Benjamin Suger

University of Freiburg

Papers

7

Total Citations

189

H-Index

7

About

Benjamin Suger’s research lies at the intersection of autonomous navigation, mobile robotics, and environmental perception, with a focus on enabling safe, long-term operation in complex outdoor settings. His most influential work introduces a semi-supervised learning approach for traversability analysis using 3D-LiDAR data, a method that has garnered over 100 citations for its ability to reliably distinguish obstacles from traversable ground—a critical prerequisite for truly autonomous systems. Suger has also advanced global navigation by leveraging OpenStreetMap for outer-urban routes, addressing map inaccuracies and positional uncertainty. In the realm of localization, he has made notable contributions to vision-based Markov localization, enabling robust performance across substantial perceptual changes such as seasonal variation, and has developed terrain-adaptive obstacle detection for real-time, resource-constrained platforms. His work on sparse scan-based map representations further tackles memory efficiency in robot localization. With a publication record spanning top venues and a clear focus on practical, deployable solutions, Suger’s research has shaped how mobile robots perceive, navigate, and adapt to challenging real-world environments.

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7
H-Index
7
Papers
189
Total Citations
27
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Traversability analysis for mobile robots in outdoor environments: A semi-supervised learning approach based on 3D-lidar data
102 citations · 2015
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2015 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 7
🏛 Institutions: University of Freiburg

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