Personal
In June 2020, I joined the academic staff of the University of Aberdeen's School of Engineering: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/engineering/people/profiles/pascal.meissner
Research interests:
- Computer Vision for Robotics
- Machine Learning for Robotics
- Scene Understanding, Imitation and Reinforcement Learning
Place of birth: Karlsruhe
Professional experience:
2018–2020 Group Leader at Intelligent Process Automation and Robotics Lab (Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Kroeger), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2017–2020 Research assistant at Intelligent Process Automation and Robotics Lab (Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Kroeger), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2013–2017 Research assistant at Humanoids and Intelligence Systems Lab (Prof. Dr.-Ing. R. Dillmann), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2010–2013 Scholarship holder at FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe
Publikationen
Implicit Shape Model Trees: Recognition of 3-D Indoor Scenes and Prediction of Object Poses for Mobile Robots
Meißner, P.; Dillmann, R.
2023. Robotics, 12 (6), Art.-Nr.: 158. doi:10.3390/robotics12060158
Meißner, P.; Dillmann, R.
2023. Robotics, 12 (6), Art.-Nr.: 158. doi:10.3390/robotics12060158
TrueRMA: Learning Fast and Smooth Robot Trajectories with Recursive Midpoint Adaptations in Cartesian Space
Kiemel, J. C.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2020. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 4225–4231, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196711
Kiemel, J. C.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2020. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 4225–4231, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196711
TrueÆdapt: Learning Smooth Online Trajectory Adaptation with Bounded Jerk, Acceleration and Velocity in Joint Space
Kiemel, J. C.; Weitemeyer, R.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2020. 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24 Oct.-24 Jan. 2021, 5387–5394, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341001
Kiemel, J. C.; Weitemeyer, R.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2020. 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24 Oct.-24 Jan. 2021, 5387–5394, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341001
Self-supervised Learning for Precise Pick-and-place without Object Model
Berscheid, L.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2020. IEEE Robotics and automation letters, 5 (3), 4828–4835. doi:10.1109/LRA.2020.3003865
Berscheid, L.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2020. IEEE Robotics and automation letters, 5 (3), 4828–4835. doi:10.1109/LRA.2020.3003865
Indoor scene recognition by 3-D object search: for robot programming by demonstration. PhD dissertation
Meißner, P.
2020. Springer
Meißner, P.
2020. Springer
21: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 22.07.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-701
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-701
20: Kognitive Systeme, Übung, SS 2019, 17.07.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-679
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-679
19: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 15.07.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-666
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-666
18: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 10.07.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-645
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-645
17: Kognitive Systeme, Übung, SS 2019, 08.07.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-636
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-636
16: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 03.07.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-616
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-616
15: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 01.07.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-607
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-607
14: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 26.06.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-585
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-585
13: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 24.06.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (Zentrum für Mediales Lernen (ZML), Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-576
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (Zentrum für Mediales Lernen (ZML), Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-576
12: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 19.06.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-570
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-570
11: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 17.06.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-554
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-554
10: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 12.06.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-540
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-540
09: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 05.06.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-520
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-520
08: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 03.06.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-511
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-511
07: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 22.05.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (Zentrum für Mediales Lernen (ZML), Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-422
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (Zentrum für Mediales Lernen (ZML), Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-422
06: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 20.05.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-402
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-402
05: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 15.05.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-367
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-367
04: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 13.05.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-347
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-347
03: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 08.05.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-322
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-322
02: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 06.05.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-313
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-313
01: Kognitive Systeme, Vorlesung, SS 2019, 29.04.2019
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-283
Dillmann, R.; Waibel, A.; Stüker, S.; Meißner, P.
2019. (KIT | Webcast, Ed.). doi:10.5445/DIVA/2019-283
Metric-based evaluation of fiducial markers for medical procedures
Kunz, C.; Genten, V.; Meissner, P.; Hein, B.
2019. Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, San Diego, CA, February 16-21, 2019. Ed.: B. Fei, 97, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). doi:10.1117/12.2511720
Kunz, C.; Genten, V.; Meissner, P.; Hein, B.
2019. Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, San Diego, CA, February 16-21, 2019. Ed.: B. Fei, 97, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). doi:10.1117/12.2511720
Robot Learning of Shifting Objects for Grasping in Cluttered Environments
Berscheid, L.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2019. 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 612–618, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968042
Berscheid, L.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2019. 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 612–618, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968042
PaintRL: Coverage Path Planning for Industrial Spray Painting with Reinforcement Learning
Kiemel, J. C.; Yang, P.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2019. Workshop on Closing the Reality Gap in Sim2real Transfer for Robotic Manipulation, Freiburg, June 23, 2019
Kiemel, J. C.; Yang, P.; Meißner, P.; Kröger, T.
2019. Workshop on Closing the Reality Gap in Sim2real Transfer for Robotic Manipulation, Freiburg, June 23, 2019
Scene recognition for mobile robots by relational object search using Next-Best-View estimates from hierarchical Implicit Shape Models
Meissner, P.; Schleicher, R.; Hutmacher, R.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dillmann, R.
2016. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Daejeon, South Korea, 9–14 October 2016, 137–144, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/IROS.2016.7759046
Meissner, P.; Schleicher, R.; Hutmacher, R.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dillmann, R.
