Transverse Activity on Intelligent Robotics

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Mission

  • Gather the wide range of scientific knowledge and competences embraced by the IEETA researchers in several areas of Electronics, Communications and Informatics and apply it in R&D efforts in the wide and ever growing area of robotics.
  • Foster the knowledge in target areas as intelligent mobile robotics, with a particular focus in subjects such as Robot/Robot interaction and cooperation, Robot/Human interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Control and Self-learning, Robotics in Education, just to mention a few.


Principal investigator


Brief History and main lines of work

ATRI was created in IEETA in 1999, acknowledging the strategic importance of developing this field of research in the institute. ATRI (officially, the University of Aveiro) is involved in the European Robotics Research Network (EURON) and its interest groups.

ATRI's team counts currently with 15 staff researchers, 2 Post-Doc and 8 PhD students. Research in ATRI covers a broad range of topics, including Human-robot interaction, Robot learning, Humanoid Robots, Multi-robot systems, Distributed control architectures for robotics and Robots in Education.

As a mean of demonstrating the results of its R&D achievements, ATRI has been actively involved in Robotic competitions. Among others, ATRI is the host for CAMBADA project, the RoboCup middle-size league soccer team of the University of Aveiro. This is one of the most successful teams in the MSL RoboCup league. CAMBADA middle-size robotic soccer team has already won the 1st place in the Portuguese Robotics Open for five times (2007 through, 2011), ranked 5th in the RoboCup World Championship 2007, won the RoboCup World Championship 2008, ranked 2nd in the RoboCup German Open 2010 and 3rd in the RoboCup World Championships 2009, 2010 and 2011.

In the simulation league, FC Portugal team, a joint initiative of IEETA and LIACC, at University of Porto, has been European and World champion in both 2D and 3D leagues. More recently, CAMBADA, FC Portugal and 5DPO (the MSL team from Un. of Porto) joined efforts to create the “Portuguese Team” to compete in the Standard Platform League of RoboCup.

Several ATRI researchers are members or have been members of RoboCup Organizing and Technical committees. Currently one of ATRI members is a member of the MSL Executive Committee and another one is the Chair of the 2012 MSL Worldwide Organizing Committee.

ATRI has been actively involved, since its beginning, in Robotica, the Portuguese National Robotics Festival. This Festival started in 2001 and aims at promoting Science and Technology, particularly amongst students, from elementary school to University, by means of robotic competitions. Beside competitions, the Festival includes a Scientific Symposium where researchers gather to present their most recent research results. The National Robotics Festival started as a joint effort by researchers from some Portuguese Universities, including ATRI researchers, and is currently organized by the Portuguese Robotics Society. Robotica Festival also includes a set of competitions targeted at secondary school students. These competitions gather annually more than 500 participants from secondary schools in several competitions, such as Rescue, Dance and Soccer. Within this Festival ATRI has participated regularly in the Autonomous driving competition. Several robots have been developed over the years which resulted in three first, one second and four third places. ATRI and University of Aveiro also organized and hosted the Portuguese Robotic Festival in 2002 and 2008.

From 2005 to 2007, ATRI developed the project “POCTI/DIV/2005/00132 – “Concurso MicroRato da Universidade de Aveiro: Actividades de Divulgação da Robótica Móvel”, a government funded project for supporting the promotion of Science in the Society. In the scope of this project, a didactic robot was developed, that is currently being exhibited and used in the “Fábrica da Ciência” (Science Factory), the Science Museum from the University of Aveiro and a member of the Ciência-Viva national network of Science Museums. A permanent robotic exhibition including basic robotic elements such as sensors, actuators and behaviors have received thousands of secondary schools student visitors on a daily basis over the past years.

The “Micro-Rato” contest is the oldest robotic competition in Portugal and it was the first to be organized in a regular basis. It was originally created by two ATRI researchers, who were later joined by other ATRI members, and it is held annually at the University of Aveiro since 1995. This competition started as a “real” (physical) robot competition and later evolved to include a competition of virtual robots, “Ciber-Rato”, where robots compete in a simulated environment. In the scope of this competitions, ATRI researchers have developed a simulated robotic environment, for the Ciber-Rato contest, as well as several physical robotic platforms, that are provided for the teams that want to compete without having to build their own robot from scratch. Ciber-Rato has also been held as an international competition between 2006 and 2009 within Real time Systems Symposium (RTSS). Apart from that, ATRI activities are visited regularly every year by dozens of secondary schools and live demonstrations as well as small seminars are permanently organized to support those visitors. ATRI and several of its activities are also one of the supporting events during the yearly organized during the Open Week of Science of Technology hosted by University of Aveiro.

