DET – Politecnico di Torino

🔗 Future Tech Leaders Talk Series | Bridging Students and industry! 🎓 On Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, we continued our Future Tech Leaders Talk Series with an enlightening session featuring arm Cambridge. This time, students had the chance to dive into the world of cutting-edge RTL and physical design solutions, guided by Arm’s team of experts. 💡✨ Organized by our department and faculty, this initiative is all about creating connections between students and industry pioneers. The second event in the series was a tremendous success, sparking curiosity and encouraging meaningful conversations about innovative design methodologies and career opportunities in tech. A huge thank you to the amazing speakers from arm and to the dedicated team, including Mariagrazia Graziano, Mariangela Gioannini, and Mario R. Casu for making this event possible! 🙌 Stay tuned as we continue to explore more groundbreaking tech and career insights in the upcoming sessions! 🌐🚀 #CollegioETFpolito #FutureTechLeaders #Innovation #Arm #PoliTO #AcademiaToIndustry #EngineeringStudents #TechCareers

❄️ Last Day of Training: N-SMART Station Deployment for Antarctica! ❄️ After an intensive and rewarding training program, the final day of preparation for deploying the N-SMART station in Antarctica is complete! The team is now ready to embark on this incredible journey to one of the most extreme environments on Earth, pushing the boundaries of innovation and research in space weather through GNSS signals and SDR. A big thank you to all participants and collaborators for their dedication and enthusiasm throughout the training sessions. This milestone wouldn't have been possible without everyone's efforts. Stay tuned for updates from the ice! 🧊 Iman Ebrahimi Mehr, Geomarr Van Tonder, Nivek Ghazi, DJ van Wyk, Jonathan Ward, Alex Minetto, Rayan Imam, Fabio Dovis, Claudio Cesaroni, Lucilla Alfonsi, Luca Spogli, Emanuele Pica #Antarctica #NSMART #Innovation #Research #Teamwork #PolarScience #SpaceWeather #PolitecnicoPolitecnicoPolitecnico di Torino #NavSAS #DETDET – Politecnico di Torino (📸: Group photo from our final training day)

We are excited to announce that our paper "Non-linear Model Predictive Control for Multi-task GPS-free Autonomous Navigation in Vineyards" has been published on IEEE Explore in the link down below: https://lnkd.in/epviwVaw In this paper we developed an advance autonomous navigation system for a rover operating within row-based crops. We proposed a position-agnostic system to address the challenging situation when standard localization methods, like GPS, fail due to unfavorable weather or obstructed signal, such as in densely vegetated areas. We proposed a novel system that leverages a single RGB-D camera and a Non-linear Model Predictive Control strategy to navigate through entire rows, adapting to various crop spacing. During tests, the presented solution demonstrates versatility in handling diverse crop densities, environmental factors, and multiple navigation tasks to support agricultural activities at an extremely cost-effective implementation. A special thanks to the authors (Marco Ambrosio; Mauro Martini; Alessandro Navone; Andrea Ostuni; Marcello Chiaberge and our former Master's Thesis student Matteo Sperti) and to Clearpath Robotics by Rockwell Automation which played an important role in providing us their tools. #robotics #ai #autonomousnavigation #localization #gps #servicerobotics #agritech

🌟 Congratulations to Prof. Gabriella Bosco! 🌟   We are pleased to announce that Prof. Gabriella Bosco has been honored with the 2024 IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes her dedicated service to the Photonics Society, with a focus on her valuable contributions to Publications and Conferences. 📚💡   The Distinguished Service Award highlights individuals whose efforts have significantly benefited the IEEE Photonics Society and its global community.   🔗 Learn more about the award @ https://lnkd.in/exwsAJC4   #Photonics #IEEE #DistinguishedServiceAward #AcademicExcellence

