prof. dr. sc. Marija Seder

Full Professor

Department of Control and Computer Engineering

Smooth motion planning method for mobile robots in dynamic environments

Šelek, Ana; Seder, Marija
2026.
Robotics and autonomous systems

Model Predictive Control of Wheeled Robots Based on Hierarchical Planning

Rogina, Jelena; Seder, Marija; Petrović, Ivan
2025.

Coordinated Planning and Control of Two Mobile Robots for Joint Cargo Transportation

Paro, Borna; Rogina, Jelena; Petrović, Luka; Seder, Marija; Marković, Ivan
2025.

Autonomous hierarchy creation for computationally feasible near-optimal path planning in large environments

Gregorić, Jelena; Seder, Marija; Petrović, Ivan
2024.
Robotics and autonomous systems

Autonomous Driving with a Deep Dual-Model Solution for Steering and Braking Control

Jukić, Ana Petra; Šelek, Ana; Seder, Marija; Podnar Žarko, Ivana
2024.

Autonomous hierarchy creation for computationally feasible near-optimal path planning in large environments

Gregorić, Jelena; Seder, Marija; Petrović, Ivan
2024.
Robotics and autonomous systems

Autonomous Driving with a Deep Dual-Model Solution for Steering and Braking Control

Jukić, Ana Petra; Šelek, Ana; Seder, Marija; Žarko, Ivana Podnar
2024.

Smooth Autonomous Patrolling for a Differential-Drive Mobile Robot in Dynamic Environments

Šelek, Ana; Seder, Marija; Petrovic, Ivan
2023.
Sensors

Autonomous Hierarchy Creation for Path Planning of Mobile Robots in Large Environments

Gregorić, Jelena; Seder, Marija; Petrović, Ivan
2023.

Autonomous Hierarchy Creation for Path Planning of Mobile Robots in Large Environments

Gregorić, Jelena; Seder, Marija; Petrović, Ivan
2023.

Autonomous hierarchy creation for computationally feasible near-optimal path planning in large environments

Gregorić, Jelena; Seder, Marija; Petrović, Ivan
2023.
Robotics and autonomous systems

Autonomous Navigation of a Tracked Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Seder, Marija ; Jurić, Anđela ; Šelek, Ana ; Marić, Filip ; Lovrić, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2022.

Autonomous topology creation of industrial environments for automated guided vehicles

Cvitanović, Ivana ; Seder, Marija
2022.

Smooth Complete Coverage Trajectory Planning Algorithm for a Nonholonomic Robot

Šelek, Ana ; Seder, Marija ; Brezak, Mišel ; Petrović, Ivan
2022.
Sensors

Autonomous Hierarchy Creation for Path Planning of Mobile Robots in Large Environments

Gregorić, Jelena ; Seder, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2022.

Coordinated Multi-Robotic Vehicles Navigation and Control in Shop Floor Automation

Klančar, Gregor ; Seder, Marija
2022.
Sensors

Smooth Motion Planning of an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot in Dynamic Environments

Šelek, Ana; Seder, Marija
2022.

Combined stochastic-deterministic predictive control using local-minima free navigation

Klančar, Gregor ; Seder, Marija
2021.

Drivable path planning using hybrid search algorithm based on E* and Bernstein-Bezier motion primitives

Klančar, Gregor ; Seder, Marija ; Blažič, Sašo ; Škrjanc, Igor ; Petrović, Ivan
2021.
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems

A Simulator for Training Human Operators of a Remote Controlled Anti-Terrorism Ground Vehicle

Fulir, Juraj ; Mihajlović, Željka ; Seder, Marija
2020.

Cross-Entropy based Stochastic Optimization of Robot Trajectories using Heteroscedastic Continuous-time Gaussian Processes

Petrović, Luka ; Peršić, Juraj ; Seder, Marija ; Marković, Ivan
2020.
Robotics and autonomous systems

Stochastic Optimization for Trajectory Planning with Heteroscedastic Gaussian Processes

Petrović, Luka ; Peršić, Juraj ; Seder, Marija ; Marković, Ivan
2019.