ATRI members have organized several traineeships for secondary school students. University of Aveiro organizes annual a “Summer Academy”, where students stay in the University premises for a week. This is organized in several subjects, including Robotics.

ATRI scientific areas include but are not limited to embedded systems, distributed data bases, signal and image processing, instrumentation, behavior modeling, control and learning, SLAM, human robot interaction and artificial intelligence. A broad overview of the current ATRI areas and activities can be depicted in the following figure


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People

Faculty

Post-docs

External faculty and collaborators

PhD students



Publications

This is the list of publications of the Transverse Activity on Intelligent Robotics. To add data to this list, check the information regarding the publication lists, and then add the data by following the appropriate link below.

Books

5 books found:

  1. Luís Seabra Lopes, Nuno Lau, Pedro Mariano, L. M. Rocha. New Trends in Artificial Intelligence, 14th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2009. Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, October 2009
  2. Luís Seabra Lopes, Nuno Lau, Pedro Mariano, L. M. Rocha. Progress in Artificial Intelligence: 14th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2009. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, October 2009
  3. Luís Paulo Reis, Luís Correia, Nuno Lau, Reinaldo Bianchi. IROBOT 2008 - 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Robotics. Lisbon University Institute – ISCTE, October 2008
  4. Luís Seabra Lopes, Filipe Silva, Vítor Santos. Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions: Proceedings of the Eigth Conference. Universidade de Aveiro, April 2008
  5. Luís Seabra Lopes, Tony Belpaeme, Stephen J. Cowley. Language and Robots: Proceedings of the Symposium. 10-12 December 2007, Aveiro, Portugal. Universidade de Aveiro, December 2007

Articles in international journals listed in the ISI

12 articles found:

  1. Aneesh Chauhan, Luís Seabra Lopes. Using spoken words to guide open-ended category formation. Cognitive Processing, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 341-354, November 2011 (IF 2010: 1.030)
  2. António J. R. Neves, Armando J. Pinho, Daniel A. Martins, Bernardo Cunha. An efficient omnidirectional vision system for soccer robots: from calibration to object detection. Mechatronics, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 399-410, March 2011 (IF 2010: 0.944)
  3. Luís Mota, Luís Paulo Reis, Nuno Lau. Multi-robot coordination using setplays in the middle-size and simulation leagues. Mechatronics, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 434-444, March 2011 (IF 2010: 0.944)
  4. Nuno Lau, Luís Seabra Lopes, Gustavo Corrente, Nelson Filipe, Ricardo Sequeira. Robot team coordination using dynamic role and positioning assignment and role based setplays. Mechatronics, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 445-454, March 2011 (IF 2010: 0.944)
  5. João Silva, Nuno Lau, António J. R. Neves, João M. O. S. Rodrigues, José Luís Azevedo. World modeling on an MSL robotic soccer team. Mechatronics, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 411-422, March 2011 (IF 2010: 0.944)
  6. Luís Seabra Lopes, Tony Belpaeme. Beyond the individual: new insights on language, cognition and robots. Connection Science, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 231–237, 2008 (IF 2008: 0.884) (IF 2010: 1.057)
  7. Luís Seabra Lopes, Aneesh Chauhan. Open-ended category learning for language acquisition. Connection Science, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 277–297, 2008 (IF 2008: 0.884) (IF 2010: 1.057)
  8. Luís Seabra Lopes, Aneesh Chauhan. How many words can my robot learn? An approach and experiments with one-class learning. Interaction Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 53–81, 2007 (IF 2010: 0.733)
  9. Vitor M. F. Santos, Filipe Silva. Design and low-level control of a humanoid robot using a distributed architecture approach. Journal of Vibration and Control, vol. 12, no. 12, p. 1431-1456, December 2006
  10. Aneesh Chauhan, S. Singh, D. Grosvenor. Episode detection in videos captured using a head mounted camera. Pattern Analysis and Application Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 176-189, July 2004
  11. Luís Seabra Lopes, Jonathan H. Connell. Semisentient Robots: Routes to Integrated Intelligence, Semisentient Robots. IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 10-14, October 2001
  12. Luís Seabra Lopes, Jonathan H. Connell. Sentience in Robots: Applications and Challenges. IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 66-69, October 2001

Other articles in journals

9 articles found:

