@article{vochten2023invariant,author={Vochten, Maxim and Mohammadi, Ali Mousavi and Verduyn, Arno and De Laet, Tinne and Aertbeliën, Erwin and De Schutter, Joris},journal={IEEE Transactions on Robotics},title={Invariant Descriptors of Motion and Force Trajectories for Interpreting Object Manipulation Tasks in Contact},year={2023},volume={39},number={6},pages={1-21},issn={1941-0468},publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2023.3309230},doi={10.1109/TRO.2023.3309230},}
An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes
Andrea Ancillao, Maxim Vochten, Arno Verduyn, Joris De Schutter, and Erwin Aertbeliën
@article{ancillao2022optimal,title={An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes},author={Ancillao, Andrea and Vochten, Maxim and Verduyn, Arno and De Schutter, Joris and Aertbeli{\"e}n, Erwin},journal={Plos one},volume={17},number={10},pages={e0275218},year={2022},publisher={Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA},doi={10.1371/journal.pone.0275218},}
@article{vochten2021shape,title={Shape-preserving and reactive adaptation of robot end-effector trajectories},author={Vochten, Maxim and Decr{\'e}, Wilm and Aertbeli{\"e}n, Erwin and De Schutter, Joris},journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},volume={6},number={2},pages={667--674},year={2021},publisher={IEEE},doi={10.1109/LRA.2020.3048674},}
@article{vochten2019generalizing,title={Generalizing demonstrated motion trajectories using coordinate-free shape descriptors},author={Vochten, Maxim and De Laet, Tinne and De Schutter, Joris},journal={Robotics and Autonomous Systems},volume={122},pages={103291},year={2019},publisher={North-Holland},doi={10.1016/j.robot.2019.103291},}
@inproceedings{verduyn2024enhancing,title={Enhancing motion trajectory segmentation of rigid bodies using a novel screw-based trajectory-shape representation},author={Verduyn, Arno and Vochten, Maxim and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},pages={7179--7185},year={2024},organization={IEEE},doi={10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10610030},}
@inproceedings{verduyn2023case,author={Verduyn, Arno and De Schutter, Joris and Decré, Wilm and Vochten, Maxim},booktitle={2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)},title={Shape-Based Path Adaptation and Simulation-Based Velocity Optimization of Initial Tool Trajectories for Robotic Spray Painting},year={2023},volume={},number={},pages={1-8},doi={10.1109/CASE56687.2023.10260519},}
@inproceedings{vochten2022specification,title={Specification and control of human-robot handovers using constraint-based programming},author={Vochten, Maxim and Vanroye, Lander and Lambeau, Jeroen and Meylemans, Ken and Decr{\'e}, Wilm and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={Human-Friendly Robotics 2021},pages={107--122},year={2022},organization={Springer International Publishing Cham},doi={10.1007/978-3-030-96359-0_8},}
@inproceedings{burlizzi2022extending,title={Extending extrapolation capabilities of probabilistic motion models learned from human demonstrations using shape-preserving virtual demonstrations},author={Burlizzi, Riccardo and Vochten, Maxim and De Schutter, Joris and Aertbeli{\"e}n, Erwin},booktitle={2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},pages={10772--10779},year={2022},organization={IEEE},doi={10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9982222},}
@inproceedings{vochten2018robust,title={Robust optimization-based calculation of invariant trajectory representations for point and rigid-body motion},author={Vochten, Maxim and De Laet, Tinne and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},pages={5598--5605},year={2018},organization={IEEE},doi={10.1109/IROS.2018.8593540},}
@inproceedings{verbeke2016constraint,title={A constraint-based flight control system architecture for UAVs using the iTaSC framework},author={Verbeke, Jon and Vantilt, Jonas and Vanthienen, Dominick and Vochten, Maxim and Debruyne, Stijn and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)},pages={310--319},year={2016},organization={IEEE},doi={10.1109/ICUAS.2016.7502540},}
