Julian Eßer, M.Sc.

Professional Experience

 

2020- until today: Research Associate, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, Dortmund

 

Education

 

2020: Mechanical engineering with a focus on robotics and intelligent systems (M.Sc.), University of Duisburg-Essen

2018: Mechanical engineering with a focus on mechatronics (B.Sc.), University of Duisburg-Essen

 

Research Interest

 

• Simulation-based AI
• Mobile Robotics
• Reinforcement Learning
• Dynamic Locomotion
• Sim2Real

 

Projects at Fraunhofer IML

 

• DynaFoRo - AI junior research group
• Lamarr Institute
• Silicon Economy
• FELICE

 

Publications (Selection)

 

2022

• J. Eßer, N. Bach, C. Jestel, O. Urbann and S. Kerner: Guided Reinforcement Learning: A Review and Evaluation for Efficient and Effective Real-World Robotics, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine - Link to the paper

 

2020

• J. Eβer, S. Kumar, H. Peters, V. Bargsten, J. Fernandez, C. Mastalli, O. Stasse, F. Kirchner: Design, analysis and control of the series-parallel hybrid RH5 humanoid robot, IEEE Humanoids - Link to the paper

 

Full list of publications

 

» Link to Google Scholar

 

Further links

 

LinkedIn

GitHub