  1. João Cunha. A survey on Machine Learning in Mobile Robotics. Electrónica e Telecomunicações, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 304-308, June 2011
  2. Brígida Mónica Faria, Gladys Castillo, Nuno Lau, Luís Paulo Reis. Classification of FC Portugal Robotic Soccer Formations: a Comparative Study of Machine Learning Algorithms. Revista Robótica - Automação Controlo Instrumentação, no. 92, p. 4-9, October 2011
  3. Pedro Kulzer, Bernardo Cunha. Automotive engine/chassis control and development systems: quick state of the art overview focused on a "clean-slate approach" for innovative easy-handling methods. Electrónica e Telecomunicações, vol. 5, no. 2, July 2010
  4. Luís Seabra Lopes, António J. S. Teixeira, Marcelo Quinderé, Mário Rodrigues. Integrated Capabilities for Knowledge Acquisition Through Spoken Language Interaction in a Mobile Robot. Robótica, vol. 3, no. 74, 2009
  5. Nuno Figueiredo, António J. R. Neves, Nuno Lau, José Luís Azevedo, Artur Pereira, Gustavo Corrente. The base station application of the CAMBADA robotic soccer team. Electrónica e Telecomunicações, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 69-74, June 2009
  6. Nuno Lau, Luís Seabra Lopes, Gustavo A. Corrente. CAMBADA: Information Sharing and Team Coordination. Robótica - Automação Controlo Instrumentação, no. 74, p. 10-14, March 2009
  7. António J. R. Neves, Daniel A. Martins, Armando J. Pinho, José Luís Azevedo. An efficient real-time hybrid vision system for soccer robots. Robótica, no. 74, p. 4-9, 2009
  8. Nuno Lau, Luis Paulo Reis, João Certo. FC Portugal Rescue: High Level Coordination in the RoboCup Rescue Simulation. Electrónica e Telecomunicações, September 2008
  9. José Luís Azevedo, Bernardo Cunha, António J. R. Neves, Nuno Lau. Futebol Robótico na Universidade de Aveiro - o projecto CAMBADA. Revista Robótica - Automação Controlo Instrumentação, no. 73, p. 10-13, October 2008

Chapters in books

10 articles found:

  1. João Silva, Nuno Lau, António J. R. Neves. Cooperative detection and identification of obstacles in a robotic soccer team. Discrete Event Robots, Calin Ciufudean (Ed.), iConcept Press, p. In Press, 2012
  2. Bernardo Cunha, José Luís Azevedo, Nuno Lau. Calibration of Non-SVP Hyperbolic Catadioptric Robotic Vision Systems. Robot Vision, Ales Ude (Ed.), INTECH, p. 307-324, March 2010
  3. António J. R. Neves, José Luís Azevedo, Bernardo Cunha, Nuno Lau, João Silva, Frederico Santos, Gustavo Corrente, Daniel A. Martins, Nuno Figueiredo, Artur Pereira, Luís Almeida, Luís Seabra Lopes, Armando J. Pinho, João M. O. S. Rodrigues, Paulo Pedreiras. CAMBADA soccer team: from robot architecture to multiagent coordination. Robot Soccer, Vladan Papic (Ed.), INTECH, p. 19-45, January 2010
  4. João Certo, Nuno Lau, Luís Paulo Reis. A Generic Strategic Layer for Collaborative Networks. Establishing the Foundations for Collaborative Networks, L. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, P. Novais, C. Analide (Ed.), Springer, Boston, p. 273-282, September 2007
  5. Nuno Lau, Luís Paulo Reis, João Certo. Understanding Dynamic Agent’s Reasoning. Progress in Artificial Intelligence, 13th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2007, Guimarães, Portugal, December 3-6, 2007, José Maia Neves, Manuel Filipe Santos, José Manuel Machado (Ed.), Springer, vol. LNCS 4874, p. 542-551, December 2007
  6. Nuno Lau, Luis Paulo Reis. FC Portugal - High-level Coordination Methodologies in Soccer Robotics. Robotic Soccer, Pedro Lima, ISBN 978-3-902613-21-9 (Ed.), I-Tech Education and Publishing, p. 167 - 192, December 2007
  7. António J. R. Neves, Armando J. Pinho, Gustavo Corrente. An Omnidirectional Vision System for Soccer Robots. Progress in Artificial Intelligence, José Maia Neves, Manuel Filipe Santos, José Manuel Machado (Ed.), Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, p. 499-507, December 2007
  8. Paulo Pedreiras, Luís Almeida. Task Management for Soft Real-Time Applications Based on General Purpose Operating Systems. Robotic Soccer, Pedro Lima, ISBN: 978-3-902613-21-9 (Ed.), I-Tech Education and Publishing, p. 243-252, December 2007
  9. Paulo Pedreiras, F. Teixeira, N. Ferreira, Luís Almeida, Armando J. Pinho, F. Santos. A real-time framework for the vision subsystem in autonomous mobile robots. Vision Systems: Applications, G. Obinata, A. Dutta (Ed.), In-Tech Education and Publishing, p. 83-100, 2007
  10. Filipe Silva, Vítor Santos. Multipurpose Low-Cost Humanoid Platform and Modular Control Software Development. Humanoid Robots: Human-like Machines, Matthias Hackel, ISBN 978-3-902613-07-3 (Ed.), I-Tech Education and Publishing, p. 65 - 88, June 2007