2016. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Daejeon, South Korea, 9–14 October 2016, 137–144, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/IROS.2016.7759046
Automated selection of spatial object relations for modeling and recognizing indoor scenes with hierarchical Implicit Shape Models
Meißner, P.; Hanselmann, F.; Jäkel, R.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dillmann, R.
2015. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hamburg, Germany, 28 Sept.-2 Oct. 2015, 4257–4264, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/IROS.2015.7353980
Meißner, P.; Hanselmann, F.; Jäkel, R.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dillmann, R.
2015. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hamburg, Germany, 28 Sept.-2 Oct. 2015, 4257–4264, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/IROS.2015.7353980
Localization of furniture parts by integrating range and intensity data robust against depths with low signal-to-noise ratio
Meißner, P.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Lösch, M.; Jäkel, R.; Dillmann, R.
2014. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62 (1), 25–37. doi:10.1016/j.robot.2012.07.018
Meißner, P.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Lösch, M.; Jäkel, R.; Dillmann, R.
2014. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62 (1), 25–37. doi:10.1016/j.robot.2012.07.018
Active Scene Recognition for Programming by Demonstration using Next-Best-View Estimates from Hierarchical Implicit Shape Models
Meißner, P.; Reckling, R.; Wittenbeck, V.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dillmann, R.
2014. Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2014, 31 May 2014 through 7 June 2014, Hong Kong, China, 5585–5591, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907680
Meißner, P.; Reckling, R.; Wittenbeck, V.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dillmann, R.
2014. Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2014, 31 May 2014 through 7 June 2014, Hong Kong, China, 5585–5591, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907680
Learning Probabilistic Decision Making by a Service Robot with Generalization of User Demonstrations and Interactive Refinement
Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Romahn, F.; Meissner, P.; Jäkel, R.; Dillmann, R.
2013. Frontiers of Intelligent Autonomous Systems. Ed.: S. Lee, 309–322, Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-35485-4_26
Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Romahn, F.; Meissner, P.; Jäkel, R.; Dillmann, R.
2013. Frontiers of Intelligent Autonomous Systems. Ed.: S. Lee, 309–322, Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-35485-4_26
Recognizing Scenes with Hierarchical Implicit Shape Models based on Spatial Object Relations for Programming by Demonstration
Meißner, P.; Reckling, R.; Jäkel, R.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dillmann, R.
2013. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 13), 25-29 Nov. 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1–6, IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/ICAR.2013.6766470
Meißner, P.; Reckling, R.; Jäkel, R.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dillmann, R.
2013. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 13), 25-29 Nov. 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1–6, IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/ICAR.2013.6766470
Online-generation of task-dependent search heuristics to execute learned planning models in Programming by Demonstration
Jäkel, R.; Xie, Y.; Meißner, P.; Dillmann, R.
2012. 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Nov. 29 2012-Dec. 1 2012, Osaka , Japan, 228–233, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2012.6651525
Jäkel, R.; Xie, Y.; Meißner, P.; Dillmann, R.
2012. 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Nov. 29 2012-Dec. 1 2012, Osaka , Japan, 228–233, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2012.6651525
Learning probabilistic decision making by a service robot with generalization of user demonstrations and interactive refinement
Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Romahn, F.; Meißner, P.; Jäkel, R.; Dillmann, R.
2012. Intelligent Autonomous Systems 12. Vol. 2: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference IAS-12, held June 26-29, 2012, Jeju Island, Korea. Ed.: S. Lee, 369–382, Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33932-5_35
Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Romahn, F.; Meißner, P.; Jäkel, R.; Dillmann, R.
2012. Intelligent Autonomous Systems 12. Vol. 2: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference IAS-12, held June 26-29, 2012, Jeju Island, Korea. Ed.: S. Lee, 369–382, Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33932-5_35
Distributed Generalization of Learned Planning Models in Robot Programming by Demonstration
Jäkel, R.; Meißner, P.; Schmidt-Rohr, S.; Dillmann, R.
2011. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), San Francisco, California, USA, 25 - 30 September 2011. Ed.: N. M. Amato, 4633–4638, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Jäkel, R.; Meißner, P.; Schmidt-Rohr, S.; Dillmann, R.
2011. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), San Francisco, California, USA, 25 - 30 September 2011. Ed.: N. M. Amato, 4633–4638, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Robust Localization of Furniture Parts by Integrating Depth and Intensity Data Suitable for Range Sensors with Varying Image Quality
Meißner, P.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Lösch, M.; Jäkel, R.; Dillmann, R.
2011. IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2011), Tallinn, June 20 - 23, 2011, 48–54, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Meißner, P.; Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Lösch, M.; Jäkel, R.; Dillmann, R.
2011. IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2011), Tallinn, June 20 - 23, 2011, 48–54, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
A Knowledge Base for Learning Probabilistic Decision Making from Human Demonstrations by a Multimodal Service Robot
Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dirschl, G.; Meißner, P.; Dillmann, R.
2011. IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2011), Tallinn, June 20 - 23, 2011, 235–240, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Schmidt-Rohr, S. R.; Dirschl, G.; Meißner, P.; Dillmann, R.
2011. IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2011), Tallinn, June 20 - 23, 2011, 235–240, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)