Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabKISS-ICP: In Defense of Point-to-Point ICP — Accurate and Robust 3D Point Cloud RegistrationRobots need to know how they move when navigating through unknown spaces. This ego-motion estimation is often called odometry estimation…4 min read·Oct 4, 2022----
Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabMulti-Cue Direct SLAMSimultaneous localization and mapping, or SLAM, is a common and well-studied problem in robotics. It is a key building block of robot…4 min read·Sep 26, 2022----
Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabInterpreting 3D Point Cloud Data Requiring Little Training Data via Contrastive LearningFine-grained scene interpretation is crucial for a robot or autonomous vehicle in order to understand the surroundings and act…4 min read·Sep 21, 2022----
Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabVisual Instance Segmentation of Leaves and Plants for In-Field Plant PhenotypingCrop production provides food, feed, and fiber for our society. To keep the yields high and to adapt to stresses as well as to the impacts…3 min read·Dec 6, 2021----
Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabWhat Does the Future Look Like? Self-supervised 3D Point Cloud PredictionMost autonomous cars use 3D laser scanners, so-called LiDARs, to perceive the 3D world around them. A LiDAR generates local 3D point clouds…3 min read·Nov 15, 2021--1--1
Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabCompressing Dense Point Clouds using Deep LearningThe ability to build consistent maps of the environment and use them during navigation is key for robots, self-driving cars, and other…3 min read·Nov 11, 2021----
Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabMoving Object Segmentation in 3D LiDAR Data using Machine LearningAutonomous cars and robots need to distinguish between moving and non-moving parts of the world, a key capability for navigation.3 min read·Jul 16, 2021----
Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabRobust Estimation Without Needing to Handpick a Kernel FunctionAutonomous cars and robots need to estimate the state of the world around them: “Where am I?” or “What does the world around me look…4 min read·Jun 30, 2021----
Cyrill StachnissinStachnissLabBecoming a Professor in Germany— A Baseline of Achievements for Becoming a Professor within the German Academic System4 min read·Mar 10, 2020----