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dr. A. (Arnoud) Visser

Faculty of Science
Informatics Institute
Photographer: onbekend
Visiting address
  • Science Park 904
  • Room number: C3.157
Postal address
  • Postbus 94323
    1090 GH Amsterdam
Contact details
Social media
  • Profile

    Background

    Arnoud Visser originally studied Experimental Physics at Leiden, where he did research in the field of nonlinear optics. He has since 1991 affiliated with the University of Amsterdam, where he participated in several national and international projects of the Informatics Institute in the field of robotics and intelligent transport & sensor systems.

     

    For more information:

    http://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/a.visser

  • Research

    As researcher I am the founder of the Intelligent Robotics Lab; a cooperation between the robotics researchers at the  VU University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam.

    The focus of my research is on cooperating robot teams. For more details, see my research C.V.

  • Teaching

    I am responsible for e.g. the following courses in the following programmes:

    Bachelor Artificial Intelligence

    • Search, Navigate, and Actuate
    • Autonomous Mobile Robots
    • Media Understanding

    Bachelor Psychobiology

    • Behavior-Based Robotics

    Master Artificial Intelligence

    • Probabilistic Robotics

    For more information, see my Educational C.V..

  • Publications

    2019

    • Hughes, J., Aghababa, F. P., Kabiri, A., Shimizu, M., & Visser, A. (2019). A proposal on more advanced Robot Rescue Simulation challenges for Robotics Education. In Workshop on Educational Robotics Sydney: RoboCup Federation.
    • Hughes, J., Shimizu, M., & Visser, A. (2019). A Review of Robot Rescue Simulation Platforms for Robotics Education. In S. Chalup, T. Niemueller, J. Suthakorn, & M-A. Williams (Eds.), RoboCup 2019: Robot World Cup XXIII (pp. 86-98). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11531), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35699-6_7 [details]
    • Meijer, A-RJ., & Visser, A. (2019). A residual neural-network model to predict visual cortex measurements. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2491, [97]. [details]
    • Visser, A., Nardin, L. G., & Castro, S. (2019). Integrating the latest Artificial Intelligence algorithms into the RoboCup Rescue Simulation framework. In D. Holz, K. Genter, M. Saad, & O. von Stryk (Eds.), RoboCup 2018: Robot World Cup XXII (pp. 476-487). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11374), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27544-0_39 [details]

    2018

    • Van Heusden, R., & Visser, A. (2018). Making a robot stop a penalty. In Proceedings of the 30th Belgian-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC 2018) (pp. 89-90). (Belgian/Netherlands Artificial Intelligence Conference).

    2016

    • Lagrand, C., de Kok, P. M., Negrijn, S., van der Meer, M., & Visser, A. (2016). Autonomous robot soccer matches. In T. Bosse, & B. Bredeweg (Eds.), BNAIC 2016 : Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence: proceedings of the Twenty-Eight Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence : Amsterdam, November 10-11, 2016 (pp. 237-238). (BNAIC; Vol. 28). Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit, Department of Computer Sciences. [details]
    • Lagrand, C., van der Meer, M., & Visser, A. (2016). The Roasted Tomato Challenge for a Humanoid Robot. In B. Cunha, J. Lima, M. Silva, & P. Leitão (Eds.), Proceedings: 2016 International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions: ICARSC 2016: Braganca, Portugal, 4-6 May 2016 (pp. 341-346). Los Alamitos, California: IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARSC.2016.63 [details]
    • Sheh, R., Schwertfeger, S., & Visser, A. (2016). 16 years of RoboCup Rescue. KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, 30(3-4), 267-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-016-0444-x [details]

