Christian Steger

About

Christian Steger is a researcher specializing in embedded systems, sensor fusion, and autonomous robotics, with a particular focus on developing perception platforms for automotive and industrial applications. His most impactful contributions center on the integration of radar and time-of-flight (ToF) sensor technologies, culminating in an open hardware and software framework for low-level sensor fusion that has garnered 15 citations and become a foundational resource for researchers developing and evaluating fusion strategies. His subsequent work on occupancy grid fusion further demonstrated how preserving raw sensor data before processing can yield richer environmental representations. Beyond sensor fusion, Steger has made meaningful contributions to indoor positioning systems, achieving high-performance pose estimation using 3D ToF imaging — work that addresses growing demands in industrial automation and autonomous robotics. His research portfolio also extends into security and authentication for mobile robots, exploring NFC-based communication and biometric offline authentication to address real-world safety challenges in production environments. More recently, he has tackled the practical challenge of precise multi-sensor timestamping and context-aware sensor adaptation, reflecting a commitment to robust, deployment-ready perception systems. With a growing citation record across diverse yet interconnected domains, Steger's work represents a comprehensive approach to making autonomous systems both perceptive and secure.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Design of a Low-Level Radar and Time-of-Flight Sensor Fusion Framework

   15 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Occupancy Grid Fusion of Low-Level Radar and Time-of-Flight Sensor Data

   11 citations · 2019
3. 3
   High-performance indoor positioning and pose estimation with time-of-flight 3D imaging

   10 citations · 2017
4. 4
   Hybrid Sensing Approach For Coded Modulation Time-of-Flight Cameras

   7 citations · 2019
5. 5
   Sneakernet on wheels: Trustworthy NFC-based robot to machine communication

   5 citations · 2017
6. 6
   A Hybrid Timestamping Approach for Multi-Sensor Perception Systems

   3 citations · 2020
7. 7
   Secured Offline Authentication on Industrial Mobile Robots Using Biometric Data

   3 citations · 2018
8. 8
   A secured offline authentication approach for industrial mobile robots

   2 citations · 2017
9. 9
   Context-Aware Sensor Adaption of a Radar and Time-of-Flight Based Perception Platform

   2 citations · 2020

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