- On-line trajectory generation
- Hybrid switched-system control
- Safe human-robot interaction
- Transfer Learning
- Robot programming with primitives
- Distributed real-time systems
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![]() Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Kröger |
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Director, Head of Institute office hours: demand phone: +49 721 608-43898 fax: +49 721 608-47141 torstenIws9∂kit edu |
Room 121, Bldg. 40.28 Engler-Bunte-Ring 8 D-76131 Karlsruhe
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Research Interests
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Industry 4.0 | WS 17/18 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Kröger |
Infoveranstaltung Praxis der Forschung | WS 17/18 | Prof. Dr. Ralf Reussner Prof.Dr.-Ing. Anne Koziolek Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gregor Snelting Prof. Dr. Bernhard Beckert Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beigl Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tamim Asfour Matthias Budde Prof. Dr. Martina Zitterbart Michael Kirsten Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Kröger |
Praxis der Forschung (Projekt, 1. Semester) | WS 17/18 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tamim Asfour Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade Prof. Dr. Martina Zitterbart Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gregor Snelting Prof.Dr.-Ing. Anne Koziolek Prof. Dr. Ralf Reussner Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beigl Prof. Dr. Bernhard Beckert Matthias Budde Michael Kirsten Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Kröger |
Praxis der Forschung (Methoden, 1. Semester) | WS 17/18 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Kröger Matthias Budde Prof.Dr.-Ing. Anne Koziolek Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gregor Snelting Prof. Dr. Martina Zitterbart Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tamim Asfour Prof. Dr. Bernhard Beckert Prof. Dr. Ralf Reussner Michael Kirsten Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beigl |
Echtzeitsysteme | SS 2017 |
Short Bio
Torsten is a Full Professor of Computer Science and the Director of Intelligent Process Control and Robotics Laboratory (IPR) of the Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics (IAR) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He is also a Visiting Scientist at Stanford University. Torsten received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from TU Braunschweig, Germany, in 2002 and a Doctorate degree in Computer Science in 2009 (summa cum laude).
In 2010, he joined the Stanford AI Lab as a lecturer and research associate. From 2014 to 2017, he was a Staff Roboticist and the Head of the Robotics Software Division at X, an Alphabet entity.
He conducts research on autonomous robot systems, real-time trajectory generation, perception, sensor fusion, dynamics, system identification, force/torque control, hybrid switched-system control, safe human-robot interaction, humanoid robots, robot programming paradigms, machine learning, and distributed real-time hard- and software systems. Application domains of his research include industrial robotics and automation, mobile service robots, surgical robotics, machine tools, haptic devices, and space telescope control.
Torsten has been working as a research consultant for Volkswagen AG, KUKA Roboter GmbH, Manz Automation AG, Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc., Redwood Robotics, Inc., and Google, Inc..
He is also the founder and former CEO of Reflexxes GmbH, a startup working on research and development of real-time motion generation software. In 2014, Reflexxes was acquired by Google, where Torsten became the Head the Robotics Software Division. This included coordinating robotics and machine learning research activities between DeepMind, Google Research, Boston Dynamics, and X.
Torsten is an editor or an associate editor of multiple IEEE conference proceedings, books, and book series and the Multimedia Editor of the Springer Handbook of Robotics. He received the 2018 IEEE RAS Distinguished Service Award, the 2018 IEEE ICRA Best Associate Editor Award, the 2014 IEEE RAS Early Career Award, the 2011 Heinrich Büssing Award, the 2011 GFFT Award, two fellowships of the German Research Association, and he was a finalist of the 2012 IEEE/IFR IERA Award and the 2012 euRobotics TechTransfer Award.
Publications
Reister, F.; Kunz, C.; Schneider, M.; Kroeger, T.
2018. 17. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie (CURAC), Leipzig, Germany, 13 – 15 September 2018
Reister, F.; Kunz, C.; Schneider, M.; Kroeger, T.
2018. 17. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie (CURAC), Leipzig, 13 – 15 September 2018, 28–33
Colangelo, E.; Kröger, T.; Bauernhansl, T.