    2015

    • Methenitis, G., Hennes, D., Izzo, D., & Visser, A. (2015). Novelty Search for Soft Robotic Space Exploration. In GECCO '15: proceedings of the 2015 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference : July 11-15, 2015, Madrid, Spain (pp. 193-200). New York: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2739480.2754731 [details]
    • Shimizu, M., Koenig, N., Visser, A., & Takahashi, T. (2015). A realistic RoboCup Rescue Simulation based on Gazebo. In L. Ameida, J. Li, G. Steinbauer, & S. Luke (Eds.), RoboCup 2015: Robot World Cup XIX (pp. 331-338). (Lecture notes in computer science; Vol. 9513), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29339-4_27 [details]
    • Spirin, V., de Hoog, J., Visser, A., & Cameron, S. (2015). MRESim, a multi-robot exploration simulator for Rescue Simulation League. In R. A. C. Bianchi, H. L. Akin, S. Ramamoorthy, & K. Sugiura (Eds.), RoboCup 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII (pp. 106-117). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 8992), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18615-3_9 [details]
    • Traichioiu, M., & Visser, A. (2015). Hierarchical Decision Making for Search and Rescue Teamwork. BNAIC, 27.
    • Visser, A., Ito, N., & Kleiner, A. (2015). RoboCup Rescue Simulation Innovation Strategy. In R. A. C. Bianchi, H. L. Akin, S. Ramamoorthy, & K. Sugiura (Eds.), RoboCup 2014 : Robot World Cup XVIII (pp. 661-672). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8992), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18615-3_54 [details]
    • van Harmelen, M., van der Meer, M., Boon, M., Gerbscheid, J., & Visser, A. (2015). Hunting a robot controlled by an artificial brain. BNAIC, 27.

    2014

    • Backer, N., & Visser, A. (2014). Learning to recognize horn and whistle sounds for humanoid robots. BNAIC, 26, 1-8. [details]
    • Kootbally, Z., Balakirsky, S., & Visser, A. (2014). Enabling codesharing in Rescue Simulation with USARSim/ROS. In S. Behnke, M. Veloso, A. Visser, & R. Xiong (Eds.), RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII (pp. 592-599). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8371), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44468-9_54 [details]
    • Sagar, J., & Visser, A. (2014). Obstacle avoidance by combining background subtraction, optical flow and proximity estimation. In IMAV 2014: International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition 2014 (pp. 142-149). Delft: Delft University of Technology. https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:f064b3b7-3151-4183-ae1b-0b4b100f19c0 [details]

    2013

    • Akin, H. L., Ito, N., Jacoff, A., Kleiner, A., Pellenz, J., & Visser, A. (2013). RoboCup Rescue Robot and Simulation Leagues. The AI Magazine, 34(1), 78-86. [details]
    • Amigoni, F., Visser, A., & Tsushima, M. (2013). RoboCup 2012 Rescue Simulation Winners. In X. Chen, P. Stone, L. E. Sucar, & T. van der Zant (Eds.), RoboCup 2012: Robot Soccer World Cup XVI (pp. 20-35). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 7500), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39250-4_3 [details]
    • Bouwer, A., Visser, A., Nack, F., & Terwijn, B. (2013). Location Awareness, Orientation and Navigation: Lessons Learned from the SmartInside Project. In T. Schwartz, G. Kahl, S. Applin, & E. Dim (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Location Awareness for Mixed and Dual Reality: LAMDa'13: in conjunction with the International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI'13: March 19, 2013, Santa Monica, California, USA (pp. 1-4). Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI). [details]
    • Girardi, N., Kooijman, C., Wiggers, A. J., & Visser, A. (2013). Automated Optimization of Walking Parameters for the Nao Humanoid Robot. BNAIC, 25, 72-79. [details]
    • Methenitis, G., de Kok, P. M., Nugteren, S., & Visser, A. (2013). Orientation finding using a grid based visual compass. BNAIC, 25, 128-135. [details]
    • Smits, D., Visser, A., & Groen, F. (2013). Modeling pedestrians in an airport scenario with a time-augmented Petri net. Advances in intelligent systems and computing, 194, 543-551. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33932-5_50 [details]
    • Verschoor, C. R., & Visser, A. (2013). Integrating disparity and edge detection algorithms to autonomously follow linear-shaped structures at low altitude. In 2013 3rd Joint Conference of Al & Robotics and 5th RoboCup Iran Open International Symposium: April 08, 2013, Qazvin, Iran. Proceedings Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/RIOS.2013.6595319 [details]
    • Visser, A. (2013). The International Micro Air Vehicle flight competition as autonomy benchmark. In P. Lima, & A. Winfield (Eds.), ERF2013 Robot Competitions Workshop. Workshop Programme ERF2013 Robot Competitions Workshop. [details]
    • Visser, A., de Hoog, J., Jiménez-González, A., & Martínez-de Dios, J. R. (2013). Discussion of Multi-Robot Exploration in Communication-Limited Environments. In A. Franchi (Ed.), 2013 ICRA Workshop on Towards Fully Decentralized Multi-Robot Systems: Hardware, Software and Integration Tübingen: Max Planck Institute for biological Cybernetics. [details]
    • Wiggers, A., & Visser, A. (2013). Discovering reoccurring motifs to predict opponent behavior. In 2013 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICAR.2013.6766455 [details]
    • de Waard, M., Inja, M., & Visser, A. (2013). Analysis of flat terrain for the Atlas robot. In M. Mousakhani, M. Ataei, & M. Jamzad (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2013 3rd Joint Conference of AI & Robotics and 5th RoboCup Iran Open International Symposium: April 08, 2013, Qazvin, Iran Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/RIOS.2013.6595324 [details]
    • van Noort, S., & Visser, A. (2013). Extending virtual robots towards RoboCup Soccer Simulation and @Home. In X. Chen, P. Stone, L. E. Sucar, & T. van der Zant (Eds.), RoboCup 2012: Robot Soccer World Cup XVI (pp. 332-343). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 7500), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39250-4_30 [details]

