Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Pfitzner

Research

• Human Robot Interaction
• Rescue Robotics
• Point Cloud Processing for Medical Applications

Vita

• Since 2020 at THI
• 2016 - 2018: Research and Development Manager, Founding Member, Evocortex GmbH
• 2018: PhD at the Julius Maximilians University Würzburg
• 2012 - 2013: Master of Science, Master of Applied Research with the focus on Mobile Robotics, Technische Hochschule Georg Simon Ohm
• 2008 - 2012: Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering with the focus on Automation, Technische Hochschule Georg Simon Ohm

Publications

• Body weight estimation for dose-finding and health monitoring of lying, standing and walking patients based on RGB-D data; C Pfitzner, S May, A Nüchter; Sensors 18 (5), 1311
• Multi-robot localization and mapping based on signed distance functions; P Koch, S May, M Schmidpeter, M Kühn, C Pfitzner, C Merkl, R Koch, ...; Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 83 (3), 409-428
• Sensor fusion approach for an autonomous shunting locomotive; J Gleichauf, J Vollet, C Pfitzner, P Koch, S May; International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics 
• Libra3d: Body weight estimation for emergency patients in clinical environments with a 3d structured light sensor; C Pfitzner, S May, C Merkl, L Breuer, M Köhrmann, J Braun, F Dirauf, ...; 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2888-2893