Danny Driess
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Danny Driess is a roboticist and machine learning researcher working at the intersection of perception, planning, and manipulation.
He joined SCIoI as a doctoral researcher in May 2021 under the supervision of Prof. Marc Toussaint.
Danny received his Bachelor of Science, with distinction, in Simulation Technology in 2016 and his Master of Science, with distinction, in Simulation Technology in 2019, both from the University of Stuttgart.
At SCIoI, his PhD focused on learning in Task and Motion Planning, with a special focus on connecting perception and planning for sequential manipulation tasks through machine learning. He investigated novel ways to couple sequential manipulation planning with reactive policies for execution. His final dissertation was completed in 2024.
Projects
Danny Driess is member of:
• Project 39: Physical manipulation planning with differentiable closed-loop manipulation primitives
Doctoral Thesis
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