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Hybrid Underwater Robotic Systems and Artificial Intelligence-Based Seabed Imaging Tools for Marine Ecosystem Studies

Fast paced developments in the field of Marine Robotics have led to tremendous progress in a vast array of topics that include sensors and energy devices, communication techniques, vehicle hydrodynamic design and propulsion, and advanced systems for mission command, navigation, and control. This flurry of activity is consequence of the formidable challenges set for in [...]

Accelerator Framework for Real-Time 3D Reconstruction of Underwater Caves

This exploratory project aims at taking the first steps to develop a robust scientific platform for the volumetric characterization of underwater cave environments, to aid in the exploration, survey, and conservation of groundwater resources. To achieve such an ambitious goal, this exploratory project aims at developing a proof-of-concept laboratory accelerator prototype for real-time generation of [...]

Forest Fire Prevention through Uncertainty Minimization in Surveillance

Forest fires prevention and fighting has been getting increased attention from the media following consecutive disasters where a combination of poor planning, more extreme weather conditions, lack of maintenance of the forest given a rural abandonment, etc. have had huge financial costs and claiming human lives. On that framework, a much-needed effort in finding technological [...]

Human-robOt TeamS without PrecoOrdinaTion

Recent years have witnessed a profound transformation in the use of intelligent technology in our daily lives. This technology is now a ubiquitous reality that provides us with personal assistants deployed in several platforms, ranging from small devices, such as smart phones, smart watches and smart speakers, to domestic robots, such as Roomba and Pepper. [...]

Healthcare Added-Value Applications of Tele-Autonomous Robots

The HAVATAR project will develop new software skills for telepresence robots that will increase their level of autonomy, the teleoperation comfort of the user, and its social presence at the remote site. Two academic partners with long-standing international experience in robotics projects (IST-ID Lisboa and ISR-UC Coimbra) will collaborate for the development of the tele-autonomy [...]

Shuttle drone for launch and capture in cooperative and non-cooperative scenarios

This project aims to address several scientific and technological challenges towards the use of shuttle drones to perform launch and capture maneuvers of other vehicles or objects. A first scenario is considered where the shuttle drones cooperate with the vehicles to be launched or captured, either relaying information about their planned motion or actively synchronizing [...]

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