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What follows is a random selection of our projects.
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Monday, 15 January 2007 |
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The VAMPIRA project (a spanish acronym that stands for Guidance, Navigation and Control of an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle) was active from 2003 to 2006 under public grant DPI-2003-0176. Its main objective was the development of an autonomous mini-helicopter (UAV) with the following capabilities:
- autonomous cruise flight and manoeuvre transition strategies;
- mission planning tools based on a GIS system;
- navigation system with enhanced reality;
- ground control station.
More information is available at the project's website.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 20 June 2009 )
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Micro/Mini Aerial Vehicles |
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Thursday, 03 May 2007 |
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Recent progress in MEMS sensor technology, data processing, and integrated actuators has made the development of miniature flying robots fully possible. Depending on the flying principle and the propulsion mode, those Micro or mini Aerial Vehicles-MAV can be classified into multiple categories: fixed, flapping, morphing and rotary wings are the most common mechanisms developed.
As usual, those mechanisms have a wingspan or rotor span less than 15cm with a total weight less than 100 grams, and generally equipped with MEMS sensors (gyros, accelerometers) and miniature cameras.
Depending of the size of the MAV, researches focus on different phenomena and new paradigms and challenges related to mechanical design, biological inspired locomotion and new approaches for gaining more level of autonomy.
The efforts of our reserach is oriented towards the development of roboust control techniques and modeling architectures that allow us to achieve the desire level of autonomy that Micro Aerial Vehicles will require in a near Future.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 March 2010 )
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Monday, 15 January 2007 |
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MICROMULT stands for Multi-configurable Micro-robotic Systems. It is the subproject 1 in the project MICROTEC (Integration of Micromanufacturing, Microassembly and Microrobotics technologies)
The main goals of MICROMULT are:
- design and construction of a multi-configurable heterogeneous modular micro-robotic system able to move in narrow environments.
- design and construction of a micro-assembly robotic station to develop micro-assembly, micro-gripping and micro-machining techniques.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 10 July 2009 )
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Thursday, 03 May 2007 |
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FEMAB Project
In the FEMAB Project (a Spanish acronym that stands for Micro-instrument Anti-bruxism ferule) we propose the use of instrumented splints in order to detect and register the duration and intensity event of inter-dental pressure and identify properly problem induced by grinding or tightly clenching the upper and lower teeth. This device is intended to avoid or reduce the consequences of this pathology, like: wear of the teeth, problems in muscles, tissues and other jaw structures, earache and headache, hurt in the teeth, and disorders in the jaw joints. In figure 1 initial prototype is shown.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 10 July 2009 )
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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
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Flexible Assembly Systems through Workplace-Sharing and Time-Sharing Human-Machine Cooperation
PISA is a four-year European Integrated Project of the Sixth Framework Programme 'Next Generation of Flexible Assembly Technology and Processes'.
It is launched in September 2006 and involves eighteen partners from seven European countries that include four large companies, seven SME and seven research institutes.
The aim of the project is to develop intelligent assist systems (IAS) that support human workers with qualified tools instead of replacing them. Such an integrative approach combines human creativity, intelligence, knowledge, flexibility, and skills as well as the advantages of sophisticated technical systems and tools, such as electronic and physical power, speed, and accuracy.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 July 2009 )
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