We are thrilled to announce that our paper "Semi-Supervised Novelty Detection for Precise Ultra-Wideband Error Signal Prediction" has been published on IEEE Explore in the link down below: https://lnkd.in/eiHmTDdE Ultra-Wideband (UWB) is emerging as a cost-effective solution for precise localization. But  UWB signals can be disrupted by reflections and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) conditions, which means that the layout of an environment and any obstacles can significantly impact UWB's reliability for tasks like robot navigation. In our latest work, we tackle this challenge with a novel approach. By using a semi-supervised "fingerprint" detection method, we train an unsupervised autoencoder neural network on ideal UWB conditions, allowing it to identify signal disturbances caused by environmental changes. This method adapts UWB’s functionality to the specific characteristics of each environment, enhancing accuracy - even in evolving spaces. Our method represents a breakthrough in reliable UWB-based localization ad our experiments, verified with visual tracking, show promising improvements in precision. A special thanks to the authors (Umberto Albertin, Alessandro Navone, Mauro Martini, Marcello Chiaberge) #uwb #navigation #localization #robotics #servicerobotics #ai #neuralnetwork

We are proud to announce that our paper "GPS-free autonomous navigation in cluttered tree rows with deep semantic segmentation" has been published on Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Elsevier. Paper link down below: https://lnkd.in/e_fCMH-j In this paper we propose two segmentation-based methods for autonomous navigation in vineyards, orchards and row of trees. The network was trained with a synthetic dataset (https://lnkd.in/e37hNpt7), proving how synthetic data can achieve similar performance to real ones ensuring generalization. We compared out methods outperforming state of-the-art methods, achieving significant improvements. A special thanks to the authors (Alessandro Navone, Mauro Martini, Marco Ambrosio, Andrea Ostuni, Simone Angarano, Marcello Chiaberge) and to Clearpath Robotics by Rockwell Automation which played an important role in providing us their tools. #robotics #ai #autonomousnavigation #localization #gps #servicerobotics #agritech

🎓✨ Curious about a career in Communications Engineering? Don’t miss this event organized by the Communications Engineering degree program at Politecnico di Torino! 🚀 📅 Dates: - 22 November, 11:30–12:30 - 29 November, 11:30–12:30 📍 Location: Classroom 10I, Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 71/A, Politecnico di Torino 👩💼👨💼 Join us to hear two inspiring PoliTO alumni share their journeys, challenges, and tips for success in communications engineering. Save the dates and get ready to be inspired! 🌐 #CommunicationsEngineering #PoliTO #CareerPath #EngineerLife #Networking #europeanspaceagency #swisscom

🚀Unisciti a noi per un nuovo incontro del ciclo Innovation@DET: "ROBOTICS"! 🤖 Un'opportunità unica per connettere le esigenze delle imprese con le soluzioni di #robotica sviluppate dal DET e dal centro interdipartimentale PIC4SeR. Non perdere poi la presentazione di problemi aperti da parte di aziende come TIM, Leonardo Space Business Unit, Comau. 📅 29 Novembre 2024 🕘 Ore 9:00 📍 Sala Maxwell, Corso Castelfidardo 42/A (5° piano) - Torino Registrazione gratuita richiesta. Più info su https://lnkd.in/dATeZjEE #InnovationAtDET #Polito #Innovazione #Leonardo #tim #comaurobotics PIC4SeR - Politecnico di Torino Interdepartmental Centre for Service Robotics

We are proud to have attended the 75th International Astronautical Congress, held in Milan last week in which we presented two of our recent research papers: "Towards safer planetary exploration: a hybrid architecture for terrain traversability analysis in mars rovers" - (Authors: Achille Chiuchiarelli, Giacomo Franchini, Francesco Messina, Marcello Chiaberge) "Advancing lunar exploration through virtual reality simulations: a framework for future human missions" - (Authors: Giacomo Franchini, Brenno Tuberga, Marcello Chiaberge) A Special Thanks to hashtag #IAC2024 and all the authors who participated. (You can find the links to the preprints down below.) - Towards safer planetary exploration https://lnkd.in/ePa_PjJU - Advancing lunar exploration through virtual reality simulations https://lnkd.in/e-auJwEC #IAC #Aerospace #Robotics #Space #Exploration

Today Alex Minetto, Iman Ebrahimi Mehr with Rayan Imam of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia are working with the colleagues from South African National Space Agency to prepare the installation in the SANAE Antarctic station of a modernised station for #GNSS #scintillation monitoring and #GNSS samples grabbing. Lucilla Alfonsi Claudio Cesaroni Luca Spogli