64-850-S Integrated Seminar Intelligent Robotics

Room:	HdI (Bu 56b) - SemRm 1.6
Date:	Thursday, 12:15 - 13:45
Organizer:	Shang-Ching (Sam) Liu Prof. Dr. Jianwei Zhang

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Course Description

This integrated seminar deepens participants' understanding of key robotics techniques relevant to ongoing practical project work. Each student selects and explores a specific topic on method level and task level, preparing both a presentation to share with the group.

The seminar encourages individual exploration of subfields within autonomous robotics, providing an opportunity to build specialized knowledge while enhancing communication and academic writing skills.

Potential Topics

• Localization and Path Planning
• Motion Planning
• Grasping
• Object Recognition
• Object Reconstruction
• Sound Localization and Recognition
• Robot action deliberation​
• Force Control
• Optimal Control / Model Predictive Control (MPC)​
• Human-Robot Interaction
• [Your proposals here]

Learning Objectives

• Acquire in-depth understanding of a selected robotics topic
• Develop academic presentation skills
• Engage in peer learning through knowledge exchange

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Important Deadline

The deadline to submit your seminar topic proposal is October 29, 2026, at 11:59 PM. Please ensure timely submission.

Appointments

The following schedule is tentative and will be updated according to the participants' previous knowledge and interests.

• 15.10.2026:
  
  • Kick-off Talk (Prof. Jianwei Zhang)
    
  • Introduction to Project Scope and Topics [Slides]
    
• 22.10.2026:
  Seminar topic Discussion (1/2)
• 29.10.2026:
  Seminar topic Discussion (2/2)

Round 1: Application Level Presentation

9 talks, 25 min each

• 05.11.2026:
  
  • Title: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models
    Presenter: Thore Schönefeld
  • Title: Fast and Reactive Motion Planning for Robot Arms
    Presenter: Felix Thomsen
  • Session chairs: Miro Grabic, Artyom Ostrikov
• 12.11.2026:
  
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Miro Grabic
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Artyom Ostrikov
  • Session chairs: Lunes Hellmich, Ruben Simon Fiebich
• 19.11.2026:
  
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Lunes Hellmich
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Ruben Simon Fiebich
  • Session chairs: Ben Kutter, Constantin Rühm
• 26.11.2026:
  
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Ben Kutter
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Constantin Rühm
  • Session chair: Alexandra Hooser
• 03.12.2026:
  
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Alexandra Hooser
  • Session chairs: Thore Schönefeld, Felix Thomsen
• 10.12.2026:
  Seminar Break

Round 2: Method Level Presentation

• 17.12.2026:
  
  • Title: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models
    Presenter: Thore Schönefeld
  • Title: Fast and Reactive Motion Planning for Robot Arms
    Presenter: Felix Thomsen
  • Session chairs: Miro Grabic, Artyom Ostrikov
• 07.01.2027:
  
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Miro Grabic
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Artyom Ostrikov
  • Session chairs: Lunes Hellmich, Ruben Simon Fiebich
• 14.01.2027:
  
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Lunes Hellmich
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Ruben Simon Fiebich
  • Session chairs: Ben Kutter, Constantin Rühm
• 21.01.2027:
  
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Ben Kutter
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Constantin Rühm
  • Session chair: Alexandra Hooser
• 28.01.2027:
  
  • Title: TBD
    Presenter: Alexandra Hooser
  • Session chairs: Thore Schönefeld, Felix Thomsen