2018. Procedia CIRP, 72, 191–196. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2018.03.145
Colangelo, E.; Kröger, T.; Bauernhansla, T.
2018. 51st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Stockholm, S, May 16-18, 2018
Mahler, J.; Pokorny, F. T.; Hou, B.; Roderick, M.; Laskey, M.; Aubry, M.; Kohlhoff, K.; Kröger, T.; Kuffner, J.; Goldberg, K.
2016. Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2016), Stockholm, S, May 16-21, 2016, 1957–1964, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487342
Flacco, F.; Kröger, T.; De Luca, A.; Khatib, O.
2015. Journal of intelligent and robotic systems, 80 (1), 7–22. doi:10.1007/s10846-014-0146-2
Schlegl, T.; Kröger, T.; Gaschler, A.; Khatib, O.; Zangl, H.
2013. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Tokyo, J, November 3-7, 2013. Conference Digest, 5373–5379, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/IROS.2013.6697134
Gaschler, A.; Petrick, R.; Kröger, T.; Knoll, A.; Khatib, O.
2013. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Workshop on Combining Task and Motion Planning, Karlsruhe, May 6-10, 2013
Gaschler, A.; Petrick, R.; Kröger, T.; Khatib, O.; Knoll, A.
2013. Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) Workshop on Combined Robot Motion Planning and AI Planning for Practical Applications, Berlin, June 24-28, 2013
Kröger, T.; Oslund, K.; Jenkins, T.; Torczynski, D.; Hippenmeyer, N.; Rusu, R. B.; Khatib, O.
2013. Experimental Robotics : The 13th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Québec City, CDN, June 18-21, 2012. Ed.: J.P. Desai, 155–166, Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-00065-7_12
Katzschmann, R.; Kröger, T.; Asfour, T.; Khatib, O.
2013. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS’13), Tokyo, Japan, November 3-7, 2013, 5644–5651, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/IROS.2013.6697174
Kröger, T.; Padial, J.
2012. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Saint Paul, MN, May 14-18, 2012, 4862–4869, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225175
Kröger, T.
2012. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Saint Paul, MN, May 14-18, 2012, 2048–2054, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225186
Flacco, F.; Kröger, T.; De Luca, A.; Khatib, O.
2012. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Saint Paul, MN, May 14-18, 2012, 338–345, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225245
Kröger, T.; Finkemeyer, B.
2011. Workshop on Mobile Manipulation at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, May 9.13, 2011
Kröger, T.
2011. IEEE transactions on robotics, 27 (5), 1010–1016. doi:10.1109/TRO.2011.2158021
Kröger, T.
2011. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, May 9.13, 2011, 1–4, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980578
Osypiuk, R.; Kröger, T.
2010. Robotic Systems for Handling and Assembly. Ed.: D. Schütz, 275–291, Springer, Berlin
Kröger, T.; Finkemeyer, B.; Wahl, F. M.
2010. Robotic Systems for Handling and Assembly. Ed.: D. Schütz, 293–313, Springer, Berlin
Finkemeyer, B.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2010. Robotic Systems for Handling and Assembly. Ed.: D. Schütz, 193–212, Springer, Berlin
Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2010. Proceedings of the IEEE ICRA 2010 Workshop on Innovative Robot Control Architectures for Demanding (Research) Applications–How to Modify and Enhance Commercial Controllers, Anchorage, AK, May 3-7, 2010, 46–53
Kubus, D.; Sommerkorn, A.; Kröger, T.; Maaß, J.; Wahl, F. M.
2010. Proceedings of the IEEE ICRA 2010 Workshop on Innovative Robot Control Architectures for Demanding (Research) Applications–How to Modify and Enhance Commercial Controllers, Anchorage, AK, May 3-7, 2010, 38–45
Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2010. Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, AK, May 3-7, 2010, 4009–4015, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509428
Finkemeyer, B.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2010. Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, AK, May 3-7, 2010, 3855–3862, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509419
Osypiuk, R.; Kröger, T.
2010. International journal of control, 83 (1), 97–104. doi:10.1080/00207170903100230
Osypiuk, R.; Kröger, T.
