University of Bonn, Computer Science VI, Autonomous Intelligent Systems

Prof. Dr. Sven Behnke

Editor

Editor of IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)
Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Associate Editor of Humanoid Robotics, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Associate Editor of International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

Program Committees

Program Co-Chair: IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seoul, Korea, 05/2027
Area Chair, 34th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Montreal, Canada, 08/2025.
Editor, IEEE-RAS 23rd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Nancy, France, 11/2024
Senior Program Commitee Member, 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 10/2024
Senior Program Committee Member, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Abu Dhabi, UAE, 10/2024
Senior Program Committee Member, 33rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Jeju, Korea, 08/2024
27th RoboCup International Symposium, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 07/2024
Editor for Localization and Mapping, 41st IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 05/2024
Editor, IEEE-RAS 22nd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Austin, TX, USA, 12/2023
32nd International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Heraklion, Greece, 09/2023
11th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Coimbra, Portugal, 09/2023
26th RoboCup International Symposium, Bordeaux, France, 07/2023
Senior Program Commitee Member, 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Cape Town, South Africa, 08/2023
Associate Editor, 18th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-18), Suwon, Korea, 07/2023
Editor for Localization and Mapping, 40th IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK, 05/2023
Editor, IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, 11/2022
31st International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Bristol, UK, 09/2022
25th RoboCup International Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand, 07/2022
31st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) and the 25th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), Vienna, Austria, 07/2022
17th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-17), Zagreb, Croatia, 06/2022
Editor for Localization and Mapping, 39th IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, USA, 05/2022
Senior Program Committee Member, 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Montreal, Canada, 08/2021
Associate Editor, 20th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Munich, Germany, 07/2021
24th RoboCup International Symposium, online, 06/2021.
16th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), Singapore, 06/2021
Senior Program Committee Member, 29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI). Yokohama, Japan, 07/2020
Area Chair, Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), Corvallis, OR, USA, 07/2020
24th RoboCup International Symposium, Bordaux, France, 07/2020
Associate Editor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Paris, France, 05/2020
4th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC),Taichung, Taiwan, 03/2020

Associate Editor, 19th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Toronto, Canada, 10/2019
Program Chair, European Conference on Mobile Robotics (ECMR), Prague, 09/2019
Senior Program Commitee Member, 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Macao, China, 08/2019
23rd RoboCup International Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 07/2019
Associate Editor IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada, 05/2019
3rd IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC), Naples, Italy, 02/2019

Program Co-Chair, 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Beijing, China, 11/2018
Robotics Science and Systems (RSS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 06/2018.
22nd RoboCup International Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 06/2018
15th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), Baden-Baden, Germany, 06/2018.
Associate Editor IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia, 05/2018
Associate Editor, 17th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Birmingham, UK, 11/2017
Associate Editor, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vancouver, Canada, 09/2017
40th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI), Dortmund, Germany, 09/2017.
Robotics Science and Systems (RSS), Cambridge MA, USA, 07/2017
21st RoboCup International Symposium, Nagoya, Japan, 07/2017
Associate Editor IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, 05/2017

Earlier program committee activities

Organizer

Co-organizer "3rd Workshop Toward Robot Avatars", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Abu Dhabi, UAE 10/2024.
Co-organizer "2nd Workshop Toward Robot Avatars", International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK, 06/2023.
Co-organizer Workshop "Toward Robot Avatars: Perspectives on the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition", Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), New York City, USA, 07/2022
General Chair 10th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Bonn, 09/2021
Co-organizer Workshop on Dynamic Legged Locomotion in Realistic Terrains, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia, 05/2018
Co-organizer 12th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots at IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Birmingham, UK, 11/2017
Co-organizer Workshop on Disaster Response Robots: Design principles and Control for Effective Mobility and Manipulation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, 06/2017
Co-organizer 11th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots at IEEE-RAS 15th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Cancun, Mexico, 11/2016
Co-chair 20th International RoboCup Symposium, Leipzig, 07/2016
Co-organizer 10th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots at IEEE-RAS 14th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Seoul, 11/2015
Co-organizer TRADR Summer School on Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles (AMAV), Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin, Germany, 08/2015
Co-organizer 9th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots at IEEE-RAS 14th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Madrid, 11/2014
League Chair Humanoid League at RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, 04/2014.
Co-organizer 8th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots at IEEE-RAS 13th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Atlanta, 10/2013
Co-organizer International Summer School on Humanoid Soccer, Bonn, 07/2013
Co-chair 17th International RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, 07/2013
League Chair Humanoid League at RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, 04/2013
Co-organizer 7th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots at IEEE-RAS 12th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Osaka, 11/2012

