Frank Kirchner
Frank Kirchner is Professor of Robotics at the University of Bremen and Executive Director of the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center in Bremen, Germany, where he leads a research group of over 100 employees. He is recognized as one of the world's leading experts in autonomous space and underwater robots, with research spanning biologically inspired legged robotics, SLAM algorithms, and artificial intelligence for systems operating in unknown and dangerous environments. His work includes the development of rovers such as Coyote III and underwater exploration vehicles designed for missions on other moons and planets.
“WOLF-VLA: Whole-Body Humanoid Optimal Locomotion Framework for Vision-Language-Action Learning”
Source→“Senior author and head of DFKI's Robotics Innovation Center, one of Europe's premier robotics labs. Kirchner has decades of experience in legged robotics and optimal control”
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