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Multisensory System for Fruit Harvesting Robots. Experimental Testing in Natural Scenarios and with Different Kinds of Crops
(12/04/2010)
The motivation of this research was to explore the feasibility of detecting and locating fruits from different kinds of crops in natural scenarios. To this end, a unique, modular and easily adaptable multisensory system ...
Adding extra sensitivity to the SMART non‐linear actuator using sensor fusion
(Industrial Robot: The International Journal Of Robotics Research And Application, 03/01/2004)
The prospect of using humanoid robots in practical applications attracts an important research effort and the latest steps forward in robot technology show many remarkable achievements where design aspects, control systems ...
Reliable, Built-in, High-Accuracy Force Sensing for Legged Robots
(2006)
An approach for achieving reliable, built-in, high-accuracy force sensing for legged robots is presented, based on direct exploitation of the properties of a robot’s mechanical structure. The proposed methodology relies ...
Aplicación Móvil para el Monitoreo de Personas con Discapacidad Visual
(11/09/2016)
En este artículo se presenta el prototipo de una aplicación móvil denominada TEUBICA, que proporciona a las personas con discapacidad visual (PcDV) la capacidad de conocer el lugar donde se encuentra, brindándole un mejor ...
Robots Móviles para Tareas de Desminado Humanitario
(2013)
La eliminación de minas antipersona es un problema de dimensión internacional que requiere del empleo de nuevas tecnologías tales como el desarrollo de sensores avanzados y el empleo eficiente de robots móviles. ...
High-Resolution Indirect Feet–Ground Interaction Measurement for Hydraulic-Legged Robots
(10/01/2009)
Feet-ground interactions influence the legged robot's stability. In this paper, a high-resolution indirect force measurement for hydraulic-legged robots is presented. The use of pressure transducers placed at one or both ...
ROBOCLIMBER: Control System Architecture
(07/01/2004)
The paper shows the complete system architecture of a walking and climbing robot developed to make slope consolidation, where heavy duty equipment is employed for drilling up to 20m holes. ROBOCLIMBER a quadruped robot ...
Evaluation of a Sensory Tracking System for Hand-held Detectors in Outdoor Conditions
(2013)
This paper presents the experimental results obtained throughout the outdoor testing of a sensory tracking system specifically designed as part of a training tool for improving the utilisation of hand-held detectors. The ...
A Perception System for Accurate Automatic Control of an Articulated Bus
(2010)
This paper describes the perception system for an automatic articulated bus where an accurate tracking trajectory is desired. Among the most promising transport infrastructures of the autonomous or semi-autonomous ...
On the Design and Development of Climbing and Walking Robots for the Maritime Industries
(2005)
Modern robotic systems are increasingly powerful in terms of sensor fusion and mobility. Present technological progress allows advanced robots to cope progressively much better also with complex environments such as those ...