One paper accepted in IROS 2014

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Published on Saturday, 17 May 2014 21:17

A paper describing a theoretical analysis of performance bounds in multi-robot patrolling strategies was accepted to be presented at the 2014 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), which will be held in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in Sept. 14-18, 2014.

The reference of the paper is:

David Portugal, Charles Pippin, Rui P. Rocha and Henrik Christensen, “Finding Optimal Routes for Multi-Robot Patrolling in Generic Graphs ”, In Proc. of 2014 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), Chicago, Illinois, USA, Sep. 14-18, 2014.

One paper accepted in ICARSC 2014

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Published on Monday, 07 April 2014 23:27

A paper describing a method to perform SLAM in scenarios with low visibility, e.g. due to smoke, was accepted to be presented at the IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2014), which will be held in Espinho, Portugal, in May 14-15, 2014.

The reference of the paper is:

João M. Santos, Micael S. Couceiro, David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “Fusing Sonars and LRF data to Perform SLAM in Reduced Visibility Scenarios”, In Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2014), Espinho, Portugal, pp. 116-121, May 14-15, 2014.

Rohit Chandra has been hired

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Published on Wednesday, 07 May 2014 09:00

Rohit Chandra has been hired to be a research assistant of the CHOPIN project after the departure of the team of the former research fellow João M. Santos. He received his M.Sc. degree on September 2013 in the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), with a dissertation titled "Optimization of Grasping Strategy". He has been hired for 6 months with the possibility of renewing his contract for additional 6-month periods, starting on May. 20, 2014, and under the scientific supervision of Prof. Rui P. Rocha.

João Machado Santos has been hired

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Published on Thursday, 10 October 2013 09:00

João Machado Santos has been hired to be a research assistant of the CHOPIN project. He received his M.Sc. degree on September 2013 in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of University of Coimbra, with a dissertation titled "SmokeNav - Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Reduced Visibility Scenarios", already in the scope and as a member of the CHOPIN project. He has been hired for 6 months with the possibility of renewing his contract for additional 6-month periods, starting on Oct. 10, 2013, and under the scientific supervision of Prof. Rui P. Rocha.