learning for Gas Distribution Mapping. In ROBOT2022 : Fifth Iberian Robotics Conference: Advances in Robotics, Volume 2, 590(590):178-188, 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[9] | Super-Resolution for Gas Distribution Mapping : Convolutional Encoder-Decoder Network. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN) 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[10] | Towards Gas Identification in Unknown Mixtures Using an Electronic Nose with One-Class Learning. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN) : Proceedings 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[11] | Towards Task-Prioritized Policy Composition. 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[12] | Development of a Low-Cost Sensing Node with Active Ventilation Fan for Air Pollution Monitoring. In SMSI 2021 Proceedings, pages 260-261, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[13] | Using Redundancy in a Sensor Network to Compensate Sensor Failures. In 2021 IEEE SENSORS 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[14] | Using Redundancy in a Sensor Network to Compensate Sensor Failures. In 2021 IEEE SENSORS 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[15] | High-quality meets low-cost : Approaches for hybrid-mobility sensor networks. In MATERIALS TODAY-PROCEEDINGS, 32:250-253, 2020 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[16] | Identifying student strategies through eye tracking and unsupervised learning : The case of quantity recognition. In Interim Proceedings of the 44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Khon Kaen, Thailand: PME, pages 518-527, 2020 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[17] | Differences in Quantity Recognition Between Students with and without Mathematical Difficulties Analyzed Through Eye : Analysis Through Eye-Tracking and AI. In Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 3:281-288, 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[18] | Semi-supervised Gas Detection Using an Ensemble of One-class Classifiers. In 18th ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN) 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[19] | Safe-To-Explore State Spaces : Ensuring Safe Exploration in Policy Search with Hierarchical Task Optimization. In IEEE-RAS Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages 132-138, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[20] | Bayesian Gas Source Localization and Exploration with a Multi-Robot System Using Partial Differential Equation Based Modeling. In 2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN 2017) : Proceedings, pages 122-124, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[21] | Exploration and Localization of a Gas Source with MOX Gas Sensorson a Mobile Robot : A Gaussian Regression Bout Amplitude Approach. In 2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN 2017) : Proceedings, pages 164-166, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[22] | Improving Gas Dispersal Simulation For Mobile Robot Olfaction : Using Robot-Created Occupancy Maps And Remote Gas Sensors In The Simulation Loop. In 2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction andElectronic Nose (ISOEN 2017) Proceedings 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[23] | Improving Gas Tomography With Mobile Robots : An Evaluation of Sensing Geometries in Complex Environments. In 2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction andElectronic Nose (ISOEN 2017) Proceedings 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[24] | Mobile robot multi-sensor unit for unsupervised gas discrimination in uncontrolled environments. In IEEE SENSORS 2017 : Conference Proceedings, pages 1691-1693, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[25] | Mobile robots for learning spatio-temporal interpolation models in sensor networks - The Echo State map approach : The Echo State map approach. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pages 2659-2665, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[26] | Inferring human body posture information from reflective patterns of protective work garments. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 4131-4136, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[27] | Tell me about dynamics! : Mapping velocity fields from sparse samples with Semi-Wrapped Gaussian Mixture Models. In Robotics : Science and Systems Conference (RSS 2016) 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[28] | The Right Direction to Smell : Efficient Sensor Planning Strategies for Robot Assisted Gas Tomography. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pages 4275-4281, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[29] | Towards occupational health improvement in foundries through dense dust and pollution monitoring using a complementary approach with mobile and stationary sensing nodes. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 131-136, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[30] | Unsupervised gas discrimination in uncontrolled environments by exploiting density peaks. In 2016 IEEE SENSORS 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[31] | Bringing Artificial Olfaction and Mobile Robotics Closer Together : An Integrated 3D Gas Dispersion Simulator in ROS. In Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Noses 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[32] | Efficient Measurement Planning for Remote Gas Sensing with Mobile Robots. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pages 3428-3434, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ] |
[33] | Integrated Simulation of Gas Dispersion and Mobile Sensing Systems. In Workshop on Realistic, Rapid and Repeatable Robot Simulation 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[34] | A Novel Approach for Gas Discrimination in Natural Environments with Open Sampling Systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors Conference 2014 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[35] | Probabilistic Relational Scene Representation and Decision Making Under Incomplete Information for Robotic Manipulation Tasks. In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on, pages 5685-5690, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[36] | Robot Assisted Gas Tomography - Localizing Methane Leaks in Outdoor Environments. In 2014 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA), pages 6362-6367, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[37] | Robot assisted gas tomography : an alternative approach for the detection of fugitive methane emissions. In Workshop on Robot Monitoring 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[38] | Evolutionary computation based system decomposition with neural networks. In ESANN 2013 proceedings, European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligenceand Machine Learning, pages 191-196, 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[39] | It's always smelly around here! Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Gas Detection Events with BASED Grid Maps. In Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN 2013) 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[40] | Online parameter selection for gas distribution mapping. In Proceedings of the ISOEN conference 2013 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA ] |
[41] | Weighted Mutual Information for Feature Selection. In Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), 6792(2):181-188, 2011 [ BibTeX ] |
[42] | Reinforcement Learning Based Neural Controllers for Dynamic Processes without Exploration. In Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), 6353(2):222-227, 2010 [ BibTeX ] |
[43] | On Estimating Mutual Information for Feature Selection. In Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), 6352(1):362-367, 2010 [ BibTeX ] |
[44] | Exploring Continuous Action Spaces with Diffusion Trees for Reinforcement Learning. In Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), 6353(2):190-199, 2010 [ BibTeX ] |
[45] | Forward Feature Selection Using Residual Mutual Information. In Europ. Symp. on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Learning (ESANN), pages 583-588, 2009 [ BibTeX ] |
[46] | Adaptive Feature Transformation for Image Data from Non-Stationary Processes. In Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), 5769(2):735-744, 2009 [ BibTeX ] |
[47] | Machine Learning Techniques for Selforganizing Combustion Control. In German Conf. on Artificial Intelligence (KI), 5803:395-402, 2009 [ BibTeX ] |
[48] | Whom to Talk to? Estimating User Interest from Movement Trajectories. In IEEE Int. Symp. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pages 532-538, 2008 [ BibTeX ] |
[49] | Are You Still Following Me?. In Europ. Conf. on Mobile Robots (ECMR), pages 211-216, 2007 [ BibTeX ] |
[50] | An Efficient Search Strategy for Feature Selection Using Chow-Liu Trees. In Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), 4669(2):190-199, 2007 [ BibTeX ] |
[51] | Sensor Fusion Using a Probabilistic Aggregation Scheme for People Detection and Tracking. In Europ. Conf. on Mobile Robots (ECMR), pages 176-181, 2005 [ BibTeX ] |
[52] | A Probabilistic Multimodal Sensor Aggregation Scheme Applied for a Mobile Robot. In German Conf. on Artificial Intelligence (KI), 3698:320-334, 2005 [ BibTeX ] |
Theses
[1] | Lernbeiträge im Rahmen einer kognitiven Architektur zur intelligenten Prozessführung. Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany, Doctoral Thesis, 2012 [ BibTeX | PDF ] |
[2] | Teilautonomer Serviceroboter für den interaktiven Outdoor-Einsatz auf bevölkertem Campusgelände. Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany, Diploma Thesis, 2006 [ BibTeX ] |
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