Selected National Projects

The Italian project TECSIS (pdf in English) includes several research projects on the application of advanced new technologies to the field of archeological research. One research line regards the development of a hybrid underwater robotic vehicle that is a modular system capable of working both as an AUV ( Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) and as a ROV ( Remotely Operated Vehicle), depending upon situation and application.

Picture Planning and Intelligent Control Techniques for Unstructured Robotics Environments (Tecniche di Pianificazione e Controllo Intelligente per la Robotica in Ambienti non Strutturati) is Italian.

HuDem is a Belgian joint research program for HUmanitarian DEMining.

The ShoE Prehensor has been designed and realized as a part of the EUROShoE European Project aimed at the transformation of the shoe from mass produced to mass customised. The PMAR Lab has conceived, designed and built an innovative robotic prehensor enabling multi-point grasp, firm hold and gentle transfer of limp items. This prehensor will equip a new generation of industrial cutting tables endowed with a fully integrated robotic unloading and sorting system.

The project A6-[ReactiveSpace] is one of the "action" projects of the SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition Center located in Bremen which is carried out in cooperation with the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg. This project emphasizes on basic research in the fields of spatial learning, spatial representation and navigation control in the field of mobile, autonomous robots.

The AuRoRA Project (Autonomous Robotic Platforms as a Remedial Tool for Children with Autism) studies if and how robots can become a "toy" that might serve an educational or therapeutic role for children with autism.

OMNISYS: Omnidirectional Vision for Navigation and Control, studies problems related to robot perception and control using catadioptric systems. In particular visual servoing will include the use of uncalibrated images.
2002 — 2005.

MiniPaR aims to design and prototype small size instrumental robots with parallel architecture (mini-PKMs) characterized by an overall volume of some cubic decimetres and a workspace volume of some cubic centimetres.
Jan 2004 — Dec 2005.