Tim Laue

About

Tim Laue is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous mobile systems, human-robot interaction, and robot soccer. Based at the University of Bremen, he has made significant contributions to the RoboCup community — a global initiative aimed at developing robots capable of defeating human world soccer champions by 2050 — through foundational work on robot simulation, locomotion, and safety in physical human-robot interaction. Laue's most-cited work (104 citations) demonstrates his range beyond robotics: a pioneering brain-computer interface system enabling severely disabled individuals to navigate smart wheelchairs using non-invasive EEG signals, bridging assistive technology and autonomous navigation. His SimRobot simulator (73 citations) became a widely adopted tool for physical robot simulation, while his research into kicking mechanics, self-localization using particle filters, and potential-field-based behavior architectures established core methodologies in autonomous robot navigation. His 2019 work on JET-Net highlights his engagement with real-time deep learning for mobile robotics. Across his career, Laue has thoughtfully addressed not only robot performance but also ethical and safety dimensions of human-robot soccer, making his scholarship both technically rigorous and socially conscious — essential reading for researchers in autonomous systems and assistive robotics.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Navigating a smart wheelchair with a brain-computer interface interpreting steady-state visual evoked potentials

   104 citations · 2009
2. 2
   SimRobot – A General Physical Robot Simulator and Its Application in RoboCup

   73 citations · 2006
3. 3
   Kick it with elasticity: Safety and performance in human–robot soccer

   67 citations · 2009
4. 4
   A Behavior Architecture for Autonomous Mobile Robots Based on Potential Fields

   40 citations · 2005
5. 5
   Kicking a Ball – Modeling Complex Dynamic Motions for Humanoid Robots

   37 citations · 2011
6. 6
   Particle-Filter-Based Self-localization Using Landmarks and Directed Lines

   32 citations · 2006
7. 7
   JET-Net: Real-Time Object Detection for Mobile Robots

   24 citations · 2019
8. 8
   Foul 2050: thoughts on physical interaction in human-robot soccer

   23 citations · 2007
9. 9
   Entropy-Based Active Vision for a Humanoid Soccer Robot

   22 citations · 2011
10. 10
    Automatic Parameter Optimization for a Dynamic Robot Simulation

    17 citations · 2009

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