Browsing by Subject "Autonomous robots"

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    • A decentralized collision avoidance strategy for industrial robots 

      Bravo Forn, Andrea (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-06)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
      With the arrival of Industry 4.0, traditional manufactures will undergo a digitalization and automatization process to become smart factories. In such warehouses, fleets of fully autonomous robots will cooperate to transport ...

    • A robust approach for a filter-based monocular simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system 

      Munguía Alcalá, Rodrigo Francisco; Castillo Toledo, Bernardino; Grau Saldes, Antoni (2013-07-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is an important problem to solve in robotics theory in order to build truly autonomous mobile robots. This work presents a novel method for implementing a SLAM system based on ...

    • An exploratory study of group-robot social interactions in a cultural center 

      Paillacho Chiluiza, Dennys Fabian; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio; Díaz Boladeras, Marta (2015)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      This article describes an exploratory study of social human-robot interaction with the experimental robotic platform MASHI. The experiences were carried out in La Bobila Cultural Center in Barcelona, Spain to study the visit

    • An ontology for failure interpretation in automated planning and execution 

      Diab, Mohammed; Pomarlan, Mihai; Bebler, Daniel; Akbari, Aliakbar; Bateman, John; Beetz, Michael; Rosell Gratacòs, Jan (2019)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Autonomous indoor robots are supposed to accomplish tasks, like serve a cup, which involve manipulation actions, where task and motion planning levels are coupled. In both planning levels and execution phase, several source ...

    • Análisis y diseño de un robot móvil autónomo y de su localización e integración en un ambiente inteligente 

      Zapater Sancho, Marina (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-03)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      El presente Proyecto Fin de Carrera se haya dividido en dos partes diferenciadas y correspondientes a: Análisis y diseño de un Robot móvil autónomo para un entorno inteligente: en esta parte se parte del prototipo de ...

    • Approach to grasp with Romeo robot using RTM 

      Salord Quetglas, Lluís (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Technische Universität Wien, 2015)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Technische Universität Wien
      Romeo as humanoid robot, which has for main goal help people who has some kind of disability, needs to be capable to grasp objects. Considering that it has led to do this first approach to grasp with Romeo. Moreover, it ...

    • Autonomous Discovery of Motor Constraints in an Intrinsically-Motivated Vocal Learner 

      Acevedo Valle, Juan Manuel; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio; Moulin-Frier, Clément (2017-04-28)
      Article
      Open Access
      This work introduces new results on the modeling of early-vocal development using artificial intelligent cognitive architectures and a simulated vocal tract. The problem is addressed using intrinsically-motivated learning ...

    • BE-AWARE: an ontology-based adaptive robotic manipulation framework 

      Ruiz Celada, Oriol; Dalmases, Albert; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl; Rosell Gratacòs, Jan (2023)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Autonomous service robots are conceived to work in semi-structured and complex human environments performing a wide range of tasks and, hence, one of their main challenges is to be able to adapt the stages of the ...

    • Biologically inspired path execution using SURF flow in robot navigation 

      Perez-Sala, Xavier; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio; Escalera, Sergio (2011-06)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      An exportable and robust system using only camera images is proposed for path execution in robot navigation. Motion information is extracted in the form of optical flow from SURF robust descriptors of consecutive frames, ...

    • Biologically inspired turn control for autonomous mobile robots 

      Perez-Sala, Xavier; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio; Escalera, Sergio (IOS Press, 2011)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      An exportable and robust system for turn control using only camera images is proposed for path execution in robot navigation. Robot motion information is extracted in the form of optical flow from SURF robust descriptors ...

    • Building up child-robot relationship: from initial attraction towards long-term social engagement 

      Díaz Boladeras, Marta; Nuño Bermudez, Neus; Sàez Pons, Joan; Pardo Ayala, Diego Esteban; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio; Andrés, Amara (2011)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      To explore social bonds’ emergence with robots, a field study with 49 sixth grade scholars (aged 11-12 years) and 4 different robots was carried out at an elementary school. A subsequent laboratory experiment with 4 of ...

    • Conectando el Robot AIBO a ROS: Extracción de imágenes 

      Lillo Fantova, Lucía; Téllez Lara, Ricardo; Velasco García, Manel; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio (2015)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      En este documento se realiza una introduccion al trabajo realizado con el robot AIBO, de Sony, para la obtencion de imagenes, asi como su tratamiento con el objetivo que el robot navegue de forma autonoma mediante algoritmos ...

    • Contextual policy search for micro-data robot motion learning through covariate Gaussian process latent variable models 

      Delgado Guerrero, Juan Antonio; Colomé Figueras, Adrià; Torras, Carme (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      In the next few years, the amount and variety of context-aware robotic manipulator applications is expected to increase significantly, especially in household environments. In such spaces, thanks to programming by ...

    • Control de un robot móvil autónomo e integración a una línea de ensamblaje en un ambiente simulado 

      Morales Pimentel, Luis Ricardo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-07-10)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      En este trabajo se comparan los algoritmos BiTRRT y RRT Connect de la librería OMPL para la generación de trayectorias en un robot móvil Pioneer 3DX simulado en Coppelia Sim. Para desarrollar el programa de control del ...

    • Creación de escenarios para la navegación de robot móvil 

      Villalba Aguilera, Elena (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-07-12)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      La robótica móvil se ha convertido en un factor determinante en numerosos sectores, desde la automatización de almacenes en la industria hasta la exploración planetaria. En este contexto, los entornos de simulación juegan ...

    • Delayed monocular SLAM approach applied to unmanned aerial vehicles 

      Munguía Alcalá, Rodrigo Francisco; Urzua, Sarquis; Grau Saldes, Antoni (2016-12-29)
      Article
      Open Access
      In recent years, many researchers have addressed the issue of making Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) more and more autonomous. In this context, the state estimation of the vehicle position is a fundamental necessity for ...

    • Desenvolupament d'un robot autònom sobre la plataforma Single-Rio 

      Sarraga Torredemer, Guillermo; Mas Rico, Antoni (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-07-27)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access

    • Design and build a mechanical finger actuated by shape memory alloy 

      Martínez Navarro, Xavier (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-06)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Nottingham Trent University
      From the beginning of Humanity the society has tried to find a solution to any kind of necessity. Because of that the technology was invented. Technology was invented to satisfy the people necessities. In the twenty-first ...

    • Design, validation and manufacturing of an anthropomorphic manipulator for rovs using titanium rapid prototyping 

      Iglesias, P.; Izquierdo, P.; Yañez, P.; Vilán, J.A.; Arias, A.; Segade, A.; Casarejos, E. (SARTI, 2018)
      Article
      Open Access
      It is at least two decades since the conventional robotic manipulators have become a common manufacturing tool for different industries, from automotive to pharmaceutical. The advances in manipulators and sensors have given ...

    • Development and implementation of a state of charge estimation platform for autonomous robotic applications 

      Batlle De La Llave, Jordi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-06-28)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      Covenantee:   Pal Robotics
      L’ús de sistemes autònoms amb bateries recarregables és cada cop més estès a la indústria, especialment en aplicacions robòtiques. Les noves plataformes robòtiques requereixen una alta autonomia per poder allargar la durada ...