    2012

    2011

    • Dijkshoorn, N., & Visser, A. (2011). Integrating sensor and motion models to localize an autonomous AR.Drone. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 3(4), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1260/1756-8293.3.4.183 [details]
    • Formsma, O., Dijkshoorn, N., van Noort, S., & Visser, A. (2011). Realistic simulation of laser range finder behavior in a smoky environment. In J. Ruiz-del-Solar, E. Chown, & P. G. Plöger (Eds.), RoboCup 2010 : Robot Soccer World Cup XIV (pp. 336-349). (Lecture notes in computer science; Vol. 6556), (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence). Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20217-9_29 [details]
    • Visser, A., Dijkshoorn, N., van der Veen, M., & Jurriaans, R. (2011). Closing the gap between simulation and reality in the sensor and motion models of an autonomous AR.Drone. In IMAV 2011 : International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition: summer edition : proceedings (pp. 40-47). Delft: TU Delft. https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:3ddf7e58-b499-4e03-ad57-7eddcd3f0728 [details]
    • Visser, A., ten Velthuis, D., Wiggers, A., Verschoor, C., Cabot, M., van Egmond, E., ... van Noort, S. (2011). Dutch Nao Team: Team description for RoboCup 2011 - Istanbul. In RoboCup 2011: Robot Soccer World Cup XV preproceedings [details]

    2010

    • Alnajar, F., Nijhuis, H., & Visser, A. (2010). Coordinated action in a heterogeneous rescue team. In J. Baltes, M. G. Lagoudakis, T. Naruse, & S. Shiry Ghidary (Eds.), RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII (pp. 1-10). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 5949), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11876-0_1 [details]
    • Oliehoek, F. A., & Visser, A. (2010). A decision-theoretic approach to collaboration: Principal description methods and efficient heuristic approximations. In R. Babuška, & F. C. A. Groen (Eds.), Interactive collaborative information systems (pp. 87-124). (Studies in computational intelligence; No. 281). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11688-9_4 [details]
    • Visser, A., Nguyen, Q., Terwijn, B., Hueting, M., Jurriaans, R., van der Veen, M., ... de Hoog, J. (2010). Amsterdam Oxford Joint Rescue Forces: Team description paper: Virtual Robot competition: Rescue Simulation League: RoboCup 2010 and Iran Open. In Proceedings CD-ROM of the 14th RoboCup Symposium [details]
    • de Hoog, J., Cameron, S., & Visser, A. (2010). Autonomous multi-robot exploration in communication-limited environments. In T. Belpaeme, G. Bugmann, C. Melhuish, & M. Witkowski (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (Taros 2010) (pp. 68-75). Plymouth: University of Plymouth, School of Computing and Mathematics. [details]
    • de Hoog, J., Cameron, S., & Visser, A. (2010). Dynamic team hierarchies in communication-limited multi-robot exploration. In Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security & Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2010): 26-30 July 2010, Bremen Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2010.5981573 [details]
    • de Hoog, J., Cameron, S., & Visser, A. (2010). Selection of rendezvous points for multi-robot exploration in dynamic environments. In U. Visser, S. Asadi, T. Laue, & N. M. Mayer (Eds.), Proceedings of the AAMAS 2010 Workshop on Agents in Real-time and Dynamic Environments: held on May 10th, 2010 in conjunction with the ninth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, Toronto, Canada (pp. 25-34) [details]
    • van der Mey, A., Smit, F., Droog, K. J., & Visser, A. (2010). Emotion expression of an affective state space; a humanoid robot displaying a dynamic emotional state during a soccer game. In Proceedings of the 3rd D-CIS Human Factors Event (pp. 47-49) [details]
    • van der Mey, A., Smit, F., Droog, K. J., & Visser, A. (2010). Emotionele voetbalrobot. De Connectie, 5(2), 6-8. [details]
    • van der Velden, M., Josemans, W., Huijten, B., & Visser, A. (2010). Application of traversability maps in the Virtual Rescue competition. In Proceedings of the RoboCup IranOpen 2010 Symposium (RIOS10) [details]