Articles in proceedings of conferences

85 articles found:

  1. Ciro Martins, António J. S. Teixeira, Eurico Pedrosa, Nuno Almeida. Spoken Communication with CAMBADA@Home Service Robot. AAL 2012 - 2nd International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications (In conjuction with BIOSTEC 2012), 2012
  2. João Cunha, Eurico Pedrosa, Cristóvão Cruz, António J. R. Neves, Nuno Lau, Artur Pereira, Ciro Martins, Nuno Almeida, Bernardo Cunha, José Luís Azevedo, Pedro Fonseca, António J. S. Teixeira. From an autonomous soccer robot to a robotic platform for eldery care. AAL 2012 - 2nd International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications (In conjuction with BIOSTEC 2012), Vilamoura, Portugal, February 2012
  3. Alina Trifan, António J. R. Neves, Bernardo Cunha, Nuno Lau. A modular real-time vision system for humanoid robots. Proceedings of IS&T Electronic Imaging 2012, San Francisco, USA, January 2012
  4. Aneesh Chauhan, Zhenli Lu, Luís Seabra Lopes. Language grounding in robots for natural human-robot interaction: a mixed reality scenario. 5th international conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys 2012), Vienna, Austria, February 2012
  5. Alina Trifan, António J. R. Neves, Bernardo Cunha, Nuno Lau. A color-coded real-time vision system for a NAO humanoid robot. Proc. of the 17th Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition, RecPad 2011, Porto, Portugal, October 2011
  6. Pedro Fonseca, António J. R. Neves, José Luís Azevedo, João Silva. An heuristic for trajectory generation in mobile robotics. Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2011 IEEE 16th Conference on, Toulose, France, p. 1-4, September 2011
  7. João Silva, Mário Antunes, Nuno Lau, António J. R. Neves, Luís Seabra Lopes. Aerial ball detection in RoboCup Middle Size League using polar histograms. Proceedings of RecPad2011, Porto, Portugal, October 2011
  8. Nima Shafii, Luis Paulo Reis, Nuno Lau, Lucio Sanchez Passos. Soccer Robot Motion Planning using GraphPlan. Robótica 2011 - 11th International Conference on Mobile Robots and Competitions, Lisbon, Portugal, p. 84-89, April 2011
  9. João Cunha, Nuno Lau, João M. O. S. Rodrigues. Ball Interception Behaviour in Robotic Soccer. RoboCup 2011: Robot Soccer World Cup XV, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2011
  10. Abbas Abdolmaleki, Mostafa Movahedi, Sajjad Salehi, Nuno Lau, Luis Paulo Reis. A Reinforcement Learning Based Method for Optimizing the Process of Decision Making in Fire Brigade Agents. Progress in Artificial Intelligence, 15th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2011, Proceedings, vol. LNAI 7026, p. 340-351, October 2011
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Masters theses

18 Masters theses found:

  1. Gustavo Martins Pereira Pires. Diplomacy - Decision Making Based on a Movement Database. Masters Thesis, UA, DETI, IEETA, 2011
  2. Adriano Capela Costa. Sistema de aquisição, processamento e envio de vídeo em tempo-real com um DSP. Masters Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal, December 2011
  3. Miguel Almeida. Reconstrução 3D e Calibração de Lasers no AtlasCar. Masters Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2011
  4. Edgar Filipe da Silva Domingues. Development of Behaviors for Humanoid Robot. Masters Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2011
  5. Alina Trifan. Development of a vision system for humanoid robots. Masters Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2011
  6. Mário Luís Pinto Antunes. Semantic Vision Agent for Robotics. Masters Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal, December 2011
  7. Pedro Polónio. Cambada@home. Masters Thesis, Master in Electronics and Telecommunications, Universidade de Aveiro, December 2010
  8. Rui Jorge Gregorio Deyllot. Diplomacy - Base de Dados de Movimentos para Controlar Províncias. Masters Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, December 2010
  9. Miguel Antunes da Fonseca Ribeiro. Desenvolvimento dos Sistemas Sensorial e Motor para um Robô Humanóide. Masters Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, December 2010
  10. Ricardo Manuel Castro Portugal Granja Bento. Desenvolvimento de um Sistema de Medida Inercial para a Equipa CAMBADA. Masters Thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, December 2010
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