Doctoral Researcher · Robotic Computer Vision
Chair of Cyber-Physical Systems · Montanuniversität Leoben
I am a doctoral researcher at the Chair of Cyber-Physical Systems at Montanuniversität Leoben. My research focuses on robotic computer vision and spatial perception, with a particular interest in building scalable 3D representations that allow robots to perceive, understand, and interact with complex environments.
My current work investigates Gaussian Splatting for continual SLAM and semantic mapping, combining geometric reconstruction with vision-language representations and multi-modal sensing. The broader goal is to develop spatial representations that are not only geometrically accurate, but also queryable, semantically meaningful, and useful for autonomous robotic systems.
Research Interests
- Gaussian Splatting and Neural 3D Representations
- Continual and Active SLAM
- Semantic and Open-Vocabulary 3D Mapping
- Vision-Language Models for Robotics
- Robot Perception and Manipulation
- Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion
Current Research
Continual Gaussian Splatting SLAM
Real-time and continual reconstruction of complex environments using 3D Gaussian representations, with an emphasis on bounded computation, online map adaptation, and scalable mapping.
Semantic 3D Mapping
Combining geometric 3D maps with semantic and vision-language representations to enable open-vocabulary object, part, and scene understanding.
Robot-Centric Spatial Intelligence
Developing representations and perception systems that allow mobile and manipulation robots to reason about their environment and direct sensing or computation toward regions that require further observation.
Robotics & Systems
My research is implemented and evaluated on robotic platforms using ROS 2, RGB-D sensing, GPU-accelerated perception, and distributed computing infrastructure. I also contribute to the development and maintenance of research software and GPU computing environments for robotics and machine-learning experiments.
Teaching
Alongside my research, I contribute to teaching and student supervision in robotics, computer vision, machine learning, and related areas.
Contact
Björn Ellensohn, M.Sc
Doctoral Researcher
Chair of Cyber-Physical-Systems
Montanuniversität Leoben
Email:
bjoern.ellensohn@unileoben.ac.at