    2009

    • Balaguer, B., Balakirsky, S., Carpin, S., & Visser, A. (2009). Evaluating maps produced by urban search and rescue robots: Lessons learned from RoboCup. Autonomous Robots, 27(4), 449-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-009-9141-z [details]
    • Balaguer, B., Carpin, S., Balakirsky, S., & Visser, A. (2009). Evaluation of RoboCup maps. In R. Madhavan, & E. R. Messina (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems workshop (PerMIS'09) (pp. 217-222). New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/1865909.1865953 [details]
    • Balakirsky, S., Carpin, S., & Visser, A. (2009). Evaluating The RoboCup 2009 Virtual Robot Rescue Competition. In Proceedings of the 9th Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems workshop (PerMIS'09) Gaithersburg, MD, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). [details]
    • Maillette de Buy Wenniger, G. E., Schmits, T., & Visser, A. (2009). Identifying free space in a robot bird-eye view. In I. Petrović, & A. J. Lilienthal (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Mobile Robots, ECMR '09, September 23 - 25, 2009, Mlini/Dubrovnik, Croatia (pp. 13-18). Zagreb, Croatia: KoREMA. [details]
    • Nguyen, Q., & Visser, A. (2009). A color based rangefinder for an omnidirectional camera. In S. Balakirsky, S. Carpin, & M. Lewis (Eds.), Workshop Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009), St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October 2009 (pp. 41-48). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. [details]
    • Schmits, T., & Visser, A. (2009). An omnidirectional camera simulation for the USARSim world. In L. Iocchi, H. Matsubara, A. Weitzenfeld, & C. Zhou (Eds.), RoboCup 2008: Robot Soccer World Cup XII (pp. 296-307). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 5399), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02921-9_26 [details]
    • Sturm, J., & Visser, A. (2009). An appearance-based visual compass for mobile robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 57(5), 536-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2008.10.002 [details]
    • Visser, A., Maillette de Buij Wenniger, G. E., Nijhuis, H., Alnajar, F., Huijten, B., van der Velden, M., ... de Hoog, J. (2009). Amsterdam Oxford Joint Rescue Forces: Team description paper: Virtual Robot competition: Rescue Simulation League: RoboCup 2009. In Proceedings CD of the 13th RoboCup Symposium (RoboCup 2009) [details]
    • Visser, A., Slamet, B. A., & Pfingsthorn, M. (2009). Robust weighted scan matching with quadtrees. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Synthetic Simulation and Robotics to Mitigate Earthquake Disaster (SRMED 2009), 6th July 2009, Graz, Austria [details]
    • de Hoog, J., Cameron, S., & Visser, A. (2009). Role-based autonomous multi-robot exploration. In Computation world: Future computing, service computation, cognitive, content, patterns: ComputationWorld 2009, proceedings: 15-20 November 2009, Athens, Greece (pp. 482-487). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society. [details]

