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Niklas Funk

Niklas Funk

PhD Student in Computer Science

TU Darmstadt

About Me

My name is Niklas and I am pursuing a PhD degree under the supervision of Jan Peters at the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group at TU Darmstadt.

Generally speaking, I am interested in all sorts of algorithms and methods enabling and advancing Robotic Manipulation. In the past years, I have especially focused on the field of Robot Learning, i.e., the intersection between Robotics and Machine Learning. Besides trying to make the ideas work in simulation, I have also invested substantial time in making the methods work on several real-world robotic platforms.

Interests
  • Robotics
  • Dexterous Manipulation
  • Tactile Sensing
  • Imitation / Reinforcement Learning
  • Graph-based Representations
Education
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, 2017

    ETH Zurich

  • MSc in Robotics, Systems & Control, 2020

    ETH Zurich

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(2023). High-Resolution Pixelwise Contact Area and Normal Force Estimation for the GelSight Mini Visuotactile Sensor Using Neural Networks. In ICRA 2023 Workshop on Embracing Contacts.

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(2022). Auto(mated)nomous Assembly. In Trends on Construction in the Digital Era.

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(2022). Graph-based Reinforcement Learning meets Mixed Integer Programs: An application to 3D robot assembly discovery. In ICRA 2022 Workshop on BPRL.

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(2022). Reinforcement Learning for Assembly with Structured Graph Representations and Search. In RLDM 2022.

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(2022). Real Robot Challenge: A Robotics Competition in the Cloud. In NeurIPS 2021 Competition and Demonstration Track.

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(2021). Reinforcement Learning for Sequential Assembly of SL-Blocks-Self-interlocking combinatorial design based on Machine Learning. In 39th eCAADe Conference.

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(2020). Learning event-triggered control from data through joint optimization. In IFAC Journal of Systems and Control.

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(2017). Autonomous Electric Race Car Design. In EVS 30.

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