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+# About
+This code has been produced during while writing my Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) thesis at the institut of automatic control, RWTH Aachen University.
+If you find it helpful for your research please cite this:
+> T. Redick, „Bayesian inference for CAD-based pose estimation on depth images for robotic manipulation“, RWTH Aachen University, 2024. doi: 10.18154/RWTH-2024-04533.
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 # SciGL.jl
 Port of [scigl_render](https://gitlab.com/rwth-irt-public/flirt/scigl_render) to julia.