    2008

    • Liem, M. C., Visser, A., & Groen, F. C. A. (2008). A hybrid algorithm for tracking and following people using a robotic dog. In HRI 2008: Proceedings of the Third ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 185-192). New York, NY: ACM. [details]
    • Pfingsthorn, M., Slamet, B., & Visser, A. (2008). A scalable hybrid multi-robot SLAM method for highly detailed maps. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5001, 457-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68847-1_48 [details]
    • Roebert, S., Schmits, T., & Visser, A. (2008). Creating a bird-eye view map using an omnidirectional camera. BNAIC, 20, 233-240. [details]
    • Visser, A., & Slamet, B. A. (2008). Balancing the information gain against the movement cost for multi-robot frontier exploration. In H. Bruyninckx, L. Přeučil, & M. Kulich (Eds.), European Robotics Symposium 2008 (pp. 43-52). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78317-6_5 [details]
    • Visser, A., & Slamet, B. A. (2008). Including communication success in the estimation of information gain for multi-robot exploration. In Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOPT 2008) (pp. 680-687). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/WIOPT.2008.4586160 [details]
    • Visser, A., Ji, X., van Ittersum, M., González Jaime, L. A., & Stancu, L. A. (2008). Beyond frontier exploration. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5001, 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68847-1_10 [details]
    • Visser, A., Schmits, T., Roebert, S., & de Hoog, J. (2008). Amsterdam Oxford Joint Rescue Forces: Team description paper: Virtual Robot competition: Rescue Simulation League: RoboCup 2008. In Proceedings of the 12th RoboCup symposium (pp. 1-8) [details]
    • de Hoog, J., Cameron, S., & Visser, A. (2008). Robotic search-and-rescue: An integrated approach. In S. Faily, & S. Živny (Eds.), Proceedings of the Oxford University Computing Laboratory Student Conference 2008 (pp. 28-29). Oxford: Oxford University Computing Laboratory. [details]
    • van Oosterhout, T., & Visser, A. (2008). A visual method for robot proxemics measurements. Technical Report, 61-68. [details]

    1993

    • WELZ, BG., CAMARINHAMATOS, L., LUETH, TC., MUNCH, S., STOCCHIERO, L., TRAMU, J., & VISSER, A. (1993). A TOOLBOX OF INTEGRATED PLANNING TOOLS - A CASE-STUDY. In INTERFACES IN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCTION AND ENGINEERING (Vol. 10, pp. 145-157). (IFIP TRANSACTIONS B-APPLICATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY).

    1990

    • VANDERZAAG, PJ., SCHMIDT, T., VANDERLAAN, H., VISSER, A., & VOLKER, S. (1990). PHOTOREACTIVE DISORDERED-SYSTEMS STUDIED BY PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT HOLE-BURNING. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 183, 105-118.

    1988

    • VANDENBERG, R., VISSER, A., & VOLKER, S. (1988). OPTICAL DEPHASING IN ORGANIC GLASSES BETWEEN 0.3-K AND 20-K - A HOLE-BURNING STUDY OF RESORUFIN AND FREE-BASE PORPHIN. Chemical Physics Letters, 144(2), 105-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(88)87099-4

    2019

    • Kronemeijer, P. (Author), Lagrand, C. (Author), van der Meer, M. (Author), van der Wal, D. (Author), Negrijn, S. (Author), Nzuanzu, J. (Author), ... Visser, A. (Author). (2019). Dutch Nao Team Qualification Video 2019. Digital or Visual Products, Dutch Nao Team. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOELK0FmX90
    • Meijer, A-RJ., & Visser, A. (2019). A shallow residual neural network to predict the visual cortex response. arXiv.org.

