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In October 2022, Martin joined the Department of Computer Science at Aston University as a Lecturer. Before, he was a postdoc for 2 years in the Intelligent Robotics Lab at University of Birmingham with Mohan Sridharan and Ales Leonardis. He got awarded the title Dr.-Ing. (PhD) from TU Berlin, Germany, where he worked in the Industrial Automation Technology Group with Jörg Krüger from 2014 to 2019. From 2015 to 2019 he was also part of the Flying Faculty for the Turkish-German University in Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests are in the field of robotic grasping and manipulation, reproducibility in robotics research, and ethical considerations in robotics & AI.

Teaching Activity

CS4790 - Robotics and Autonomous Systems
CS4755 - Mathematics for AI
CS3450 - Game Development

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Dr Rudorfer's research focuses on in the field of robotic grasping, manipulation, reproducibility in robotics research and ethical considerations in robotics & AI.

Education/Academic qualification

SFHEA, Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE/HEA

Award Date: 15 Jul 2024

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  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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  • Floor Plan-Agnostic Detection of Gait Speed Drifts Using Ambient Sensors

    Vicini, M., Rudorfer, M., Dai, Z., Beltagui, A. & Manso, L. J., 23 Jun 2026, 8th International Conference on Activity and Behavior Computing, ABC 2026. IEEE, p. 1-9 9 p. 11567208

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  • RM4D: A Combined Reachability and Inverse Reachability Map for Common 6-/7-Axis Robot Arms by Dimensionality Reduction to 4D

    Rudorfer, M., 2 Sept 2025, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Ott, C., Admoni, H., Behnke, S., Bogdan, S., Bolopion, A., Choi, Y., Ficuciello, F., Gans, N., Gosselin, C., Harada, K., Kayacan, E., Kim, H. J., Leutenegger, S., Liu, Z., Maiolino, P., Marques, L., Matsubara, T., Mavromatti, A., Minor, M., O'Kane, J., Park, H. W., Park, H.-W., Rekleitis, I., Renda, F., Ricci, E., Riek, L. D., Sabattini, L., Shen, S., Sun, Y., Wieber, P.-B., Yamane, K. & Yu, J. (eds.). Atlanta: IEEE, p. 7689-7695 7 p. (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation).

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  • A comparison of global optimizers applied to point cloud registration

    Barrios, P., Guzman, V., Adams, M. & Rudorfer, M., 26 Nov 2024, Conference Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS). IEEE, 5 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS)).

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  • A Framework for Joint Grasp and Motion Planning in Confined Spaces

    Rudorfer, M., Hartvich, J. & Vonasek, V., 29 Jul 2024, 13th International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control, RoMoCo 2024 - Proceedings. IEEE, p. 96-102 7 p. (International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control, RoMoCo - Proceedings).

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  • Integrating Temporal Context into Streaming Data for Human Activity Recognition in Smart Home

    Vicini, M., Rudorfer, M., Dai, Z. & Manso, L. J., 21 Dec 2024, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2024). Bravo, J., Nugent, C. & Cleland, I. (eds.). Springer, p. 238-251 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1212 LNNS).

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