I'm Haider, a robotics engineer at DFKI GmbH in Bremen, Germany. I specialize in C++ and am passionate about building and sharing innovative solutions for autonomous systems and AI. You can find more about our work at the DFKI-RIC GitHub organization.

• 🔭 I’m currently working on ground segmentation and traversability analysis, creating systems that allow robots to understand and navigate complex environments by distinguishing traversable from non-traversable terrain.
• 🌱 I’m currently learning new techniques to enhance robust path planning, focusing on improving algorithms to handle dynamic and uncertain conditions for autonomous navigation.
• 🤝 I’m looking to collaborate on projects involving cutting-edge robotics solutions, particularly those that push the boundaries in autonomous pathfinding, terrain assessment, and AI-driven decision-making for real-world robotic applications.

• [Published] traversability_generator3d: A C++ library for 3D traversability estimation from MLS maps
  Muhammad Haider Khan Lodhi, Christoph Hertzberg, Arne Böckmann, Janosch Machowinski In Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS), February 2026.

• [Published] GSeg3D: A High-Precision Grid-Based Algorithm for Safety-Critical Ground Segmentation in LiDAR Point Clouds
  Muhammad Haider Khan Lodhi, Christoph Hertzberg
  In 7th International Conference on Robotics and Computer Vision (ICRCV 2025), 24.10.-26.10.2025, Hong Kong, China, IEEE, October 2025.

• [Published] Beyond Teleoperation: Autonomous-Assisted Soil Sampling for Decontamination in Hazardous Environments Using a Walking Excavator
  Yuhan Jin, Muhammad Haider Khan Lodhi, Fabian Maas genannt Bermpohl, Pierre Willenbrock, Christoph Hertzberg, Steffen Planthaber, Babu Ajish, Daniel Kuehn, Frank Kirchner
  In 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security Rescue Robotics (SSRR), (SSRR-2025), 29.10.-31.10.2025, Galway, IEEE, October 2025.

• [Published] NoStrandAMust Dataset
  Malte Wirkus, Malte Langosz, Jungmin Lim, Abhijit Krishnananda Kamath, Julian Liersch, Marc Otto, Kabilan Tamilmani, Nayari Lessa, Muhammad Haider Khan Lodhi, Sebastian Kasperski, Jonas Eisenmenger, Alexander Dettmann, Frank Kirchner
  In Zenodo, May 2025.

• [Published] ugv_nav4d: Advanced Multi-Surface Navigation for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Using 4D Path Planning Techniques
  Arne Böckmann, Janosch Machowinski, Muhammad Haider Khan Lodhi
  In Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS), December 2024.