Autonomous Navigation of Mobile Robots in Complex Dynamic Environments

Petrović, Ivan ; Seder, Marija ; Marković, Ivan
2019.
Engineering power : bulletin of the Croatian Academy of Engineering

Open Platform Based Mobile Robot Control for Automation in Manufacturing Logistics

Seder, Marija ; Petrović, Luka ; Peršić, Juraj ; Popović, Goran ; Petković, Tomislav ; Šelek, Ana ; Bićanić, Borna ; Cvišić, Igor ; Josić, Damir ; Marković, Ivan ; Petrović, Ivan ; Muhammad, Ali
2019.

Control architecture of a remotely controlled vehicle in extreme CBRNE conditions

Šelek, Ana ; Jurić, Demijan ; Čirjak, Anđela ; Marić, Filip ; Seder, Marija ; Marković, Ivan ; Petrović, Ivan
2019.

Wheeled robot navigation based on a unimodal potential function

Klančar, Gregor ; Mušič, Gašper ; Chen, Hao ; Seder, Marija
2019.

Path Planning for Active SLAM Based on the D* Algorithm With Negative Edge Weights

Maurović, Ivan ; Seder, Marija ; Lenac, Kruno ; Petrović, Ivan
2018.
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems

Multi-agent Gaussian Process Motion Planning via Probabilistic Inference

Petrović, Luka ; Marković, Ivan ; Seder, Marija
2018.

Mobile robot navigation for complete coverage of an environment

Šelek, Ana ; Seder, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2018.

Informatics

Džapo, Hrvoje ; Podobnik, Vedran ; Pribanić, Tomislav ; Seder, Marija ; Šikić, Mile
2017.

Receding Horizon Control for Convergent Navigation of a Differential Drive Mobile Robot

Seder, Marija ; Baotić, Mato ; Petrović, Ivan
2017.
IEEE transactions on control systems technology

Automatic ground plane detection using laser scanner data

Borrmann, Dorit ; Leutert, Florian ; Maurović, Ivan ; Seder, Marija ; Nüchter, Andreas
2016.

Algorithms for the detection of moving objects utilizing lidar sensors and stereo camera

Ćesić, Josip ; Lenac, Kruno ; Cvišić, Igor ; Kitanov, Andrej ; Seder, Marija ; Marković, Ivan ; Petrović, Ivan
2016.

Simultaneous localization and mapping algorithm based on exactly sparse delayed state filter implemented using Lie groups

Lenac, Kruno ; Ćesić, Josip ; Cvišić, Igor ; Kitanov, Andrej ; Seder, Marija ; Marković, Ivan ; Petrović, Ivan
2016.

Autonomous Exploration of Large Unknown Indoor Environments for Dense 3D Model Building

Maurović, Ivan ; Đakulović, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2014.

Fast Active SLAM for Accurate and Complete Coverage Mapping of Unknown Environments

Lenac, Kruno ; Kitanov, Andrej ; Maurović, Ivan ; Đakulović, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2014.

A mobile robot based system for fully automated thermal 3D mapping

Borrmann, Dorit ; Nüchter, Andreas ; Đakulović, Marija ; Maurović, Ivan ; Petrović, Ivan ; Osmanković, Dinko ; Velagić, Jasmin
2014.
Advanced engineering informatics

Efficient Navigation for Anyshape Holonomic Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments

Đakulović, Marija ; Sprunk, Christoph ; Spinello, Luciano ; Petrović, Ivan ; Burgard, Wolfram
2013.

Complete coverage path planning of mobile robots for humanitarian demining

Đakulović, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2012.
Industrial robot-an international journal

Automatic Control - Solved Problems

Mišković, Nikola ; Jurić-Kavelj, Srećko ; Đakulović, Marija ; Petrović, Vlaho i ostali
2012.