    2018

    • Kronemeijer, P., Lagrand, C., Negrijn, S., van der Meer, M., van der Wal, D., Nzuanzu, J., ... Visser, A. (2018). Team Qualification Document for RoboCup 2019, Sydney, Australia: Dutch Nao Team. Dutch Nao Team.
    • Lagrand, C. (Author), Negrijn, S. (Author), van der Meer, M. (Author), van der Wal, D. (Author), Petrini, L. (Author), Lekanne Dit Deprez, R. H. (Author), ... Visser, A. (Author). (2018). Team Qualification Video for RoboCup 2018 Montreal, Canada: Dutch Nao Team. Digital or Visual Products, Intelligent Robotics Lab. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/-6J7s3rnm1E
    • Lagrand, C., Negrijn, S., van der Meer, M., van der Wal, D., Petrini, L., Lekanne Deprez, H., ... Visser, A. (2018). Team Qualification Document for RoboCup 2018, Montreal, Canada: Dutch Nao Team. Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Lab, Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Visser, A. (Author), Nardin, L. G. (Author), & Castro, S. (Author). (2018). the public code for a workshop on Machine Learning in the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League. Web publication/site, Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Lab. Retrieved from https://github.com/IntelligentRoboticsLab/Joint-Rescue-Forces
    • Visser, A., Nardin, L. G., & Castro, S. (2018). RoboCup Rescue Simulation Machine Learning Workshop. Intelligent Robotics Lab.

    2017

    2016

    • Gerbscheid, J., Groot, T., & Visser, A. (2016). UvA@Home 2017 Standard Platform Proposal. Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Lab, University of Amsterdam. [details]
    • Lagrand, C., Negrijn, S., de Kok, P. M., van der Meer, M., van der Wal, D., Kronemeijer, P., & Visser, A. (2016). Team Qualification Document for RoboCup 2017 Nagoya, Japan - Dutch Nao Team. Dutch Nao Team.
    • Visser, A. (2016). A Guide to the RoboCup Virtual Rescue Worlds. (IRL technical report; No. 16-01). Intelligent Robotics Lab, University of Amsterdam. [details]
    • Visser, A., Amigoni, F., & Shimizu, M. (2016). The Future of Robot Rescue Simulation Workshop: An initiative to increase the number of participants in the league. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam.

    2015

    • Karaalioğlu, M., & Visser, A. (2015). UvA Rescue - Team Description Paper - Virtual Robot competition - Rescue Simulation League. Amsterdam Oxford Joint Rescue Forces.
    • Scholten, V., Milewski, V., Bouzidi, T., Kettler, C., & Visser, A. (2015). UvA@Work, Team Description Paper RoCKIn Camp 2015 - Peccioli, Italy. Intelligent Robotics Lab.
    • Shimizu, M., Takahashi, T., Koenig, N., & Visser, A. (2015). Hinomiyagura 2015 TDP for RoboCup 2015 Rescue Infra Structure League: A realistic RoboCup Rescue Simulation based on Gazebo. Proceedings of the RoboCup 2015 competition.
    • de Kok, P. M., Negrijn, S., Karaalioğlu, M., Lagrand, C., van der Meer, M., Gerbscheid, J., ... Visser, A. (2015). Dutch Nao Team - Team Qualification Document for RoboCup 2016 Leipzig, Germany. Dutch Nao Team.

    2014

    • Behnke, S., Veloso, M., Visser, A., & Xiong, R. (2014). RoboCup 2013: Robot World Cup XVII. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8371), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44468-9 [details]
    • Negrijn, S., Haber, J., Galama, Y., & Visser, A. (2014). UvA@Work - RoCKIn2014 - Toulouse, France. UvA@Work.
    • Negrijn, S., Haber, J., van Schaik, S., & Visser, A. (2014). UvA@Work - Customer Agriculture Order - Mid-Term Report. Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Lab, University of Amsterdam. [details]
    • Riaño, I., & Visser, A. (2014). Final report 'Establishing bonds for the advancement of the Rescue League'. Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, University of Amsterdam. [details]
    • Riaño, I., & Visser, A. (2014). Mid-Term report 'Establishing bonds for the advancement of the Rescue League'. Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, University of Amsterdam. [details]
    • Spirin, V., Karaalioglu, M., & Visser, A. (2014). Amsterdam Oxford Joint Rescue Forces - Team Description Paper - Virtual Robot competition - Rescue Simulation League. RoboCup 2014, Joao Pessoa - Brazil.
    • Traichioiu, M., & Visser, A. (2014). UvA Rescue - Team Description Paper - Agent competition - Rescue Simulation League RoboCup 2014 - João Pessoa - Brazil. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Traichioiu, M., & Visser, A. (2014). UvA Rescue - Team Description Paper - Multi-Agent Challenge - Rescue Simulation League RoboCup 2014 - João Pessoa - Brazil. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Visser, A. (2014). UvA Rescue - Team Description Paper - Infrastructure competition - Rescue Simulation League RoboCup 2014 - João Pessoa - Brazil. Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Lab. [details]
    • Visser, A. (2014). UvA Rescue - Team Description Paper - Virtual Robot competition - Rescue Simulation League RoboCup Iran Open 2014. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • de Kok, P., ten Velthuis, D., Backer, N., van Eck, J., Voorter, F., Visser, A., ... Roos, N. (2014). Dutch Nao Team - Team Description for Robocup 2014 - Joao Pessoa - Brazil. Dutch Nao Team.
    • van Albada, D., Bakker, R., Bethke, I., Belleman, R., van den Berg, D., Bruntink, M., ... Zaytsev, V. (2014). Whitepaper: Project-based curricula. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]

