Publications

Paper | Abstracts | Thesis

2013

F. Hesse, F. Wörgötter. A Goal-Orientation Framework for Self-Organizing Control. Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 16:02n03, DOI: 10.1142/S0219525913500021.

P. Kesper, E. Grinke, F. Hesse, F. Wörgötter, P. Manoonpong. Obstacle/Gap Detection and Terrain Classification of Walking Robots based on a 2D Laser Range Finder. 16th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR), University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 14 – 17 July 2013, ISBN: 978-981-4525-52-7, pp 419-426. (best technical paper award)

2012

D. Goldschmidt, F. Hesse, F. Wörgötter, P. Manoonpong. Biologically Inspired Reactive Climbing Behavior of Hexapod Robots. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2012, Protugal. (short-listed for best paper award)

2011

Hesse, F.; Manoonpong, P.; Wörgötter, F. A Neural Pre- and Post-Processing Framework for Goal Directed Behavior in Self-Organizing Robots. The 21st Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society, December 15-17, 2011, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan.

2010

Hesse, Frank, and J. Michael Herrmann. 2010. Homeokinetic Proportional Control of Myoelectric Prostheses. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 1786-1791. Taipei, Taiwan.

Hesse, Frank, and J. Michael Herrmann. 2010. Homeokinetic Prosthetic Control: Collaborative Selection of Myosignal Features. In 19th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 437-442. Viareggio, Italy. (short-listed for best paper award)

2009

F. Hesse, G. Martius, R. Der, and J.M. Herrmann. A Sensor-Based Learning Algorithm for the Self-Organization of Robot Behavior. Algorithms 2(1):398-409.

F. Hesse, R. Der, and J.M. Herrmann. Modulated Exploratory Dynamics can shape Self-Organized Behavior. Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 12(3):273 - 291.

2007

Hesse, R. Der, and J.M. Herrmann. Reflexes from Self-Organizing Control in Autonomous Robots. In: 7th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modelling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA, edited by Luc Berthouze and Christopher G. Prince and Michael Littman and Hideki Kozima and Christian Balkenius. Lund University, pages 37-44.

2006

R. Der, F. Hesse, and G. Martius. Rocking stamper and jumping snake from a dynamical system approach to artificial life. Adaptive Behavior 14:105-115.

R. Der, G. Martius, and F. Hesse. Let It Roll – Emerging Sensorimotor Coordination in a Spherical Robot. In: Artificial Life X : Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, edited by L. M. Rocha and L. S. Yaeger and M. A. Bedau and D. Floreano and R. L. Goldstone and A. Vespignani. International Society for Artificial Life, MIT Press, pages 192–198.

2005

R. Der, F. Hesse, and G. Martius. Learning to Feel the Physics of a Body. In: CIMCA '05: Proc. of the Intl. Conf on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation and Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce Vol-2 (CIMCA-IAWTIC'05). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, pages 252–257.

2004

Ralf Der, Frank Hesse, and Rene Liebscher. Self-Organized Exploration and Automatic Sensor Integration from the Homeokinetic Principle. In Proc. 3rd Workshop on Self-Organization of AdaptiVE Behavior (SOAVEʼ04), ed. Horst-Michael Gross, Klaus Debes, and Hans-Joachim Böhme, 220-230. Ilmenau: VDI-Verlag.

Abstracts | Paper | Thesis

2012

F. Hesse, G. Martius, P. Manoonpong, M. Biehl, F. Wörgötter. Modular Robot Control Environment – Testing Neural Control on Simulated and Real Robots. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Conference Abstract: Bernstein Conference 2012.

D. Goldschmidt, F. Hesse, F. Wörgötter, P. Manoonpong. Reactive Neural Climbing Control for Hexapod Robots. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Conference Abstract: Bernstein Conference 2012.

2011

M. Biehl, P. Manoonpong, F. Hesse and F. Wögötter. Legged Locomotion: Combining Control Strategies to Increase Performance. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, BC11 : Computational Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Bernstein Conference & Neurex Annual Meeting 2011. doi: 10.3389/conf.fncom.2011.53.00087

F. Hesse, P. Manoonpong and F. Wörgötter. Neuronal Feedback Guiding Motor Command Execution. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, BC11 : Computational Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Bernstein Conference & Neurex Annual Meeting 2011. doi: 10.3389/conf.fncom.2011.53.00102

F. Hesse, P. Manoonpong and F. Wörgötter. Self-Organization - Guided and Guiding. The 4th International Workshop on Guided Self-Organisation (GSO 4), Hatfield, England, UK, September 8-10.

M. Biehl, P. Manoonpong, F. Hesse, F. Wörgötter. Combined Control Strategies for Advanced Locomotion Control in a Six-Legged Robot. The 9th Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society (Goettingen Neurobiology Conference), 23-27 March, Goettingen, Germany, 2011, p. T26-10A.

2010

G. Martius, F. Hesse and J.M. Herrmann. Self-Organization of Exploratory Control. Front. Comput. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/conf.fncom.2010.51.00030

2008

Frank Hesse, Ralf Der and J. Michael Herrmann. Self-Organizing Control: From Autonomous Robots to Intelligent Prostheses. 4th Bernstein Symposium for Computational Neuroscience, Munich, October 8-10. -3rd Place Bernstein Symposium 2008 Poster Award-

Katja Fiedler, Georg Martius, Frank Hesse and J. Michael Herrmann. Structured control from self-organizing arm movements. Seventeenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2008, BMC Neuroscience, 9, 2008, Suppl 1, P74, doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-9-S1-P74.

2007

Frank Hesse, Ralf Der and J.~Michael Herrmann. Context Information and Sensor Integration in Self-Organizing Adaptive Control. 3rd BCCN Symposium, Göttingen.

2006

G. Martius, F. Hesse, M. Herrmann and R Der. Self-exploration in a DS Approach to Early Robot Development. The Ninth International Conference on the SIMULATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR (SAB'06) Rom.

Georg Martius, Frank Hesse, Michael Herrmann, Ralf Der. Motor Learning by Self-organised Control. 2nd BCCN Symposium, Berlin.

2005

R. Der, F. Hesse, and G. Martius. Self-organization of sensorimotor coordination. 1st BCCN Symposium, Freiburg, Oktober 10.-12.

Thesis | Paper | Abstracts

2009

F. Hesse. Self-Organizing Control for Autonomous Robots - A Dynamical Systems Approach Based on the Principle of Homeokinesis. Dissertation, Georg August University Göttingen.




Picture sources • Book: Lin Kristensen from New Jersey, USA • Robot: Mirko Tobias Schäfer