Motion Planning of Mobile robots for Humanitarian demining

Đakulović, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2012.

The Project ThermalMapper - Thermal 3D Mapping of Indoor Environments for Saving Energy

Borrmann, Dorit ; Nüchter, Andreas ; Đakulović, Marija ; Maurović, Ivan ; Petrović, Ivan ; Osmanković, Dinko ; Velagić, Jasmin
2012.

Efficient Interpolated Path Planning of Mobile Robots based on Occupancy Grid Maps

Đakulović, Marija ; Čikeš, Mijo ; Petrović, Ivan
2012.

The Path Planning Algorithms for a Mobile Robot based on the Occupancy Grid Map of the Environment — A Comparative Study

Čikeš, Mijo ; Đakulović, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2011.

Hierarchical path planning of mobile robots in complex indoor environments

Seder, Marija ; Mostarac, Petar ; Petrović, Ivan
2011.
Transactions of the institute of measurement and control

Avoiding deadlocks of mobile robots in narrow passages of environments populated with moving obstacles

Đakulović, Marija ; Dimitrijević, Borko ; Petrović, Ivan
2011.

Exploration and Mapping of Unknown Polygonal Environments Based on Uncertain Range Data

Đakulović, Marija ; Ileš, Šandor ; Petrović, Ivan
2011.
Automatika : časopis za automatiku, mjerenje, elektroniku, računarstvo i komunikacije

Complete Coverage D* Algorithm for Path Planning of a Floor-Cleaning Mobile Robot

Đakulović, Marija ; Horvatić, Sanja ; Petrović, Ivan
2011.

Autonomous motion planning for a floor-cleaning machine

Horvatić, Sanja ; Đakulović (Seder), Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2010.

Integration of Focused D* and Witkowski's algorithm for path planning and replanning

Seder, Marija ; Petrović Ivan
2009.

Improvement of Map Building during the Exploration of Polygonal Environments using the Range Data

Ileš, Šandor ; Seder, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2009.

Tracking Multiple Moving Objects Using Adaptive Sample-based Joint Probabilistic Data Association Filter

Jurić-Kavelj, Srećko ; Seder, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2008.

Automatic Creation of Hierarchical Maps for Indoor Environments

Seder, Marija ; Jurić-Kavelj, Srećko ; Petrović, Ivan
2008.

Dynamic window based approach to mobile robot motion control in the presence of moving obstacles

Seder, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan
2007.

Motion Control of Mobile Robots in Indoor Dynamic Environments

Seder, Marija ; Petrović, Ivan ; Maček, Kristijan
2005.

An Integrated Approach to Real-Time Mobile Robot Control in Partially Known Indoor Environments

Seder, Marija ; Maček, Kristijan ; Petrović, Ivan
2005.
  1. Klančar, Gregor; Seder, Marija; Blažič, Sašo; Škrjanc, Igor; Petrović, Ivan. Drivable path planning using hybrid search algorithm based on E* and Bernstein-Bezier motion primitives // IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics- Systems (2019)

  2. Maurović, Ivan; Seder, Marija; Lenac, Kruno; Petrović, Ivan. Path Planning for Active SLAM Based on the D* Algorithm With Negative Edge Weights // IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics- Systems, 48 (2018), 8; 1321-1331

  3. Seder, Marija; Baotić, Mato; Petrović, Ivan. Receding Horizon Control for Convergent Navigation of a Differential Drive Mobile Robot // IEEE transactions on control systems technology, 25 (2017), 2; 653-660