    2013

    • Negrijn, S., van Schaik, S., Haber, J., & Visser, A. (2013). UvA@Work - RoCKIn@Work Camps 2014 - Rome, Italy. Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Lab, Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Verschoor, C. R., Wiggers, A. J., Oosterhuis, H. R., & Visser, A. (2013). Maneki-Neko - Team Description for Iran Open UAV 2013 - Teheran, Iran. Amsterdam: Intelligent Autonomous Systems, University of Amsterdam. [details]
    • Verschoor, C. R., de Kok, P. M., & Visser, A. (2013). Intelligent Robotics Lab. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Visser, A. (2013). UvA@Work Customer Agriculture Order. Amsterdam: Intelligent Robotics Lab, University of Amsterdam. [details]
    • de Kok, P., Girardi, N., Gudi, A., Kooijman, C., Methenitis, G., Negrijn, S., ... Visser, A. (2013). Team description for Robocup 2013 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands: [Dutch Nao Team]. Amsterdam & Delft: Universiteit Amsterdam & TU Delft. [details]
    • de Kok, P., Negrijn, S., Bargiacchi, E., Gudi, A., Kooijman, C., van der Linden, I., ... Visser, A. (2013). Dutch Nao Team - Team Description for Robocup 2014 - João Pessoa, Brasil. Qualification edition: Universiteit Amsterdam, TU Delft & Maastricht University. [details]

    2012

    • Dijkshoorn, N., & Visser, A. (2012). An elevation map from a micro aerial vehicle for Urban Search and Rescue: UvA Rescue, RoboCup Rescue Simulation League. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Visser, A. (2012). A survey of the architecture of the communication library LCM for the monitoring and control of autonomous mobile robots. (IAS technical reports; No. IAS-UVA-12-01). Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Visser, A. (2012). UvA Rescue Technical Report: a description of the methods and algorithms implemented in the UvA Rescue code release. (IAS technical reports; No. IAS-UVA-12-02). Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Visser, A., Dijkshoorn, N., van Noort, S., Zwennes, O., de Waard, M., Katt, S., & Rozeboom, R. (2012). UvA Rescue team description paper: Virtual Robot competition, Rescue Simulation League, RoboCup 2012. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • ten Velthuis, D., Verschoor, C., Wiggers, A., Cabot, M., Keune, A., Nugteren, S., ... Visser, A. (2012). Dutch Nao Team: team description for Robocup 2012, Mexico City, Mexico. Amsterdam: Faculty of Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • ten Velthuis, D., Verschoor, C., Wiggers, A., van der Molen, H., Blankenvoort, T., Cabot, M., ... Visser, A. (2012). Dutch Nao Team: team description for Robocup 2013, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Amsterdam & Delft: Universiteit Amsterdam & TU Delft. [details]

    2011

    • Dijkshoorn, N., Flynn, H., Formsma, O., van Noort, S., van Weelden, C., Bastiaan, C., ... Visser, A. (2011). Amsterdam Oxford joint rescue forces - Team description paper - Virtual Robot competition - Rescue Simulation league - RoboCup 2011. In Proceedings of the 15th RoboCup Symposium (pp. 1-8). Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
    • Verschoor, C., Wiggers, A., ten Velthuis, D., Keune, A., Cabot, M., Nugteren, S., ... Visser, A. (2011). Dutch Nao team - technical report 2011. Dutch Nao Team. [details]
    • Visser, A., ten Velden, D., Wiggers, A., Verschoor, C., Cabot, M., van Egmond, E., ... van Noort, S. (2011). Dutch Nao Team: team description for RoboCup 2011: Istanbul. Amsterdam: Faculty of Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]