@inproceedings{vochten2016generalizing,title={Generalizing demonstrated motions and adaptive motion generation using an invariant rigid body trajectory representation},author={Vochten, Maxim and De Laet, Tinne and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},pages={234--241},year={2016},organization={IEEE},doi={10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487139},}
@inproceedings{vochten2015comparison,title={Comparison of rigid body motion trajectory descriptors for motion representation and recognition},author={Vochten, Maxim and De Laet, Tinne and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},pages={3010--3017},year={2015},organization={IEEE},doi={10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139612},}
Workshop papers and dissemination
2024
Invariant trajectory descriptors for the recognition and generalization of contact tasks in robotics
Maxim Vochten, Seyyed Ali Mousavi Mohammadi, Arno Verduyn, Erwin Aertbeliën, and Joris De Schutter
In Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2024, Location: Blankenberge, Belgium , 2024
@inproceedings{vochten2024invariant,title={Invariant trajectory descriptors for the recognition and generalization of contact tasks in robotics},author={Vochten, Maxim and Mousavi Mohammadi, Seyyed Ali and Verduyn, Arno and Aertbeli{\"e}n, Erwin and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2024, Location: Blankenberge, Belgium},year={2024},comment={workshop},}
Data augmentation for robot learning from demonstration
Riccardo Burlizzi, Maxim Vochten, Erwin Aertbeliën, and Joris De Schutter
In Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2024, Location: Blankenberge, Belgium , 2024
@inproceedings{burlizzi2024data,title={Data augmentation for robot learning from demonstration},author={Burlizzi, Riccardo and Vochten, Maxim and Aertbeli{\"e}n, Erwin and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2024, Location: Blankenberge, Belgium},year={2024},comment={workshop},}
Automatic extraction of a task frame from human demonstrations for controlling robotic contact tasks
Seyyed Ali Mousavi Mohammadi, Maxim Vochten, Erwin Aertbeliën, and Joris De Schutter
In Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2024, Date: 2024/03/26-2024/03/28, Location: Blankenberge, Belgium , 2024
@inproceedings{mousavi2024automatic,title={Automatic extraction of a task frame from human demonstrations for controlling robotic contact tasks},author={Mousavi Mohammadi, Seyyed Ali and Vochten, Maxim and Aertbeli{\"e}n, Erwin and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2024, Date: 2024/03/26-2024/03/28, Location: Blankenberge, Belgium},year={2024},comment={workshop},}
2021
Reactive and Compliant Tracking of Motion Trajectories using Constraint-Based Control
Maxim Vochten, Glenn Maes, Erwin Aertbeliën, and Joris De Schutter
In IROS 2021 Workshop Variable Impedance Robotics Skills: Challenges and Opportunities, Location: Prague, Czech Republic , 2021
@inproceedings{vochten2021reactive,title={Reactive and Compliant Tracking of Motion Trajectories using Constraint-Based Control},author={Vochten, Maxim and Maes, Glenn and Aertbeli{\"e}n, Erwin and De Schutter, Joris},booktitle={IROS 2021 Workshop Variable Impedance Robotics Skills: Challenges and Opportunities, Location: Prague, Czech Republic},year={2021},comment={workshop},}
@phdthesis{vochten2018invariant,title={Invariant Representations of Rigid-body Motion Trajectories with Application to Motion Recognition and Robot Learning by Demonstration},author={Vochten, Maxim},school={Arenberg Doctoral School},month=sep,type={{P}h{D} thesis},address={Department of Mechanical Engineering, Celestijnenlaan 300, 3001 Leuven, Belgium},year={2018},}
2013
MSc
Computer vision-based navigation of a quadrotor using constraint-based control
@phdthesis{vochten2013,title={Computer vision-based navigation of a quadrotor using constraint-based control},author={Vochten, Maxim},school={KU Leuven},month=jul,type={Master's thesis},address={Department of Mechanical Engineering, Celestijnenlaan 300, 3001 Leuven, Belgium},year={2013},}