• Long-term sustainability assessment of micro-hydro projects: case studies from Venezuela 

  López González, Alejandro Esteban; Ferrer Martí, Laia; Domenech Léga, Bruno (2019-08-01)
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  In 2016, 1,100 million people lack access to electricity, mainly in developing countries in Africa, Asia and South America. In these countries, there is a large potential for hydroelectric production through off-grid ...
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  Dual-arm dexterous mobile manipulator with new omnidirectional wheels manipulador móvil, bibrazo y diestro con nuevas ruedas omnidireccionales 

  Suárez Feijóo, Raúl; Palomo Avellaneda, Leopold; Martínez Miralles, Jordi Ramon; Clos Costa, Daniel (2020-01-01)
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  Este artículo describe un manipulador móvil, bimanual y con capacidad de manipulación diestra denominado MADAR (de Mobile Anthropomorphic Dual-Arm Robot). Básicamente puede dividirse en dos partes, una base móvil y una ...
• Planning grasping motions for humanoid robots 

  Rosell Gratacòs, Jan; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl; García, Néstor; Ud Din, Muhayy (2019-12-15)
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  This paper addresses the problem of obtaining the required motions for a humanoid robot to perform grasp actions trying to mimic the coordinated hand–arm movements humans do. The first step is the data acquisition and ...
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  Dexterous manipulation of unknown objects using virtual contact points 

  Montaño Sarria, Andrés Felipe; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl (MDPI AG, 2019-10-12)
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  The manipulation of unknown objects is a problem of special interest in robotics since it is not always possible to have exact models of the objects with which the robot interacts. This paper presents a simple strategy to ...
• Sustainable rural electrification planning in developing countries: a proposal for electrification of isolated communities of Venezuela 

  López González, Alejandro Esteban; Ferrer Martí, Laia; Domenech Léga, Bruno (2019-06-01)
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  Small-scale renewable energy technologies offer impoverished rural communities in developing countries the ability to overcome extreme poverty and improve their living conditions. Unfortunately, most presented frameworks ...
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  Herramienta para visualización gráfica de fuerzas de contacto y de movimientos de una mano robótica con sensores táctiles 

  Montaño Sarria, Andrés Felipe; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl (2019)
  Conference lecture
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  En este trabajo se presenta una herramienta de software que permite la visualización gráfica de fuerzas de contacto de especial utilidad en prensiones usando manos robóticas. Las fuerzas visualizadas se generan debido ...
• Model-free in-hand manipulation based on commanded virtual contact points 

  Montaño Sarria, Andrés Felipe; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
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  This paper presents a simple strategy to allow therotation of unknown objects using a robotic hand equipped withtactile sensors. The tactile and kinematic information, obtainedwhile that the object ...
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  Manipulación diestra de objetos desconocidos usando puntos de contacto virtuales 

  Montaño Sarria, Andrés Felipe; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl (2019)
  Conference report
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  En este trabajo se presenta una estrategia de manipulación que permite rotar objetos desconocidos usando una mano robótica equipada con sensores táctiles. Las configuraciones de la mano que permiten cambiar la posición ...
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  Aspectos técnicos de los robots co-trabajadores con operadores humanos 

  Suárez Feijóo, Raúl; Rosell Gratacòs, Jan (2019-07-01)
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  La robótica colaborativa, en la que los robots comparten el espacio de trabajo con los humanos e interactúan con ellos, toma un papel cada vez más relevante. En este contexto, el artículo presenta desarrollos realizados ...
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  Improving grasping forces during the manipulation of unknown objects 

  Montaño Sarria, Andrés Felipe; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
  Conference report
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  Many of the solutions proposed for the object manipulation problem are based on the knowledge of the object features. The approach proposed in this paper intends to provide a simple geometrical approach to securely manipulate ...
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  Planning hand-arm grasping motions with human-like appearance 

  García, Néstor; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl; Rosell Gratacòs, Jan (2018)
  Conference report
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  This paper addresses the problem of obtaining human-like motions on hand-arm robotic systems performing pick-and-place actions. The focus is set on the coordinated movements of the robotic arm and the anthropomorphic ...
• Manipulación de objetos desconocidos analizando localmente su forma para optimizar las fuerzas de prensión 

  Montaño Sarria, Andrés Felipe; Suárez Feijóo, Raúl (2018)
  Conference lecture
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  Los enfoques propuestos para la manipulación de objetos se basan, generalmente, en el conocimiento de las características del objeto manipulado. En este trabajo se presenta un enfoque geométrico que permite manipular un ...

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