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Identificación de Parámetros Borrosos para el Control de Suspensión Activa mediante Enjambre de Partículas
Herrera, Isabel Elena; Mandow, Anthony
; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José (Comité Español de Automática CEA-IFAC, 2016)
El artículo aborda la identificación de parámetros borrosos mediante técnicas de optimización de enjambre de partículas (PSO) y su aplicación al control de un sistema de suspensión activa. En particular, se adopta un ... -
Improving 3D Scan Matching Time of the Coarse Binary Cubes Method with Fast Spatial Subsampling
Martínez, Jorge L.; Reina-Terol, Antonio Jesús; Morales-Rodríguez, Jesús; Mandow, Anthony; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José; Serón-Barba, Javier[et al.] (2013-12-20)
Exploiting the huge amount of real time range data provided by new multi-beam three-dimensional (3D) laser scanners is challenging for vehicle and mobile robot applications. The Coarse Binary Cube (CBC) method was proposed ... -
Inertia-based ICR Kinematic Model for Tracked Skid-Steer Robots
Martínez, Jorge L.; Morales-Rodríguez, Jesús; Mandow, Anthony; Pedraza, Salvador; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José (IEEE, 2017)
Kinematic models for skid-steer vehicles based on the locations of instantaneous centers of rotation (ICRs) of treads have been useful for motion control and dead reckoning. These models have typically assumed constant ... -
Integrating ROS and Android for Rescuers in a Cloud Robotics Architecture: Application to a Casualty Evacuation Exercise
Toscano-Moreno, Manuel; Bravo-Arrabal, Juan; Sánchez-Montero, Manuel; Serón-Barba, Javier; Vázquez-Martín, Ricardo; Fernández-Lozano, Juan Jesús; Mandow, Anthony; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José[et al.] (2022)
Cloud robotics and the Internet of robotic things (IoRT) can boost the performance of human-robot cooperative teams in demanding environments (e.g., disaster response, mining, demolition, and nuclear sites) by allowing ... -
Integration of a Canine Agent in a Wireless Sensor Network for Information Gathering in Search and Rescue Missions
Fernández-Lozano, Juan Jesús; Mandow, Anthony; Martín-Guzmán, Miguel; Martín-Ávila, Juan; Gómez-Ruiz, José Antonio; Socarras-Bertiz, Carlos Alberto; Miranda-Páez, Jesús; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José[et al.] (2018-10-15)
Search and rescue operations in the context of emergency response to human or natural disasters have the major goal of finding potential victims in the shortest possible time. Multi-agent teams, which can include specialized ... -
Mobile Robot Lab Project to Introduce Engineering Students to Fault Diagnosis in Mechatronic Systems
Gómez-de-Gabriel, Jesús Manuel; Mandow, Anthony; Fernández-Lozano, Juan Jesús; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José (IEEE, 2015)
This paper proposes lab work for learning fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) in mechatronic systems. These skills are important for engineering education because FDD is a key capability of competitive processes and products. ... -
Modelado y verificación mediante lógica lineal temporal de un grupo de dos ascensores con sistema de control de destino
Toscano-Moreno, Manuel; Arregui, Alberto; Mandow, Anthony; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José (Comité Español de Automática - Universidade da Coruña Servizo de Publicacións, 2019)
Los grupos de ascensores con sistema de preselección de destino persiguen la reducción del tiempo de espera en edificios de mediana y gran altura como hoteles o bloques de oficinas. En este tipo de sistemas, los pasajeros ... -
Navigability Analysis of Natural Terrains with Fuzzy Elevation Maps from Ground-based 3D Range Scans
Martínez, J. L.; Mandow, Anthony; Reina-Terol, Antonio Jesús; Cantador, Tomás J.; Morales, J.; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José[et al.] (2013)
Mobile robot navigation through natural terrains is a challenging issue with applications such as planetary exploration or search and rescue. This paper proposes navigability assessment of natural terrains scanned from ... -
Object Detection from Thermal Infrared and Visible Light Cameras in Search and Rescue Scenes
Bañuls, Adrián; Mandow, Anthony; Vázquez-Martín, Ricardo; Morales-Rodríguez, Jesús; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José (IEEE, 2020-11)
Visual object recognition is a fundamental challenge for reliable search and rescue (SAR) robots, where vision can be limited by lighting and other harsh environmental conditions in disaster sites. The goal of this paper ... -
Open On-Limb Robot Locomotion Mechanism with Spherical Rollers and Diameter Adaptation
