Active projects
Robotic System for Picking Objects in Online Shopping Warehouses (RoboPicker)
RoboPicker addresses the problem of automating the picking process in online shopping warehouses. Specifically, we follow the model of Amazon.com, which leverages cutting-edge advances in technology and has recently deployed thousands of mobile robots from Kiva Systems, removing much of the walking and searching for items within a warehouse.
Humanoid Robots for Therapeutic Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder Children
Humanoid Robots for Therapeutic Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder Children
The Robot Programming Network
RPN (Robotic Programming Network) is an initiative to bring existing remote robot laboratories to a new dimension, by adding the flexibility and power of writing ROS code in an Internet browser and running it in the remote robot with a single click. This project is possible thanks to IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Past projects
TRIDENT: Marine Robots and Dexterous Manipulation for Enabling Autonomous Underwater Multipurpose Intervention Missions
TRIDENT proposes a new methodology for multipurpose underwater intervention tasks with diverse potential applications like underwater archaeology,oceanography and offshore industries, and goes beyond present-day methods typically based on manned and / or purpose-built systems. Trident is based on new forms of cooperation between an Autonomous Surface Craft and an Intervention Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.
GRASP: Emergence of Cognitive Grasping through Introspection, Emulation and Surprise.
GRASP is an Integrated Project funded by the European Commission through its Cognition Unit under the Information Society Technologies of the seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The project was launched on 1st of March 2008 and will run for a total of 48 months.
RAUVI: Reconfigurable AUV for Intervention missions
The main goal of the RAUVI project is to develop and improve the necessary technologies for autonomously performing an intervention mission in underwater environments.
