Join us for SSRR 2019, September 2-4 in Würzburg, Germany.

PhD defense of Christian Pfitzner, (December 20, 2018).

Prof. Nüchter wins Best Paper Award from IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, August, 2018.
The paper titled "A sensor-fusion drivable-region and lane-detection system for autonomous vehicle navigation in challenging road scenarios" with Andreas Nüchter as Co-Author has been chosen as the best paper in the last 5 years at the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference in Chicago.

Doctoral Diploma handed over by the Bavarian State Minister Prof. Dr. med. Marion Kiechle, July 18., 2018.
From left to right: Prof. Andreas Nüchter (Universität Würzburg), Prof. Dr. med. Marion Kiechle, Dr. Rainer Koch, Prof. Dr. Stefan May (TH Nürnberg) - (Quelle: Steffen Leiprecht)

Rainer Koch's defense and first graduation from the BayWISS project, (May 16, 2018).

We receive support from Google via Google Summer of Code for 3DTK - The 3D Toolkit, (Summer, 2018).

Dorit's disputation and PhD party, (December 1, 2017).

Hamid's disputation and PhD party, (January 27, 2017).

The team SpaceRacer from University of Würzburg scored 6th at the Audi Autonomous Driving Cup, (March 22, 2016).

Measurement in Motion has won the GI price innovation 2015 (GI Innovationspreis), (September 29, 2015).

Measurement in Motion was finalist at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems' Entrepreneurship Forum and Start-up Competition (EFSC), (September 28 - October 02, 2015).

Join us for the IEEE ICRA 2015 tutorial on Industrial Applications with Large-Scale 3D Point Cloud Processing, (May 26, 2015).

Measurement in Motion has won a Business Plan Competion in Bavaria, (May 20, 2015).

Clara Amalia Nüchter was born (November 19, 2014).

Join us for the IAS-13 tutorial on Data Structures for Large 3D Point Cloud Processing, (July, 15 2014).

I accepted a tenured professorship at University of Würzburg, Germany, (Summer 2013).

My PhD student Jan Elseberg has won the 2nd edition of the Lidar as Art contest. HamidReza Houshiar scored third. Congratulation! (February 12, 2013).

I'll give a talk in the ›Haus der Wissenschaft‹ in Bremen. (January 12, 2013).

Our robot Irma3D made it into the Weser Kurier Zeitung. See press release and the press coverage. (September 11, 2012)

Our new book is out. The first German classbook on mobile robots! [official Webpage] [Springer Link] [Buy Book at Amazon] (2012)

Our AutomationAtJacobs team won the palletizing at the IEEE ICRA Virtual Manufacturing and Automation Challenge (VMAC) [project page] (May 17, 2012)

Submit a paper to the ICRA 2012 WORKSHOP Semantic Perception, Mapping and Exploration (SPME) (May 14, 2012)

Our robot Irma3D made it into the BILD-Zeitung (see press release and the corresponding press coverage! (February 12, 2012)

Results of the ThermalMapper project are available on youtube! (October 1, 2011)

Participate in our tutorial at KI2011: SLAM to the rescue: A hands-on tutorial on using state of-the-art SLAM algorithms in harsh environments. (October 4, 2011)

Submit a paper to the Special Issue Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Elsevier) on
Semantic Perception, Mapping and Exploration (May 20, 2011)

Initial results on ThermalMapper project are available on youtube! (April 12, 2011)

Submit a paper to the ICRA 2011 WORKSHOP Semantic Perception, Mapping and Exploration (SPME) (May 9, 2011)

Our slam6D software supports now the making of FullHD videos. See a first example as MPEG (1GB MPEG, best played with mplayer) or as AVI (only 320MB ). (July 29, 2010)

A recension for my current book appeared in the Springer Journal KI - Künstliche Intelligenz. It is written by Bogdan Radu Rusu. Read the article here (DOI: 10.1007/s13218-010-0036-0) or the following local copy. (July 2, 2010)

Consider submitting a paper to SSRR 2010 IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics! I am PC chair there. (April 15, 2010)

Our slam6D software was just awarded by the Intevation prize for free software by University of Osnabrück. (February 19, 2010)

Consider submitting a paper to our ICRA 2010 workshop on Best Practice in 3D Perception and Modeling for Mobile Manipulation! (March 7, 2010)

My 6D SLAM software out. It implements the algorithms given in my monography about 6D SLAM [By book at Amazon] and much more. (September 1, 2009)

I started my professorship at Jacobs University, Bremen. (August 1, 2009)

My new book is out (February, 2009). A monography about 6D SLAM.

I am currently visiting professor at Jacobs University, Bremen. (September - December, 2008)

I participated at the CityMan triathlon in Hamburg (July 05, 2008).

Paula Antonia Nüchter was born (May 23, 2008, 9.43 pm).

I produced a front page of the Spektrum der Informatik (April, 2008).

The 3D scan repository is now online. Please visit this link.

My thesis was shortlisted for the 7th Georges Giralt PhD award by EURON.

Participate at the Interdisciplinary College IK 2008 in Günne, Germany! I am teaching AI and Robotics there!

One of our Kurt2 robots scored second in the Indoor race at SICK RobotDay in Waldkirch. (Press Release)

Using Kurt3D, we have generated a 3D map of part of Kvarntorp Mine near Örebro, Sweden. (Press Release)

Participate at the SLAM Tutorial @ ECMR 2007 in Freiburg, Germany! I am presenting 6D SLAM there!