The rapid development of wearable technologies is increasing research interest in on-body robotics, where relocatable robots can serve as haptic interfaces, support healthcare measurements, or assist with daily activities. ... -
Optimizing Scan Homogeneity for Building Full-3D Lidars based on Rotating a Multi-Beam Velodyne Rangefinder
Mandow, Anthony; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José; Gómez-Ruiz, José Antonio; Morales-Rodríguez, Jesús (2018-10-15)
Multi-beam lidar (MBL) scanners are compact, light, and accessible 3D sensors with high data rates, but they offer limited vertical resolution and field of view (FOV). Some recent robotics research has profited from the ... -
Planificador estratégico para operaciones de rescate mediante vehículos terrestres no tripulados
Toscano-Moreno, Manuel; Mandow, Anthony; Martínez-Sánchez, María Alcázar; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José (Comité Español de Automática, 2018)
El despliegue de plataformas robóticas como apoyo a la gestión de situaciones de emergencia constituye un reto que persigue mejorar la eficiencia en misiones de búsqueda y rescate. Este artículo propone un planificador ... -
Project Summary: TRUST-ROB, Towards Resilient UGV and UAV Manipulator Teams For Robotic Search and Rescue Tasks
García-Cerezo, Alfonso José; Mandow, Anthony; Bravo-Arrabal, Juan; Cruz, A; Castellano Quero, Manuel; Fernández-Lozano, Juan Jesús; Gandarias, Juan Manuel; Gómez-de-Gabriel, Jesús Manuel; Gómez Ruiz, J.A.; Martínez, JL; Martínez-Sánchez, María Alcázar; Miranda-Páez, Jesús; Morales, J; Muñoz-Ramírez, Antonio José; Pastor-Martín, Francisco; Reina-Terol, Antonio Jesús; Sánchez, JR; Serón-Barba, Javier; Toscano-Moreno, Manuel; Vázquez-Martín, Ricardo; Zambrana-Moral, Patricia[et al.] (2022)
This Project Summary paper reviews the main contributions and lessons learned from the TRUST-ROB project: “Towards Resilient UGV and UAV Manipulator Teams for Robotic Search and Rescue Tasks”, which has been developed ... -
Project-Based Learning of Scientific Writing and Communication Skills for Postgraduate Students
Mandow, Anthony; Martínez, Jorge L.; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José (2014-10-27)
This paper addresses education on scientific publication skills for post-graduate engineering students. In particular, a project-based learning strategy is proposed to lead students through the preparation a research paper. ... -
Pure-Pursuit reactive Path Tracking for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots with a 2D Laser Scanner
Morales-Rodríguez, Jesús; Martínez-Rodríguez, Jorge Luis; Martínez-Sánchez, María Alcázar; Mandow, Anthony (Springer, 2009)
Due to its simplicity and efficiency, the pure-pursuit path tracking method has been widely employed for planned navigation of nonholonomic ground vehicles. In this paper, we investigate the application of this technique ... -
Remote planning and operation of a UGV through ROS and commercial mobile networks.
Sánchez-Montero, Manuel; Toscano-Moreno, Manuel; Bravo-Arrabal, Juan; Serón-Barba, Javier; Vera-Ortega, Pablo; Vázquez-Martín, Ricardo; Fernández-Lozano, Juan Jesús; Mandow, Anthony; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José[et al.] (Springer Nature, 2022-11-19)
Recent advances in disaster robotics have improved percep-tual intelligence and maneuverability of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) and aerial (UAV) vehicles for search and rescue (SAR) missions. Nev-ertheless, effective ... -
SAR Nets: An Evaluation of Semantic Segmentation Networks with Attention Mechanisms for Search and Rescue Scenes.
Salas Espinales, Andrés; Vázquez-Martín, Ricardo; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José; Mandow, Anthony (2023)
This paper evaluates four semantic segmentation models in Search-and-Rescue (SAR) scenarios obtained from ground vehicles. Two base models are used (U-Net and PSPNet) to compare different approaches to semantic segmentation, ... -
Sistemas de documentación y elaboración de textos científicos: Una asignatura para aprender a publicar en ingeniería
Hoy en día, la elaboración y presentación de informes de investigación resulta indispensable para muchos profesionales de la ingeniería. En este artículo se describe una asignatura de máster universitario cuyo principal ... -
Slide-Down Prevention for Wheeled Mobile Robots on Slopes
Martínez, Jorge L.; Mandow, Anthony; García-Cerezo, Alfonso José; García, Jesús M. (Springer, 2017)
Wheeled mobile robots on inclined terrain can slide down due to loss of traction and gravity. This type of instability, which is different from tip-over, can provoke uncontrolled motion or get the vehicle stuck. This paper ...