Research staff
Dr.-Ing. Kristian Ehlers

- kristian.ehlers@uni-luebeck.de
- Phone
- +49 451 3101 6309
- Office
- Building 64, Room 111 (2nd Floor)
- Address
- Universität zu Lübeck
Institut für technische Informatik
Ratzeburger Allee 160
23562 Lübeck
Germany
Teaching
Summer Term
- Course Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 1
- Course Exercises Organisation / Tutorial Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 1
Winter Term
- Course Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
- Course Exercises Organisation / Tutorial Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
Thesis
- Novel Methods for Real-Time Gesture Recognition (Master-Thesis, 2011)
- Application of the FaceAPI for motion compensation for robot-based transcranial magnetic stimulation (Bachelor-Thesis, 2009)
Dissertation
Real-time 3D Human Pose Estimation and its Application in Robotics
Echtzeitfähige 3D Posenbestimmung des Menschen und deren Anwendung in der Robotik, Institute of Computer Engineering, Universität zu Lübeck
published as book:
Kristian Ehlers, Echtzeitfähige 3D Posenbestimmung des Menschen in der Robotik, Methoden und Anwendungen, Springer Vieweg, January 2019,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-24822-2, ISBN: 978-3-658-24821-5
Teaching
WiSe 2026/27
- Einführung in die Robotik und Automation
- Hardwarepraktikum
- Praktikum Robotik und Automation
- Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
Earlier semesters (10)
- SoSe 2026
- Fallstudie zur professionellen Produktentwicklung, Mobile Roboter, Praktikum Robotik und Automation für Bachelor-Studierende, Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 1
- WiSe 2025/26
- Einführung in die Robotik und Automation, Hardwarepraktikum, Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
- WiSe 2024/25
- Einführung in die Robotik und Automation, Hardwarepraktikum, Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
- SoSe 2024
- Mobile Roboter, Praktikum Robotik und Automation, Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 1
- WiSe 2020/21
- Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
- SoSe 2020
- Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 1, Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
- WiSe 2019/20
- Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
- SoSe 2019
- Fallstudie zur professionellen Produktentwicklung, Praktikum "Robotik und Automation" für Bachelor-Studierende, Projektpraktikum Intelligente Eingebettete Systeme, Projektpraktikum Robotik und Automation für Master-Studierende, Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 1
- SoSe 2018
- Fallstudie zur professionellen Produktentwicklung, Praktikum "Robotik und Automation" für Bachelor-Studierende, Projektpraktikum Intelligente Eingebettete Systeme, Projektpraktikum Robotik und Automation für Master-Studierende, Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 1
- WiSe 2016/17
- Bachelor-Projekt Informatik, Praktikum Robotik und Automation, Projektpraktikum Intelligente Eingebettete Systeme, Projektpraktikum Robotik und Automation, Technische Grundlagen der Informatik 2
Publications
U. Behrje,
C. Isokeit,
B. Meyer,
K. Ehlers, and
E. Maehle
AUV-based Quay Wall Inspection Using a ScanningSonar-based Wall Following Algorithm
OCEANS 2022 Chennai, MTS/IEEE, Chennai, India 2022, 2,022
RIS, BibTex
AUV-based Quay Wall Inspection Using a ScanningSonar-based Wall Following Algorithm