Invited Talks

11.7.2024: Curious Future Insight Conference, Mainz, Germany: "Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Robots"
18.6.2024: BMBF/BMWK-Konferenz KI-basierte Robotik (KIRO), Berlin: "Der Weg zum bewussten Serviceroboter"
17.5.2024: Workshop "Human-Centric Multilateral Teleoperation Augmentation: Perception, Telecommunication, and Coordination", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, "The NimbRo Immersive Telepresence System Winning the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals: Human-Centric Evaluation and Lessons Learned"
16.5.2024: Forum "Enhancing Service Robots for Future Homes: Insights and Learnings", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, "Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Service Robots"
14.5.2024: Forum "The Present on Future of Humanoid Robots", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, "NimbRo Humanoid Robots winning ANA Avatar XPRIZE and RoboCup AdultSize Soccer Competitions"
14.5.2024: Forum "Teleprecence in Robotics", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, "From Intuitive Immersive Telepresence Systems to Conscious Service Robots"
24.11.2023: Plenary Keynote, 6th Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT), Coimbra, Portugal: "From Intuitive Immersive Telepresence Systems to Conscious Service Robots"
2.10.2023: Keynote, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, USA: "From Intuitive Immersive Telepresence Systems to Conscious Service Robots"
2.6.2023, 2nd Workshop Toward Robot Avatars, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK: "The NimbRo Immersive Telepresence System Winning the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals"
15.3.2023, European Robotics Forum (ERF), Odense, Denmark: "Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Robots"
8.12.2022, ShanghAI Lecture: "Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Robots"
28.11.2022, Workshop Can we build Baymax? Part 7: Education and Open Source for Humanoid Robots, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Okinawa Convention Center, Japan: "NimbRo OP2(X): RoboCup AdultSize winning Open source Humanoid Soccer Robots"
10.11.2022, IEEE Future Directions Symposium on Telepresence: ANA XPRIZE Winning Team Panel
6.11.2022, ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals Workshop, Long Beach, CA, USA: "NimbRo Avatar: Intuitive Immersive Telepresence balancing Interaction, Manipulation, and Mobility"
27.10.2022, Workshop on Software and Control Architectures for Robotics, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto, Japan: "Towards Structured Model Learning, Perception and Planning for Cognitive Robots"
13.10.2022, University of Freiburg: "Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Robots"
1.7.2022: Workshop "Toward Robot Avatars: Perspectives on the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition", Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), New York, USA: "NimbRo Avatar: Intuitive Immersive Telepresence balancing Interaction, Manipulation, and Mobility"
16.6.2022: Workshop on Intelligent Autonomous Robots for Hazardous Decomissioning Tasks, 17th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), taking place in Zagreb, Croatia: "Autonomous Assistance Functions for Mobile Manipulation Robots and Micro Aerial Vehicles"
10.11.2021: EASE & REMARO Fall School, Bremen: "Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Robots"
31.8.2021: Workshop on Resuce Robotics in the Field, 10th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Bonn: "Autonomous Assistance Functions for Centaur-like Ground Robots and Micro Aerial Vehicles in Disaster Response"
31.8.2021: Workshop on Agricultural Robotics and Automation, 10th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Bonn: "High-resolution In-field Crop Scanning"
19.5.2021: Amazon Research Robotics Symposium: "Learning Structured Scene Modelling for Cluttered Bin Picking"
23.2.2021: Jahreskonferenz der Plattform Lernende Systeme (PLS), Panel "KI in lebensfeindlichen Umgebungen – Kein Vertrauen ohne Zertifizierung?"
26.10.2020, University of Stuttgart: "Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Robots"
13.10.2020, TU Dortmund: "Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Robots"
22.11.2019, Absolventenkongress, Köln: "Umgebungswahrnehmung und Verhaltensplanung für Kognitive Roboter"
29.10.2019, Thementag Künstliche Intelligenz, NRW Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Düsseldorf: "Umgebungswahrnehmung und Verhaltensplanung für Kognitive Roboter"
24.10.2019, Digitaler Rhein, Raketenstation Hombroich: "Kognitive Roboter"
11.10.2019, Amazon Research Award Symposium, Boston: "Generalizing Scene Parsing for Cluttered Bin Picking"
26.9.2019, Google X, München: "Perception and Planning for Cognitive Robots"
2.9.2019, Workshop on Anticipating Human Behavior, Bonn, "Representation Learning and Activity Prediction from Video"
13.5.2019, Bonn Waseda University Day Workshop on Advanced Robotics and AI Technologies: "Perception and Planning for Humanoid Disaster-response Robots"
12.4.2019, PhenoRob Seminar, Bonn: "Perception and Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots"