  4. Borrmann, Dorit; Nüchter, Andreas; ðakulović, Marija; Maurović, Ivan; Petrović, Ivan; Osmanković, Dinko; Velagić, Jasmin. A mobile robot based system for fully automated thermal 3D mapping. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 28 (2014), 4, 425-440.
  5. Đakulović, Marija; Petrović, Ivan. Complete coverage path planning of mobile robots for humanitarian demining. Industrial robot. 39 (2012), 5; 484-493.
  6. Đakulović, Marija; Petrović, Ivan. Two-way D* algorithm for path planning and replanning. Robotics and autonomous systems. 59 (2011), 5; 329-342.
  7. Seder, Marija; Mostarac, Petar; Petrović, Ivan. Hierarchical path planning of mobile robots in complex indoor environments. Transactions of the institute of measurement and control. 33 (2011), 3-4; 332-358.
  8. Đakulović, Marija; Sprunk, Christoph; Spinello, Luciano; Petrović, Ivan; Burgard, Wolfram. Efficient Navigation for Anyshape Holonomic Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Tokyo, Japan, (2013) 2644-2649.

Biography

Marija Seder is a full professor at the UNIZG-FER. She received M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the FER Zagreb in May, 2004. During her undergraduate and graduate studies she was awarded with two faculty prizes, Vice-chancellor award and with scholarships from the Croatian ministry of science. In July 2004, she joined the Department of Control and Computer Engineering at the UNIZG-FER as a research assistant. In 2010 she received Ph.D. degree from the University of Zagreb with the thesis "Motion planning of autonomous mobile robots in dynamic and unknown indoor environments". She received a young researcher award "Vera Johanides" by Croatian Academy of Engineering for achieved scientific contributions. She was a visiting researcher at Uni-Freiburg, Germany, Autonomous Intelligent System group (Prof. Wolfram Burgard). Her main research interests are in mobile robotics, especially motion planning, path planning, coverage planning, obstacle avoidance and environment exploration.

Teaching

University undergraduate

University graduate

Postgraduate doctoral study programme

Competences

  • Control systems
    Robot control Robot motion
  • Robotics and automation
    Robots Autonomous robots Mobile robots Robot control Robot motion
  • Robotics and automation
    Robots Autonomous robots Mobile robots Robot control Robot motion

Professional memberships

Marija Seder is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Croatian Society for Communication, Computing, Electronics, Measurement and Control (KoREMA), and Croatian robotics society.

Personal data

Graduation year:
2004.
PhD graduation year:
2010.
Employed in this institution since:
2004.

List of select projects

  1. L4MS - Logistics for Manufacturing SMEs (H2020-FOF-2017), coordinated by: Prof. Ali Muhammad (VTT Tampere, Finland), 2017-2020.
  2. SafeLog: Safe human-robot interaction in logistic applications for highly flexible warehouses (H2020-ICT-2015), coordinated by: Prof. Björn Hein (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), 2016-2019.
  3. Advanced technologies in power systems and rail vehicles (ERDF, FER-KIET), coordinated by: Prof. Ivan Petrović (UNIZG-FER), 2014-2016.
  4. ACROSS - Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cooperative Systems (FP7-REGPOT-2011), coordinated by: Prof. Ivan Petrović (UNIZG-FER), 2011-2014.
  5. Building information models of existing buildings by active exploration, Researcher, DAAD bilateral Croatian-Germany project, coordinated by: Prof. Andreas Nüchter (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg), Prof. Ivan Petrović (UNIZG-FER), 2015-2016.

  6. ThermalMapper – Thermal 3D Modelling of Indoor Environments for Saving Energy, SEE-ERA.NET Plus, Joint European Research Project, Ref. Nr ERA 14/01, coordinated by: Prof. Andreas Nüchter (Jacobs University Bremen), Prof. Ivan Petrović (UNIZG-FER), 2010-2012.

Past employments

  • January 2023 - present: Full professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • October 2019 - January 2023: Associate professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing 
  • April 2016 - October 2019: Assistant professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • October 2014 - February 2016: Research associate at the ERDF (FER-KIET) project at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • July 2014 - October 2014: Research associate at the ACROSS project at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • May 2010 - June 2014: Post-doctoral Researcher and Senior Teaching Assistant at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • July 2004 - May 2010: Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing