Felix von Hundelshausen
Universität der Bundeswehr München, Carnegie Mellon University, Freie Universität Berlin
Papers
16
Total Citations
759
H-Index
10
About
Felix von Hundelshausen is a leading researcher in autonomous mobile robotics, with a primary focus on real-time perception and navigation for ground vehicles. His most influential contribution is a fast segmentation method for large-scale 3D point clouds, detailed in his highly cited 2010 paper (435 citations), which enables high-speed autonomous driving by allowing robots to process LIDAR data in real time. He is also renowned for his "Driving with Tentacles" approach (134 citations), an integral structure for sensing and motion that was successfully deployed without GPS at the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge and C-Elrob 2007. Beyond ground vehicles, von Hundelshausen has advanced humanoid robotics, developing reactive navigation for unknown environments using only onboard cameras, and has explored topological localization through LIDAR crossroad detection for GPS-denied areas. His work on learning object definitions by observing human activities and omnidirectional vision systems further demonstrates his breadth. With over 700 total citations, his research has been pivotal in enabling autonomous systems to operate robustly in unstructured, real-world environments.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Fast segmentation of 3D point clouds for ground vehicles435 citations · 2010
- 2Driving with tentacles: Integral structures for sensing and motion134 citations · 2008
- 3Autonomous Off-Road Navigation for MuCAR-334 citations · 2011
- 4GIS-based topological robot localization through LIDAR crossroad detection30 citations · 2011
- 5Driving with Tentacles - Integral Structures for Sensing and Motion21 citations · 2009
- 6Walking in unknown environments — A step towards more autonomy18 citations · 2010
- 7FOCUS15 citations · 2006
- 8Learning visual object definitions by observing human activities14 citations · 2006
- 9An Omnidirectional Vision System That Finds and Tracks Color Edges and Blobs14 citations · 2002
- 10MATRIX: A force field pattern matching method for mobile robots11 citations · 2003