The neural learning for robotics research (NLR) laboratory is lead by Prof. Elmar Rueckert and located at the Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems at University of Lübeck and affiliated with the Technical University Darmstadt.
The group’s research topics are autonomous systems, machine and deep learning, brain-computer interfaces and simulations and computational models.
Short bio: Prof. Elmar Rueckert did his Ph.D. thesis with Prof. Wolfgang Maass in Graz before he moved to Darmstadt where he was for four years a postdoctoral researcher and group leader at Prof. Jan Peters lab. With February 2018 he holds a robotics professorship at the University of Lübeck. CV of Prof. Elmar Rueckert, E-Mail.
News
July 18, 2018
Journal Paper Accepted at JMLR – Journal of Machine Learning Research.
Adrian Šošić, Elmar Rueckert, Jan Peters, Abdelhak M. Zoubir, Heinz Koeppl Inverse Reinforcement Learning via Nonparametric Spatio-Temporal Subgoal Modeling accepted with minor revisions at Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR).February 1, 2018
1st day as Assistant Professor
September 18, 2017
Invited Talk at the ICDL Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
Home – Background Slideshow Title: Experience Replay and Intrinsic Motivation in Neural Motor Skill Learning ModelsSeptember 18, 2017
3 HUMANOIDS Papers Accepted
Rueckert, E.; Nakatenus, M.; Tosatto, S.; Peters, J. (2017). Learning Inverse Dynamics Models in O(n) time with LSTM networks. Tanneberg, D.; Peters, J.; Rueckert, E. (2017). Efficient Online Adaptation with Stochastic Recurrent Neural Networks. Stark, S.; Peters, J.; Rueckert, E. (2017). A Comparison of Distance Measures for Learning Nonparametric Motor..
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CoRL Paper accepted
Tanneberg, D.; Peters, J.; Rueckert, E. (2017). Online Learning with Stochastic Recurrent Neural Networks using Intrinsic Motivation Signals, Proceedings of the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL).August 4, 2017
W1 Juniorprofessorship with tenure track at University Lübeck
With February 1st, 2018 I will work as professor for robotics at the university Lübeck.February 28, 2017
Invited Talk at University Lübeck
Title: Neural models for robot motor skill learning. Abstract: The challenges in understanding human motor control, in brain-machine interfaces and anthropomorphic robotics are currently converging. Modern anthropomorphic robots with their compliant actuators and various types of sensors (e.g., depth and vision cameras, tactile fingertips, full-body skin, proprioception) have reached the perceptuomotor..
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2017
Invited Talk at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Germany
Learning to Plan through Reinforcement Learning in Spiking Neural Networks Abstract: Movement planing is a fundamental skill that is involved in many human motor control tasks. While the hippocampus plays a central role, the functional principles underlying planning are largely unexplored. In this talk, I present a computational model for planning..
Read MoreNovember 18, 2016
Invited Talk at the Institute of Neuroinformatics (INI), Zurich, Switzerland
Probabilistic computational models of human motor control for robot learning.November 14, 2016
Invited Talk at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Neural models for brain-machine interfaces and anthropomorphic roboticsFebruary 6, 2016
Journal Paper Accepted at Nature Publishing Group: Scientific Reports.
Rueckert, Elmar; Camernik, Jernej; Peters, Jan; Babic, Jan Probabilistic Movement Models Show that Postural Control Precedes and Predicts Volitional Motor Control Nature Publishing Group: Scientific Reports, 6 (28455), 2016.December 18, 2015
Journal Paper Accepted at Nature Publishing Group: Scientific Reports.
Rueckert, Elmar; Kappel, David; Tanneberg, Daniel; Pecevski, Dejan; Peters, Jan Recurrent Spiking Networks Solve Planning Tasks Nature Publishing Group: Scientific Reports, 6 (21142), 2016.March 1, 2014
Postdoctoral fellow at IAS, Darmstadt
Elmar Rueckert joined the Autonomous Systems Labs of Prof. Jan Peters as Post-Doc in March 2014.February 4, 2014
Ph.D. Defense – Summa Cum Laude (with honors).
At the Technical University Graz, Austria with Prof. Wolfgang Maass.June 1, 2013
Two Journal Papers Accepted at Frontiers in Computational Neurosciene
Rueckert, Elmar; d’Avella, Andrea Learned parametrized dynamic movement primitives with shared synergies for controlling robotic and musculoskeletal systems Rueckert, Elmar; Neumann, Gerhard; Toussaint, Marc; Maass, Wolfgang Learned graphical models for probabilistic planning provide a new class of movement primitivesJanuary 28, 2010
M.Sc. defense – Summa Cum Laude (with honors).
At the technical University Graz with Prof. Horst Bischof.