21.3.2019, Workshop on Aerial Robotics Technologies & Applications, European Robotics Forum (ERF), Bucharest, Romania: "3D Mapping and planning for autonomous navigation of micro aerial vehicles in complex GNSS-denied environments"
7.12.2018, French-German Conference on Humanoid and Legged Robots (HLR), Munich, Germany: "Flexible Driving-stepping Locomotion and Human-like Manipulation for Disaster Response"
9.11.2018, Plenary Keynote IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Beijing, China: "Perception and Planning for Autonomous Humanoid Robots in Complex Environments"
6.11.2018: Workshop on Humanoid Robotics: Dead-end or Bright Future?, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids),Beijing, China: "Humanoid Robots: From Fiction to Reality?"
26.10.2018, Amazon Research Awards Fall Symposium (ARA), Boston, MA, USA: "Learning Semantic Perception for Cluttered Bin Picking"
1.10.2018, IROS 2018 Workshop on Humanoid Robot Falling: Fall Detection, Damage Prevention, and Recovery Actions, Madrid, Spain: "Push Recovery, Fall Survival, and Getting-up of NimbRo Humanoid Soccer Robots"
13.6.2018, 9th International Scientific Symposium on Logistics (ISSL), Magdeburg, Keynote: "Semantic Perception for Bin Picking"
8.6.2018, Center for Management Studies (CMS), Beiratssitzung Digitale Technologien und Innovationen, Bonn: "Umgebungswahrnehmung und Verhaltensplanung für Kognitive Roboter"
25.5.2018, ICRA 2018 Workshop on Dynamic Legged Locomotion in Realistic Terrains, Brisbane, Australia: "Hybrid Driving-Stepping Locomotion in Challenging Environments"
21.5.2018, ICRA 2018 Workshop on Advances in Robotic Warehouse Automation, Brisbane, Australia: "Team NimbRo Picking at ARC 2017: Fast Learning Semantic Perception and Coordinating Two Arms"
14.3.2018, Workshop on Dexterous Telerobotics Technologies and Applications, European Robotics Forum (ERF), Tampere (Finland): "Robust Mobility and Dexterous Manipulation in Disaster Response by Fullbody Telepresence in a Centaur-like Robot"
13.3.2018, Workshop on Aerial Robotics for Industrial Inspection, Maintenance & Transportation, European Robotics Forum (ERF), Tampere (Finland): "Fast Autonomous Flight Near Structures in Large Indoor Environments"
18.1.2018, VDI/VDE Neujahrsseminar Künstliche Intelligenz - Vision und Realität, Deutsches Museum Bonn: "Umgebungswahrnehmung und Verhaltensplanung für Kognitive Roboter"
6.12.2017, 2. VDI-Fachkonferenz Humanoide Roboter, München: "Humanoide Roboter für den Einsatz in menschenfeindlichen Umgebungen"
27.11.2017, DGR Days, Bremen: "Semantic Perception for Cognitive Robots"
15.11.2017, The 12th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots at IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Birmingham, UK: "Winning Humanoid Soccer Robots of Team NimbRo: Mechatronics, Perception, Control, and Learning".
13.11.2017, RWTH Aachen University: "Learning Semantic Perception for Cognitive Robots"
11.10.2017, Keynote at 15th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Shanghai, China: "Perception and Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Complex Environments"
2.10.2017, Delft Workshop on Robot Learning (DWRL): "Learning Semantic Perception for Cognitive Robots"
26.9.2017, IEEE-RAS Young Professionals Luncheon, IROS, Vancouver, Canada: "Advancing Robotics Research through Robot Competitions and Challenges"
5.9.2017, Summer School on Foundations of Robotics and Autonomous Learning (RALSS), Berlin: "Deep Learning of Semantic Perception for Robots"
17./18.7.2017, International Summer School on Deep Learning, Bilbao, Spain: "Visual Perception using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks".
12.7.2017, VDI-Konferenz Autonome Systeme in Produktion und Logistik, Karlsruhe: "Semantische Wahrnehmung für den Griff in die Kiste"
28.6.2017, Machine Intelligence Summit, Amsterdam: "Learning Semantic Environment Perception for Cognitive Robots"
28.6.2017, Machine Intelligence in Autonomous Vehicles Summit, Amsterdam: "3D Simultaneous Localization and Mapping and Navigation Planning for Mobile Robots in Complex Environments"
20.6.2017, Viszeralchirurgische Tage Bonn, CEASAR: "Vom Gehirn inspiriert: Künstliche Intelligenz durch Deep Learning"
2.6.2017, ICRA Workshop on Disaster Response Robots, Singapore: "Perception and Planning for Autonomous Locomotion and Manipulation in a Disaster-Response Robot"
29.5.2017, ICRA Warehouse Picking Automation Workshop (WPAW), Singapore: "Data-efficient Deep Learning for RGB-D Object Perception in Cluttered Bin Picking"
23.3.2017, Workshop on Robots for Disaster Response, European Robotics Forum (ERF), Edinburgh, UK: "CENTAURO – Robust Mobility and Dexterous Manipulation in Disaster Response by Fullbody Telepresence in a Centaur-like Robot"
19.3.2017, Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) Workshop, Abu Dhabi, UAE: "MBZIRC Challenge 2 Winner NimbRo", "MBZIRC Grand Challenge Winner NimbRo"
21.2.2017, HAP Workshop Big Data Science in Astroparticle Physics, RWTH Aachen: "Spatiotemporal Integration in Recurrent Deep Neural Networks"

Earlier invited talks

Universität Bonn, Institute for Computer Science, Departments: I, II, III, IV, V, VI