    2010

    • Visser, A., Iepsma, R., van Bellen, M., Gupta, R. K., & Khalesi, B. (2010). Dutch Nao Team: Team description paper: Standard Platform League: German Open 2010. Amsterdam: Informatics Institute. [details]

    2018

    • Sandberg, J. A. C., Belleman, R. G., Visser, A., Abcouwer, A. W., & Lees, M. H. (2018). IvI Education vision. Informatics Institute.
    • van der Meulen, A., Kwisthout, J., ten Teije, A., Schlobach, K. S., van Splunter, S., Winands, M., ... Dignum, F. (2018). Frame of Reference - Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes in Artificial Intelligence: The Dutch Perspective. Kunstmatige Intelligentie Opleidingen Nederland (KION).

    2017

    2016

    • Sandberg, J. A. C., Belleman, R. G., Bredeweg, B., Visser, A., Endriss, U., Roelofsen, F., ... et al. (2016). Eindrapport VC3BI commissie. UvA, FNWI.
    • Visser, A. (2016). The Future of Robot Rescue Simulation Workshop. Benelux AI Newsletter , 30(2), 20. [details]

    2017

    2016

    • Hulshof, M., de Roos, E., Savelsbergh, G., Hanegraaff, M., Halsema, A., Weltevreden, G., ... Visser, A. (2016). Hoe krijgen we weer een voetballegende? Vrij Nederland, 10-11.

    2015

    2017

    • Gerbscheid, J., Groot, T., & Visser, A. (2017). Intelligent News Conversation with the Pepper Robot. 398-399. Abstract from Belgisch-Nederlandse AI Conferentie, Groningen, Netherlands.
    • Visser, A. (2017). Learning robots to rescue: The RoboCup Rescue as training ground. Poster session presented at Delft Workshop on Robot Learning, Delft, Netherlands.
    • Visser, A. (2017). Learning robots to rescue. Abstract from Delft Workshop on Robot Learning, Delft, Netherlands.

    2016

    • Visser, A., Visser, A., & van Gemert, J. (2016). Content-aware image resizing for faster object detection on aerial imagery. Paper presented at Small UAS for Environmental Research Conference, . [details]

    2011

    • Visser, A., van der Molen, H., & de Bos, D. P. (2011). An Experimental Comparison of Mapping Methods, the Gutmann dataset. Paper presented at RoboCup IranOpen 2011 Symposium (RIOS11), .

    2016

    • Lagrand, C. (Producer), Negrijn, S. (Producer), de Kok, P. M. (Author), van der Meer, M. (Performer), Gerbscheid, J. (Performer), Groot, T. (Performer), ... Visser, A. (Author). (2016). Dutch Nao Team Qualification Video 2017. Digital or Visual Products, Dutch Nao Team. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqzGRQzBJwo

    2010

    Media appearance

    • Visser, A. & Goggin, J. (24-09-2017). Cuteness, liddle diddle kiddles en robots [Radio] Radio Swammerdam. Wat maakt de mens?.

    Talk / presentation

    • Visser, A. (speaker) (9-5-2017). Robots: van machines naar alleskunners?, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Visser, A. (speaker) (19-3-2017). Heeft een robot gevoel?, Nemo Science Center.
    • Visser, A. (speaker) (16-3-2017). The Robocup @Work Challenge, High-Tech Systems, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
    • Visser, A. (speaker) (23-11-2016). Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030, Shell Strategy Team.

    Others

    • Visser, A. (participant) (19-5-2017). Lorentz Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden. Perspectives on Developmental Robotics (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Bocklandt, R. R. J. (participant), Ghijsen, W. E. J. M. (participant), Kraak, M. H. S. (participant), Visser, A. (participant) & van Maarseveen, J. H. (participant) (14-12-2016). De vierde grote BetaQuiz, Amsterdam, Netherlands. De vierde grote BetaQuiz (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
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