Publications

Christian Mandel, Jan Janssen, Maria Angélica Lopez, Serge Autexier (to appear).
Smart Wheelchair with Semi- and Fully Autonomous Navigation.
In Assistive Technology — Special Issue: CSUN 2026 Journal Track, Anaheim, USA.

Christian Mandel, Amit Choudhury, Karin Hochbaum, Serge Autexier, Jeannine Budelmann (2020).
Erkennung und Klassifikation von Haltungs- und Gangmustern am Rollator durch Abstandsmessungen – ein Vergleich zwischen klinischer Beurteilung und maschineller Klassifikation.
In Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 53, 129–137, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-019-01544-0 .
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Johannes Rust, Christian Mandel, Kathrin Stich, Serge Autexier (2024).
Predicting Hemodynamic and Pulmonary Decompensation with Deep Neural Networks: Performance and Explainability.
In Proceedings of the 46th. International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA.
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Christian Mandel, Kathrin Stich, Serge Autexier, Christoph Lüth, Ariane Ziehn, Karin Hochbaum, Rolf Dembinsk (2022).
Using Gated Recurrent Unit Networks for the Prediction of Hemodynamic and Pulmonary Decompensation.
In Proceedings of the 44th. International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, pp. 4584-4589, https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871500
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Christian Mandel, Amit Choudhury, Serge Autexier, Karin Hochbaum, Jeannine Budelmann, Petra Wedler (2018).
Gait cycle classification for wheeled walker users by matching time series of distance measurements.
In Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. RESNA, 2001 K Street, NW 3rd Floor North Washington, DC 2006, Arlington, VA 22209, USA.
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Christian Mandel, Serge Autexier (2016).
People Tracking in Ambient Assisted Living Environments Using low-cost Thermal Image Cameras.
In Inclusive Smart Cities and Digital Health. International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics (ICOST-2016), Inclusive Smart Cities and Digital Health, Band 9677, S. 14–26, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer.
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Bernd Krieg-Brückner, Christian Mandel, Christoph Budelmann, Bernd Gersdorf, Antonio B Martínez (2014).
Indoor and Outdoor Mobility Assistance.
In Proceedings of the 7th German AAL-Congress, Berlin, Germany.

Christian Mandel, Oliver Birbach (2013).
Localization in Urban Environments by Matching Sensor Data to Map Information.
In Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Barcelona, Spain, 2013, pp. 50-55.
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Bernd Krieg-Brückner, David Crombie, Bernd Gersdorf, Alexander Jüptner, Michael Lawo, Christian Mandel, Antonio B. Martínez, Thoms Röfer, Christoph Stahl (2012).
Challenges for Indoor and Outdoor Mobility Assistance.
In Proceedings of the 5th German AAL-Congress, Berlin, Germany.

Christian Mandel, Udo Frese (2012).
Annelid - a Novel Design for Actuated Robots Inspired by Ringed Worm`s Locomotion.
In Achim J. Lilienthal, Tom Duckett (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2011), pp. 265–270.

Christian Mandel, Tim Laue (2010).
Particle Filter-based Position Estimation in Road-Networks using Digital Elevation Models.
In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 5744–5749.
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Christian Mandel, Thorsten Lüth, Tim Laue, Axel Gräser, Bernd Krieg-Brückner (2009).
Navigating a smart wheelchair with a brain-computer interface interpreting steady-state visual evoked potentials.
In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 1118–1125, St. Louis, USA.
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Thomas Roefer, Christian Mandel, Tim Laue (2009).
Controlling an Automated Wheelchair via Joystick/Head-Joystick Supported by Smart Driving Assistance.
In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE 11th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 743–748, Kyoto, Japan.
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Thomas Röfer, Christian Mandel, Axel Lankenau, Bernd Gersdorf, Udo Frese (2009).
15 Years of Rolland.
In Berthold Hoffmann, Christoph Lüth, Till Mossakowski, Lutz Schröder (Hrsg.), Festschrift Dedicated to Bernd Krieg-Brückner on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, S. 255–272. Sichere Kognitive Systeme, DFKI Bremen.

Christian Mandel, Udo Frese (2007).
Comparison of Wheelchair User Interfaces for the Paralysed: Head-Joystick vs. Verbal Path Selection from an offered Route-Set.
In Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), pp. 1–6, Freiburg, Germany.

Christian Mandel, Udo Frese, Thomas Roefer (2007).
Design Improvements for Proportional Control of Autonomous Wheelchairs Via 3DOF Orientation Tracker.
In Proceedings of the 9th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (IWANN), Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, Berlin.
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Christian Mandel, Thomas Roefer, Udo Frese (2007).
Applying a 3DOF Orientation Tracker as a Human-Robot Interface for Autonomous Wheelchairs.
In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, pp. 1–8.
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Christian Mandel, Udo Frese, Thomas Roefer (2006).
Robot Navigation based on the Mapping of Coarse Qualitative Route Descriptions to Route Graphs.
In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Beijing, China, pp. 1–6.
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Hui Shi, Christian Mandel, Robert J. Ross (2006).
Interpreting Route Instructions as Qualitative Spatial Actions.
In T. Barkowsky, M. Knauff, G. Ligozat, D. R. Montello (Hrsg.), Spatial Cognition V, Band 4387, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Verlag, 14197 Berlin.
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Christian Mandel, Kai Hübner, Tillman Vierhuff (2005).
Towards an Autonomous Wheelchair: Cognitive Aspects in Service Robotics.
In Proceedings of Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS), London, UK, pp. 165–172.

Bernd Krieg-Brückner, Udo Frese, Klaus Lüttich, Christian Mandel, Till Mossakowski, Robert Ross (2004).
Specification of an Ontology for Route Graphs.
In C. Freksa, M. Knauff, B. Krieg-Brückner, B. Nebel, T. Barkowsky (Hrsg.), Spatial Cognition IV, Band 3343, pp. 390–412, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Springer-Verlag, D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Amit Choudhury, Christian Mandel, Karin Hochbaum, Serge Autexier, Christoph Buldemann (2022).
Klinische Evaluation eines Rollatormodus zur sensorgestützten Haltungs- und Gangmustererkennung.
In Künstliche Intelligenz im Gesundheitswesen, S. 881–905. Springer Gabler, Abraham-Lincoln-Str. 46, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Christian Mandel, Tim Laue, Serge Autexier (2018).
Smart Wheelchairs.
In Smart Wheelchairs and Brain-computer Interfaces - Mobile Assistive Technologies, pp. 291–317. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Bernhard Graimann, Brendan Allison, Christian Mandel, Thorsten Lüth, Diana Valbuena, Axel Gräser (2009).
Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces for Semi-autonomous Assistive Devices.
In: Schuster, A. (eds) Robust Intelligent Systems. Springer, London.
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Bernd Krieg-Brückner, Bernd Gersdorf, Christian Mandel, Christoph Budelmann, Marcus-Sebastian Schröder (2013).
Navigation Aid for Mobility Assistants.
In Proceedings of the Joint CEWIT-TZI-acatech Workshop “ICT meets Medicine and Health” ICTMH 2013, Bremen, Germany.

Christian Mandel, Thomas Roefer, Insa Lohmüller (2012).
On the Clinical Evaluation of Smart Driving Assistance for Power Wheelchairs.
In Proceedings of the IROS 2012 Workshop on Progress, Challenges and Future Perspectives in Navigation and Manipulation Assistance for Robotic Wheelchairs .

Christian Mandel (2008).
Navigation of the Smart Wheelchair Rolland.
PhD thesis, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
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