2009. Solid state phenomena, 147-149, 1–6. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.147-149.1
Kröger, T.; Finkemeyer, B.; Winkelbach, S.; Eble, L.-O.; Molkenstruck, S.; Wahl, F. M.
2008. IEEE robotics & automation magazine, 15 (3), 79–84. doi:10.1109/MRA.2008.921547
Kubus, D.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2008. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2008), Nice, F, September 22-26, 2008, 3845–3852, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/IROS.2008.4650672
Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2008. IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI), Seoul, South Korea, August 20-22, 2008, 411–418, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/MFI.2008.4648030
Kröger, T.; Kubus, D.; Wahl, F. M.
2008. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2008), Pasadena, CA, May 19-23, 2008, 3455–3462, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543739
Kubus, D.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2008. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2008), Pasadena, CA, May 19-23, 2008, 2617–2622, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543607
König, K.; Schöning, V.; Kröger, T.
2007. AAET - Automatisierungs-, Assistenzsysteme und eingebettete Systeme für Transportmittel : Beiträge zum gleichnamigen 8. Braunschweiger Symposium vom 26.-28. Februar 2007, 199–218, Gesamtzentrum für Verkehr (GZVB), Braunschweig
Kröger, T.; Kubus, D.; Wahl, F. M.
2007. Advanced robotics, 21 (14), 1603–1616. doi:10.1163/156855307782227435
Finkemeyer, B.; Kröger, T.; Kubus, D.; Olschewski, M.; Wahl, F. M.
2007. Workshop on Measures and Procedures for the Evaluation of Robot Architectures and Middleware at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intellegent Robots and Systems, San Diego, CA, October 29 - November 2, 2007, 78–93
Kubus, D.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2007. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2007), San Diego, CA, October 29 - November 2, 2007, 1402–1408, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/IROS.2007.4399184
Rennekamp, T.; Homeier, K.; Kröger, T.
2006. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China, October 9-15, 2006, 4833–4838, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/IROS.2006.282359
Kröger, T.; Tomiczek, A.; Wahl, F. M.
2006. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China, October 9-15, 2006, 736–741, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/IROS.2006.282622
Kröger, T.; Kubus, D.; Wahl, F. M.
2006. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China, October 9-15, 2006, 2626–2631, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/IROS.2006.281942
Osypiuk, R.; Kröger, T.; Finkemeyer, B.; Wahl, F. M.
2006. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2006), Orlando, FL, May 15-19, 2006, 2232–2237, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642035
Kröger, T.; Finkemeyer, B.; Winkelbach, S.; Molkenstruck, S.; Eble, L.; Wahl, F. M.
2006. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2006), Orlando, FL, May 15-19, 2006
Finkemeyer, B.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2005. Advanced robotics, 19 (5), 591–611. doi:10.1163/156855305323383811
Finkemeyer, B.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2005. Automatisierungstechnik, 53 (4-5/2005), 189–196. doi:10.1524/auto.53.4.189.62256
Kröger, T.; Finkemeyer, B.; Thomas, U.; Wahl, F. M.
2004. Mechatronics & Robotics, Aachen, September 13-14, 2004, 1029–1034, Eysoldt. Aachen
Kröger, T.; Finkemeyer, B.; Heuck, M.; Wahl, F. M.
2004. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2004), Sendai, J, September 28 - October 2, 2004, 816–821, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/IROS.2004.1389453
Kröger, T.; Finkemeyer, B.; Wahl, F. M.
2004. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004), New Orleans, LA, April 26 - May 1, 2004, 5218–5223, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1302546
Finkemeyer, B.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2003. Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR 2003), Międzyzdroje, PL, August 25-28, 2003. Ed.: R. Kaszynski, 975–980, Wydawnictwo Uczelniane Politechniki, Szczecin
Diethers, K.; Firley, T.; Kröger, T.; Thomas, U.
2003. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Coimbra, P, June 30 - July 3, 2003. Ed.: U. Nunes, 1208–1214, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ)
Thomas, U.; Finkemeyer, B.; Kröger, T.; Wahl, F. M.
2003. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2003), Taipei, Taiwan, September 14-19, 2003, 3069–3075, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242062