Robocity2030

Service robots upgrading urban standards of living

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The RoboCity2030 project is coordinated by RoboticsLab of the University Carlos III of Madrid. The consortium is formed by six major robotics research teams of Madrid and is part of the Madrid Community (CM) program for macro research teams of excellence. Among 53 selected projects (from hundreds submitted) the RoboCity2030 project is in the top ten with financial support of about 1 M?. The project consortium is formed by: 

  • RoboticsLab: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) 
  • CSIC Robotics group: Instituto de Automática Industrial (IAI) 
  • Coordinated groups of Robotics: Universidad Politécnica in Madrid (UPM) 
  • Vision and Assistive Robotics group: Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) 
  • Robotics group: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJ) 
  • Artificial Vision and Robotics group: UNED 
The objective of the program is to develop an innovative integration of the two main application areas of service robots in urban areas: indoor and outdoor environments. The core for the development of Service Robots is focused on people, their benefit, standards of living and their advantage.

The outdoor applications are aimed to study the effect of service robots on infrastructures and urban roads where people move around in their daily life. Applications, such as construction, maintenance, inspection, surveillance of streets, bridges and buildings are taken into account. Security and well being of these infrastructures are crucial for the society.

As for the indoor applications, the objective is to ease living standard and make it more comfortable. It also aims to simplify the manner of living in inhabitable environments such as houses or offices. These application groups are intended for the elderly, children and disable people, who often need constant care in hospitals, homes and schools. RoboCity2030.

Entries:
Tracking moving optima using Kalman-based predictions
Evolutionary Computation (ISSN: 1063-6560). num. 1 , vol. 16 , pages: 1 – 38 , 2008
J.C. Diaz M. Abderrahim
Speed-Sensorless Nonlinear Predictive Control of a Squirrel Cage Motor
WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on SYSTEMS and CONTROL, ISSN 1991-8763. num. 2 , vol. 3 , pages: 99 – 104 , 2008
M. Abderrahim Siller-Alcalá, I. Jaimes-Ponce, J. Alcántara-Ramirez, R.
Pose Estimation for Variable Configuration Objects:an Evolutionary Approach to Vision-based Navigation and Inspection
WSEAS Transactions on Information Science & Applications. num. 3 , vol. 3 , pages: 538 – 545 , 2006
J.C. Diaz M. Abderrahim

Entries:
Modified SoftPOSIT algorithm for 3D visual tracking
2007 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing (WISP'2007), 2007, Alcala Henares, Spain
J.C. Diaz M. Abderrahim
Visual Inspection System for Autonomous Robotic On-Orbit Satellite Servicing
ASTRA2006: 9th ESA Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation, 2006, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
J.C. Diaz M. Abderrahim
Automated Visual Inspection for Robotic On-Orbit Servicing
MX2006: The 10th Mechatronics Forum Biennial International Conference, 2006, Malvern, Pennsy, USA
J.C. Diaz M. Abderrahim
Evolutionary Model-Based Pose Estimation for Variable Configuration Objects
ISPRA 2006: 5th WSEAS International Conference on Signal Processing, Robotics and Automation, 2006, Alcala Henares, Spain
J.C. Diaz M. Abderrahim

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