Philipp Vorst

Philipp Vorst

Background

Research Interests

  • Self-localization, mapping, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)
  • RFID technology, positioning
  • Sensor fusion techniques

Current Project

  • AmbiSense - Kooperation autonomer mobiler Systeme unter Berücksichtigung ambienter Sensoren

Publications

Particle Filter-based Trajectory Estimation with Passive UHF RFID Fingerprints in Unknown Environments
Philipp Vorst and Andreas Zell
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009), pp. 395-401, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October 11-15, 2009.
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Improved Mapping of RFID Tags by Fusion with Spatial Structure
Karsten Rohweder, Philipp Vorst, and Andreas Zell
Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2009), pp. 247-252, Mlini/Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 23-25, 2009.
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Loop Closure and Trajectory Estimation with Long-Range Passive RFID in Densely Tagged Environments
Philipp Vorst, Bin Yang, and Andreas Zell
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2009), Munich, Germany, June 22-26, 2009.
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Self-Localization with RFID Snapshots in Densely Tagged Environments
Philipp Vorst, Sebastian Schneegans, Bin Yang and Andreas Zell
Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), pp. 1353-1358, Nice, France, September 22-26, 2008.
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Indoor Positioning via Three Different RF Technologies
Philipp Vorst, Jürgen Sommer, Christian Hoene, Patrick Schneider, Christian Weiss, Timo Schairer, Wolfgang Rosenstiel, Andreas Zell and Georg Carle
Proceedings of the 4th European Workshop on RFID Systems and Technologies (RFID SysTech 2008), Freiburg, Germany, June 10-11, 2008.
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Integrated Scenario for Machine-Aided Inventory Using Ambient Sensors
Timo Schairer, Christian Weiss, Philipp Vorst, Jürgen Sommer, Christian Hoene, Wolfgang Rosenstiel, Wolfgang Straßer, Andreas Zell, Georg Carle, Patrick Schneider and Anette Weisbecker
Proceedings of the 4th European Workshop on RFID Systems and Technologies (RFID SysTech 2008), Freiburg, Germany, June 10-11, 2008.
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Semi-Autonomous Learning of an RFID Sensor Model for Mobile Robot Self-Localization
Philipp Vorst, Andreas Zell
European Robotics Symposium 2008, volume 44/2008 of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2008, pp. 273-282.
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Using RFID Snapshots for Mobile Robot Self-Localization
Sebastian Schneegans, Philipp Vorst, Andreas Zell
Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2007), Freiburg, Germany, September 19-21, 2007, pp. 241-246.
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Diploma Thesis

ReadyLog Agents for the RoboCup 3D Soccer Simulation League
Philipp Vorst
Knowledge-based Systems Group, Computer Science Department, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, June 2006
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 Address, Phone, Fax

Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik
Lehrstuhl Rechnerarchitektur
Sand 1
D - 72076 Tübingen
Germany

Tel: (+49/0) 7071 / 29 70441
Fax: (+49/0) 7071 / 29 5091
Email: philipp.vorst at uni-tuebingen.de