Publications
The following list of publications describes parts of the KnowRob system or experimental systems that have been realized using KnowRob. If you would like to contribute a publication, please contact the KnowRob maintainers.
Book Chapters
Information System for Storage, Management and Usage for Embodied Intelligent Agents , Chapter in Information Storage from a multi-disciplinary perspective (Rolf Drechsler, Cornelia Große, eds.), Springer, 2019. (978-3-030-19261-7) |
Foundational Models for Manipulation Activity Parsing , Chapter in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality -- Changing Realities in a Dynamic World (Timothy Jung, M. Claudia tom Dieck, Philipp A. Rauschnabel, eds.), Springer, 2019. (978-3-030-37869-1) |
Refereed Articles
A Review and Comparison of Ontology-based Approaches to Robot Autonomy , In The Knowledge Engineering Review, Cambridge University Press, volume 34, 2019. [doi] |
Episodic Memories for Safety-Aware Robots -- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning for Robots that Safely Interact with Human Co-Workers , In KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, Springer, 2019. [doi] |
Open-EASE -- A Cloud-Based Knowledge Service for Autonomous Learning , In KI -- Künstliche Intelligenz, 2015. [doi] |
RoboEarth Semantic Mapping: A Cloud Enabled Knowledge-Based Approach , In IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), 2015. |
KnowRob -- A Knowledge Processing Infrastructure for Cognition-enabled Robots , In International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), volume 32, 2013. |
Representation and Exchange of Knowledge about Actions, Objects, and Environments in the RoboEarth Framework , In IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), volume 10, 2013. (Best Paper Award Finalist) [doi] |
Cognition-Enabled Autonomous Robot Control for the Realization of Home Chore Task Intelligence , In Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Quality of Life Technology, 2012. |
Cognition-Enabled Autonomous Robot Control for the Realization of Home Chore Task Intelligence , In Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 100, 2012. |
RoboEarth - A World Wide Web for Robots , In Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE, volume 18, 2011. |
Web-enabled Robots -- Robots that Use the Web as an Information Resource , In Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE, volume 18, 2011. [pdf] |
Knowledge Representation for Cognitive Robots , In Künstliche Intelligenz, Springer, volume 24, 2010. [pdf] |
Towards Performing Everyday Manipulation Activities , In Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Elsevier, volume 58, 2010. [pdf] |
Towards Automated Models of Activities of Daily Life , In Technology and Disability, IOS Press, volume 22, 2010. [pdf] |
Refereed Conference Papers
A Formal Model of Affordances for Flexible Robotic Task Execution , In Proc. of the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2020. |
An Ontology for Failure Interpretation in Automated Planning and Execution , In Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference, 2019. |
Cognition-enabled Framework for Mixed Human-Robot Rescue Team , In International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018. |
KNOWROB-SIM — Game Engine-enabled Knowledge Processing for Cognition-enabled Robot Control , In International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018. [doi] |
Reasoning Systems for Semantic Navigation in Mobile Robots , In 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2018, Madrid, Spain, October 1-5, 2018, IEEE, 2018. [doi] |
Assembly Planning in Cluttered Environments through Heterogeneous Reasoning , In 41st German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI), Springer, 2018. |
OWL-enabled Assembly Planning for Robotic Agents , In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Autonomous Agents, 2018. (Finalist for the Best Robotics Paper Award.) |
KnowRob 2.0 -- A 2nd Generation Knowledge Processing Framework for Cognition-enabled Robotic Agents , In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018. |
Heterogeneous Ontologies and Hybrid Reasoning for Service Robotics: The EASE Framework , In Third Iberian Robotics Conference, 2017. |
Open Robotics Research Using Web-based Knowledge Services , In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2016. |
Rendering Semantically-Annotated Experiment Videos out of Robot Memories , In Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2015. |
Open-EASE -- A Knowledge Processing Service for Robots and Robotics/AI Researchers , In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015. (Finalist for the Best Cognitive Robotics Paper Award.) |
Knowledge-based Specification of Robot Motions , In Proceedings of the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2014. [pdf] |
CRAMm -- Memories for Robots Performing Everyday Manipulation Activities , In Second Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems, 2013. |
Action sequencing and error production in stroke patients with apraxia -- Behavioral modeling using Bayesian Logic Networks , In 6th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2013), 2013. |
The RoboEarth Language: Representing and Exchanging Knowledge about Actions, Objects, and Environments (Extended Abstract) , In 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2013). Special track on Best Papers in Sister Conferences, 2013. (Invited paper.) |
Decomposing CAD Models of Objects of Daily Use and Reasoning about their Functional Parts , In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013. [pdf] |
Learning Probability Distributions over Partially-Ordered Human Everyday Activities , In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013. [pdf] |
Automated Alignment of Specifications of Everyday Manipulation Tasks , In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013. [pdf] |
Building Knowledge-enabled Cloud Robotics Applications using the Ubiquitous Network Robot Platform , In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013. [pdf] |
Semantic Object Maps for Robotic Housework - Representation, Acquisition and Use , In 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012. [pdf] |
The RoboEarth language: Representing and Exchanging Knowledge about Actions, Objects, and Environments , In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012. (Best Cognitive Robotics Paper Award.) [pdf] |
Learning Organizational Principles in Human Environments , In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012. [pdf] |
A Unified Representation for Reasoning about Robot Actions, Processes, and their Effects on Objects , In 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012. [pdf] |
Knowledge Processing for Autonomous Robot Control , In AAAI Spring Symposium on Designing Intelligent Robots: Reintegrating AI, 2012. [pdf] |
RoboEarth Action Recipe Execution , In 12th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, 2012. [pdf] |
Exchange of Action-related Information among Autonomous Robots , In 12th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, 2012. [pdf] |
Robotic Roommates Making Pancakes , In 11th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2011. [pdf] |
Autonomous Semantic Mapping for Robots Performing Everyday Manipulation Tasks in Kitchen Environments , In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011. [pdf] |
How-Models of Human Reaching Movements in the Context of Everyday Manipulation Activities , In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011. [pdf] |
Priming Transformational Planning with Observations of Human Activities , In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010. [pdf] |
Putting People's Common Sense into Knowledge Bases of Household Robots , In 33rd Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI 2010), Springer, 2010. [pdf] |
Understanding and Executing Instructions for Everyday Manipulation Tasks from the World Wide Web , In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010. [pdf] |
CRAM -- A Cognitive Robot Abstract Machine for Everyday Manipulation in Human Environments , In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010. [pdf] |
Combining Perception and Knowledge Processing for Everyday Manipulation , In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2010. [pdf] |
KNOWROB-MAP -- Knowledge-Linked Semantic Object Maps , In 10th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2010. [pdf] |
Visual Scene Detection and Interpretation using Encyclopedic Knowledge and Formal Description Logic , In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)., 2009. [pdf] |
KnowRob -- Knowledge Processing for Autonomous Personal Robots , In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009. [pdf] |
Combining Analysis, Imitation, and Experience-based Learning to Acquire a Concept of Reachability , In 9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2009. [pdf] |
Towards Automated Models of Activities of Daily Life , In First International Symposium on Quality of Life Technology -- Intelligent Systems for Better Living, 2009. [pdf] |
Other Publications
Fast Robot Learning using Prospection and Experimental Knowledge : A Cognitive Approach with Narrative-Enabled Episodic Memories and Symbolic Knowledge , PhD thesis, Universität Bremen, 2019. |
Knowledge Processing for Autonomous Robots , PhD thesis, Technische Universität München, 2011. |