RHINO-AR: An Augmented Reality Exhibit for Teaching Mobile Robotics Concepts in Museums

RHINO-AR: An Augmented Reality Exhibit for Teaching Mobile Robotics Concepts in Museums

N. Dengler, T. Graf, L. Van Holland, P. Stotko, R. Klein, M. Bennewitz

IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2026

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A Robust Placeability Metric for Model-Free Unified Pick-and-Place Reasoning

A Robust Placeability Metric for Model-Free Unified Pick-and-Place Reasoning

B. Wingender, N. Dengler, R. Menon, S. Pan, M. Bennewitz

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2026

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SG-DOR: Learning Scene Graphs with Direction-Conditioned Occlusion Reasoning for Pepper Plants

SG-DOR: Learning Scene Graphs with Direction-Conditioned Occlusion Reasoning for Pepper Plants

R. Menon, N. Mueller-Goldingen, S. Pan, G.K.G. Chenchani, M. Bennewitz

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2026

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Designing Privacy-Preserving Visual Perception for Robot Navigation Based on User Privacy Preferences

Designing Privacy-Preserving Visual Perception for Robot Navigation Based on User Privacy Preferences

X. Huang, S. Pan, D. Reinhardt, M. Bennewitz

IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2026

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Point of View: How Perspective Affects Perceived Robot Sociability

Point of View: How Perspective Affects Perceived Robot Sociability

S. Agrawal, A. Akhtar, N. Dengler, M. Bennewitz

IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2026

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Efficient Trajectory Optimization for Autonomous Racing via Formula-1 Data-Driven Initialization

Efficient Trajectory Optimization for Autonomous Racing via Formula-1 Data-Driven Initialization

S. Shehadeh, L. Kutsch, N. Dengler, S. Pan, M. Bennewitz

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2026

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Interpreting Context-Aware Human Preferences for Multi-Objective Robot Navigation

Interpreting Context-Aware Human Preferences for Multi-Objective Robot Navigation

T. Sethuraman, S. Agrawal, N. Dengler, J. de Heuvel, T. Hassan, M. Bennewitz

International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), 2026

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O-STaR: Open-Vocabulary Object Search through Spatio-Temporal Reasoning on Dynamic Scene Graphs

O-STaR: Open-Vocabulary Object Search through Spatio-Temporal Reasoning on Dynamic Scene Graphs

R. Menon, Y. Schmiede, G.K.G. Chenchani, H. Blum, M. Bennewitz

Proceedings of 2nd German Robotics Conference (GRC), 2026

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PeRoI: A Pedestrian-Robot Interaction Dataset for Learning Avoidance, Neutrality, and Attraction Behaviors in Social Navigation

PeRoI: A Pedestrian-Robot Interaction Dataset for Learning Avoidance, Neutrality, and Attraction Behaviors in Social Navigation

S. Agrawal, N. Ostermann-Myrau, N. Dengler, M. Bennewitz

IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), 2026

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Constraint-Aware Reinforcement Learning via Adaptive Action Scaling

Constraint-Aware Reinforcement Learning via Adaptive Action Scaling

M. Dawood, A. Siddiquie, S. Khorshidi, M. Bennewitz

Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference (L4DC), 2026

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MS-MEM: Multi-Skill Manipulation-Enhanced Mapping via Uncertainty- and Disturbance-Aware Action Selection

MS-MEM: Multi-Skill Manipulation-Enhanced Mapping via Uncertainty- and Disturbance-Aware Action Selection

Y. Shi, J. Mücke, N. Dengler, S. Pan, R. Rayyes, M. Bennewitz

Arxiv Pre-print, 2026, 2026

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Semantic- and Density-Aware Planning for Accessibility-Preserving Multi-Object Placement

Semantic- and Density-Aware Planning for Accessibility-Preserving Multi-Object Placement

B. Wingender, N. Dengler, N. Busch, S. Pan, M. Bennewitz

Arxiv Pre-print, 2026

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Still Image and Spatial-Temporal Tomato Data Enabling Detection, Segmentation, Tracking, and Video-Instance Segmentation Using Strong and Weak Labels

Still Image and Spatial-Temporal Tomato Data Enabling Detection, Segmentation, Tracking, and Video-Instance Segmentation Using Strong and Weak Labels

M. Halstead, E. Guclu, M. Farag, E. Pallotta, C. Hund, R. Roscher, M. Bennewitz, J. Gall, C. Stachniss, C. McCool

Arxiv Pre-print, 2026

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Implicit-Behavior Coordination from Unlabeled Sub-Task Demonstrations for Rearrangement Tasks

Implicit-Behavior Coordination from Unlabeled Sub-Task Demonstrations for Rearrangement Tasks

A. Shokry, A. Siddiquie, S. Pan, M. Bennewitz

Arxiv Pre-print, 2026

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Privacy-Preserving Depth-Only Open-Vocabulary 3D Semantic Segmentation Via Uncertainty-Guided Test-Time Optimization

Privacy-Preserving Depth-Only Open-Vocabulary 3D Semantic Segmentation Via Uncertainty-Guided Test-Time Optimization

X. Huang, S. Pan, M. Bennewitz

Arxiv Pre-print, 2026

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ObjView-Bench: Rethinking Difficulty and Deployment for Object-Centric View Planning

ObjView-Bench: Rethinking Difficulty and Deployment for Object-Centric View Planning

S. Pan, H. Hu, X. Huang, B. Wingender, M. Bennewitz

Arxiv Pre-print, 2026

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Privacy-Preserving Semantic Segmentation from Ultra-Low-Resolution RGB Inputs

Privacy-Preserving Semantic Segmentation from Ultra-Low-Resolution RGB Inputs

X. Huang, S. Pan, O. Zatsarynna, J. Gall, M. Bennewitz

Arxiv Pre-print, 2026

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Efficient View Planning Guided by Previous-Session Reconstruction for Repeated Plant Monitoring

Efficient View Planning Guided by Previous-Session Reconstruction for Repeated Plant Monitoring

S. Pan, L. Lobefaro, M. Taherkhani, X. Huang, R. Menon, C. Stachniss, M. Bennewitz

Arxiv Pre-print, 2026

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Learning Perception and Manipulation of Objects in Cluttered Environments

Learning Perception and Manipulation of Objects in Cluttered Environments

N. Dengler

University of Bonn, 2026

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Predictive Safety in Reinforcement Learning From MPC-Guidance to Learned Regulators

Predictive Safety in Reinforcement Learning From MPC-Guidance to Learned Regulators

M. Dawood

University of Bonn, 2026

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Learning Personalized and Human-Aware Robot Navigation

Learning Personalized and Human-Aware Robot Navigation

J. de Heuvel

University of Bonn, 2026

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Extended Swarming A Bio-Inspired Design for Human Control over Robot Swarms

Extended Swarming A Bio-Inspired Design for Human Control over Robot Swarms

J. Rockbach

University of Bonn, 2026

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