OCEANS 2022 Chennai, MTS/IEEE, Chennai, India 2022, 2,022
RIS, BibTex
K. Ehlers,
C. Isokeit,
B. Meyer,
U. Behrje, and
M. E.
Using Generalised Self-Organizing Maps as Part of Underwater Localisation for Quay Wall Inspections
Proceedings of Global OCEANS 2020, MTS/IEEE, Singapore - U.S. Gulf Coast, USA 2020, 2,020
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Using Generalised Self-Organizing Maps as Part of Underwater Localisation for Quay Wall Inspections
Proceedings of Global OCEANS 2020, MTS/IEEE, Singapore - U.S. Gulf Coast, USA 2020, 2,020
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J. M. Joseph,
M. Mey,
K. Ehlers,
C. Blochwitz,
T. Winker, and
T. Pionteck
Design Space Exploration for a Hardware-accelerated Embedded Real-Time Pose Estimation using Vivado HLS
ReConFig 2017, 2017, 2,017
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Design Space Exploration for a Hardware-accelerated Embedded Real-Time Pose Estimation using Vivado HLS
ReConFig 2017, 2017, 2,017
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J. M. Joseph,
T. Winker,
K. Ehlers,
C. Blochwitz, and
T. Pionteck
Hardware-Accelerated Pose Estimation for Embedded Systems using Vivado HLS
ReConFig, Cancun, Mexiko 2016, 2,016
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Hardware-Accelerated Pose Estimation for Embedded Systems using Vivado HLS
ReConFig, Cancun, Mexiko 2016, 2,016
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J. Graßhoff,
L. Hansen,
I. Kuhlemann, and
K. Ehlers
7DoF Hand and Arm Tracking for Teleoperation of Anthropomorphic Robots
47th International Symposium on Robotics ISR 2016, 555-562, VDE Verlag, München 2016, 2,016
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7DoF Hand and Arm Tracking for Teleoperation of Anthropomorphic Robots
47th International Symposium on Robotics ISR 2016, 555-562, VDE Verlag, München 2016, 2,016
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K. Ehlers and
K. Brama
A Human-robot Interaction Interface for Mobile and Stationary Robots based on Real-time 3D Human Body and Hand-finger Pose Estimation
21st IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1-6, 2016, 2,016
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A Human-robot Interaction Interface for Mobile and Stationary Robots based on Real-time 3D Human Body and Hand-finger Pose Estimation
21st IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1-6, 2016, 2,016
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K. Ehlers and
J. H. Klüssendorff
Self-scaling Kinematic Hand Skeleton for Real-time 3D Hand-finger Pose Estimation
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, 185-196, Berlin 2015, 2,015
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Self-scaling Kinematic Hand Skeleton for Real-time 3D Hand-finger Pose Estimation
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, 185-196, Berlin 2015, 2,015
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B. Meyer,
K. Ehlers,
C. Isokeit, and
E. Maehle
The development of the modular Hard- and Software Architecture of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle MONSUN
ISR/Robotik 2014 - 41st International Symposium on Robotics; 6th German Conference on Robotics, VDE Verlag, München 2014, 2,014
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The development of the modular Hard- and Software Architecture of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle MONSUN
ISR/Robotik 2014 - 41st International Symposium on Robotics; 6th German Conference on Robotics, VDE Verlag, München 2014, 2,014
URL, RIS, BibTex
H. Klüssendorff,
K. Ehlers, and
E. Maehle
Visual Mapping in Light-Crowded Indoor Environments
13th Intelligent Autonomous System Conference, Springer Verlag, Padua, Italien 2014, 2,014
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Visual Mapping in Light-Crowded Indoor Environments
13th Intelligent Autonomous System Conference, Springer Verlag, Padua, Italien 2014, 2,014
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K. Ehlers,
B. Meyer, and
E. Maehle
Full Holonomic Control of the Omni-directional AUV SMART-E
ISR/Robotik 2014 - 41st International Symposium on Robotics; 6th German Conference on Robotics, VDE Verlag, München 2014, 2,014
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Full Holonomic Control of the Omni-directional AUV SMART-E
ISR/Robotik 2014 - 41st International Symposium on Robotics; 6th German Conference on Robotics, VDE Verlag, München 2014, 2,014
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B. Meyer,
K. Ehlers,
C. Osterloh, and
E. Maehle
SMART-E: An Autonomous Omnidirectional Underwater Robot
Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, ISSN (Print) 2081-4836, DOI: 10.2478/pjbr-2013-0015, 1-7, De Gruyter, 2013, 2,013
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SMART-E: An Autonomous Omnidirectional Underwater Robot
Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, ISSN (Print) 2081-4836, DOI: 10.2478/pjbr-2013-0015, 1-7, De Gruyter, 2013, 2,013
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