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Introduction to the special issue “Robotica 2016”
Cunha, Bernardo; Lima, José; Silva, Manuel F.; Leitão, PauloAutonomous robotics has seen its popularity and application in distinct fields, namely in services and industry, increase significantly in the last two decades. Several areas related with robotics have been addressed by the academic community and thus journals and conferences emerged to broadly disseminate the developed knowledge. The IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (I...
From an Autonomous Soccer Robot to a Robotic Platform for Eldery Care
Cunha, João; Pedrosa, Eurico; Cruz, Cristovão; Neves, António; Lau, Nuno; Pereira, Artur; Martins, Ciro; Almeida, Nuno; Cunha, Bernardo; Azevedo, JoséCurrent societies in developed countries face a serious problem of aged population. The growing number of people with reduced health and capabilities, allied with the fact that elders are reluctant to leave their own homes to move to nursing homes, requires innovative solutions since continuous home care can be very expensive and dedicated 24/7 care can only be accomplished by more than one care-giver. This pap...
An efficient omnidirectional vision system for soccer robots: from calibration ...
Neves, António J.R.; Pinho, Armando J.; Martins, Daniel A.; Cunha, BernardoRobotic soccer is nowadays a popular research domain in the area of multi-robot systems. In the context of RoboCup, the Middle Size League is one of the most challenging. This paper presents an efficient omnidirectional vision system for real-time object detection, developed for the robotic soccer team of the University of Aveiro, CAMBADA. The vision system is used to find the ball and white lines, which are us...
Automotive engine/chassis control and development systems: quick state-of-the-a...
Kulzer, Pedro; Cunha, BernardoThis paper starts by identifying the automotive engine/chassis system, which is the target of the state-of-the-art development and control tools presented right after. The underlying need for easy-handling mechanisms to harness the overwhelming and ever-growing range ofprogramming and operational details of the corresponding electronic control units (ECUs), is addressed. This complexity is mainly caused by the ...
Lift monitoring system
Sargento, Ana Margarida B. M.; Cunha, Bernardo; Pacheco, Osvaldo da RochaIn this paper we present the final result of the development of a general purpose Lift Monitoring System, which has been held in the context of a Project discipline in the last year of the graduated course in Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações da Universidade de Aveiro. This project is part of a three project proposals block brought to us by a company called Liffech. This company is responsible for the p...
Sistema de visão para robots móveis: o caso do robot CharrUA
Santos, Alexandre; Leite, Pedro; Marau, Ricardo; Sargento, Ana; Azevedo, José Luís; Cunha, Bernardo; Fonseca, Pedro; Almeida, LuísIn this paper we describe a robot that has been developed to participate in the Portuguese Robotics National Contest - ROBÓTICA 2003 – Festival Nacional de Robótica, with a particular emphasis on the vision system. This work stands out as the current top evolutionary phase of a continuous effort in the area of mobile robotics that has been carried out by the DET since 1996, with the permanent involvement of bot...
Tecnologias domóticas: uma panorâmica
Fernandes, Pedro; Rocha, Nelson; Cunha, BernardoThis paper gives an overview of home automation technologies, specially, those disseminated in Europe.; Este artigo pretende dar uma visão panorâmica das tecnologias domóticas, em especial, as mais disseminadas na Europa.
CYCLOP: robot autónomo baseado em CAN com sistema de visão
Magalhães, Luis; Silva, Bruno; Lemos, Helder; Nunes, Nuno; Azevedo, José Luis; Cunha, Bernardo; Fonseca, Pedro; Almeida, LuísThis paper presents a brief description of the CYCLOP robot developed at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET) of the Aveiro University, and aiming to participate in ROBOTICA 2001 – Festival Nacional de Robótica (Portugal) and in FIST 2001 – Festival International des Sciences et Technologies (France). The work around CYCLOP is based on the work carried out in previous years, particularly w...
Ícaro: desenvolvimento de um sistema de informação baseado em Palm Computer
Silva, Valter; Santos, Frederico; Cunha, Bernardo; Cunha, João PauloIn this article we present the results of a work developed during the final year of the Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering degree, which was also part of the Ícaro project. We present the strategy and solutions developed towards the implementation of an information system for the car pilot, together with the remote monitoring and visualisation, in real time, of both the vehicle variables and the pilo...
Ícaro: desenvolvimento de um sistema de informação baseado em Palm Computer
Silva, Valter; Santos, Frederico; Cunha, Bernardo; Cunha, JoãoEste artigo debruça-se sobre os resultados de um trabalho desenvolvido no âmbito da disciplina de projecto da Licenciatura em Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações enquadrado pelo projecto Ícaro. São apresentadas a estratégia e soluções desenvolvidas com vista à implementação de um sistema de informação ao piloto e à monitorização e visualização remotas, em tempo real, das diferentes variáveis do veículo...