Research and Publications

As a researcher in the field of highly automated vehicles, my aim is to make the transportation systems of tomorrow smarter, safer and greener.

Throughout my PhD studies, I have worked on the coordination of large vehicles in delimited areas allowing for efficient automation while avoiding deadlocks. An excerpt of my publications can be found below as well as on Google Scholar.

Recent Publications

• F. Keppler, M. Kramer, O. Koch, S. Wagner and K. Janschek, “Prioritized Planning for Spatiotemporal Trajectory Coordination of Articulated Vehicles and Co-Simulation with ROS, Docker and Gazebo,” 2022 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2022, pp. 279-284, doi: 10.1109/SII52469.2022.9708754. (Full text in Fraunhofer Publica, IEEE Xplore)
• F. Keppler, S. Wagner and K. Janschek, “SAFESTOP: Disturbance Handling in Prioritized Multi-robot Trajectory Planning,” 2020 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC), 2020, pp. 226-231, doi: 10.1109/IRC.2020.00043. (Full text in Fraunhofer Publica, IEEE Xplore)
• F. Keppler and S. Wagner, “Prioritized Multi-Robot Velocity Planning for Trajectory Coordination of Arbitrarily Complex Vehicle Structures,” 2020 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2020, pp. 1075-1080, doi: 10.1109/SII46433.2020.9026256. (Full text in Fraunhofer Publica, IEEE Xplore)