By Khadidja Himri Supervised by Dr.Pere Ridao / Dr.Nuno Gracias Abstract In recent decades, the rapid development of intelligent vehicle and 3D scanning technologies has led to a growing interest in applications based on 3D point data processing, with many applications such as augmented reality or robot manipulation and obstacle…
On Friday 19th November 2021 took place the final survey that concluded the TNA experiments that are part of the EUMarineRobots project. The last TNA, whose end-user is the University of Southampton, consisted in gathering image data from different habitats with Sparus II AUV with a downward looking high-resolution camera….
During the week from 14th to 18th of June 2021, seven researchers from COSMER lab, University of Toulon moved to the CIRS installations within the framework of the EUMarineRobots (EUMR) project. This was their second TNA, where they wanted to improve data acquisition from the first one as well as…
Ivan Masmitja is a post doc researcher at Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) that is currently employed under the Individual Fellowships grant from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of H2020 programme. Among the different scientific missions planned, he will conduct 6 months secondment supervised by Dr. Marc Carreras, in the…
On February 24th 2021, researchers from the Interuniversity Center of Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment (ISME), Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale (UNICAS) run remote experiments with Girona500 AUV in the water tank of the Underwater Robotics Research Center (CIRS) from the Computer Vision and Robotics…
By Klemen Istenic Supervised by Dr.Rafael García Campos/ Dr.Ricardo Estrela Gracias Abstract Despite the undeniable importance of the marine ecosystem, vast areas of the seabed remain largely unexplored. Accurate and detailed 3D models of the environment yield high added value to any marine survey, as such results convey immense information…
This year Pau Vial begins his doctoral thesis in the Underwater Robotics LAB, in the CIRS facilities. In 2018 he was graduated in Industrial Technology Engineering in the Universitat de Girona, obtaining the Extraordinary Award of his degree for being the student with the best academic record. In 2020 he finished the…
During the last week researchers from VICOROB have collaborated with a team from Jacobs University within the EUMarineRobots (EUMR) project framework. The main objective of the EUMR project is to open up key national and regional marine robotics research infrastructures (RIs) to all European researchers, from both academia and industry,…
2020 has been a very difficult year, full of challenges, but yet, here we are for each other. Thank you eveyone for being there. We expect to be able to meet again soon. Wishing you the best for this 2021 to come! We will be closed from December the…
COVID-19 has closed educational institutions and jobs, distance learning has become the new norm. However, on September 15, 18 and 30, 2020, the University of Tampere team participated in a remote TNA as part of the EUMR project. Due to Covid’s situation, they were unable to travel to our…