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🚀 Thrilled to share that MBARI 𝐂𝐨𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐒 𝐋𝐚𝐛 made its mark at the 40th Anniversary of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA@40), held in Rotterdam, Holland! 🌍🤖 Together with my colleague Giancarlo Troni, I had the privilege of presenting some exciting developments in underwater robotics through interactive poster sessions. 🔍 Featured Presentations: - 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐨-𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐍𝐍 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐂𝐍𝐍 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 by B. Muñoz and G. Troni. Although I’m not listed as an author, I was glad to assist during the interactive session and contribute to the discussion around this important work. Check the paper in IEEE Xplorer: https://lnkd.in/exBFqwWu - 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐀 𝐀𝐔𝐕: 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫-𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐔𝐕 by G. Troni, S. Rodríguez-Martínez, B. Muñoz, K. Barnard, and E. Martin.  This project is our research development platform at CoMPAS Lab, and we’re excited to use it later this year for fieldwork in the Maldives! 🌊 Stay tuned for updates on our ocean exploration mission. Although underwater robotics is still a smaller field within the broader robotics community, exchanging ideas and sharing knowledge with experts from all areas is always inspiring. These opportunities allow us to transfer innovations from the entire field of robotics into underwater exploration, driving the next wave of advancements. #ICRA2024 #UnderwaterRobotics #OceanExploration

Yesterday, we welcomed Charles Sousa, Parliamentary Secretary to Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada, on site at our Advanced materials research facility in Mississauga to mark the completion of the Laboratories Canada expansion of the facility. The facility’s expansion positions us to become a centre of excellence for accelerating materials discovery and process optimization, by combining laboratory automation with artificial intelligence. Our research is accelerating Canada’s transition to a net-zero economy in areas such as: - Advancing critical battery materials and processes, from critical mineral extraction to end-of-life recycling  - Formulating materials to improve the viability of hydrogen as an alternative fuel  - Developing materials and devices to optimize carbon dioxide capture and its conversion into valuable products    We work with a range of stakeholders to help solve materials optimization challenges involving synthesis or processing. Find out more about our facility: https://lnkd.in/eRkGiUjk   Laboratories Canada is a Government of Canada strategy to create innovative, collaborative research centres to position Canada at the forefront of new discoveries and deliver on research priorities for Canadians. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gsBgY2vW #NRCCleanEnergy 

🌟 Meet Louis Fernandez, a dedicated PhD Researcher at the University of Technology Sydney and a key contributor to the Human-Robot-Interaction program at the Australian Cobotics Centre. Louis' project, "Multimodal Human-Robot Collaboration," aims to develop a vocabulary of multimodal HRC interaction techniques. These techniques will enable tasks such as specifying the intended path for a robotic tool by manually drawing on the work surface, instructing the robot through naturalistic speech and gestures, and receiving direct feedback on the state of a robotic task through visual, auditory, and haptic feedback. Discover more about Louis' innovative work and aspirations in our recent interview: https://bit.ly/4fj9GjX 📚 Jonathan Roberts Jared Donovan Markus Rittenbruch Stine Johansen Marc Carmichael #PhDResearcher #AustralianCoboticsCentre #CollaborativeRobotics #HumanRobotInteraction #Cobotics #HumanCenteredDesign #Research #Technology

The next honorable mention for the 2023 IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award is a paper by researchers ETH Zürich and EPFL Robotics on performing perception, planning, and control for dynamic locomotion over complex terrain. https://lnkd.in/gQnZTqYw Paper title: Perceptive Locomotion through Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Authors: Ruben Grandia, Fabian Jenelten, Shaohui Yang, Farbod Farshidian, and Marco Hutter Paper link: https://lnkd.in/gQnZTqYw Image caption: Hardware experiment where ANYmal traverses a ramp, gap, and large step (from right to left). The bottom row shows the filtered elevation map, the foot trajectories over the MPC horizon, and the convex foothold constraints. #LeggedLocomotion #ModelPredictiveControl #CollisionAvoidance #Robots

#AIcopilots help engineers improve thermal management, which ultimately results in extending the design boundaries for #AM. In a recent project with Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, we studied the influence of overheating on the printability of AM components. 💥 Using #AMAIZE we pushed the design boundaries and achieved a successful production of distortion prone components. ⬇️ To learn more, check the link below ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eQZD6khn #AI #ML #Additive #DigitalManufacturing #AIcopilot Felix Jensch, Omar Fergani, Dr. Katharina Eissing, Abedin Gagani

🚩 At the heart of #AM engineering is the definition of design boundaries, which determine what is printable and what is not: overhangs, wall thicknesses, bridging, detail resolution, and more. 📊 Design boundaries depend mainly on materials and process parameters. 💥 With #AMAIZE, several AM organizations are leveraging AI to optimize processes and extend design boundaries. #AI #ML #Additive #DigitalManufacturing

THEIA-XR explained in three minutes! Have a look at our project video and learn more about what is going on in making the invisible visible for operators of off-highway machinery. #offhighway #extendedreality #communication #projectvideo #horizoneu

📢 Exciting News! 📢 I'm thrilled to share that my latest research paper, "Integrating DeepRL with Robust Low-Level Control in Robotic Manipulators for Non-Repetitive Reaching Tasks," has officially been published in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA)! 📚✨ 🔗 You can access the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dBUiNj3c This achievement wouldn't have been possible without the incredible teamwork and dedication of my esteemed co-authors: Eng. Adel Alizadeh Kolagar and Prof. Jouni Mattila 🤝👏 Our research proposes a novel control framework for n-DoF manipulators by employing a model-free Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) agent for obstacle-avoiding motion planning in conjunction with an auto-tuning robust adaptive control, actively participating in the learning phase. This approach significantly reduces computational burden, enhances robustness against uncertainties from both the environment and the DRL-agent integration, and ensures uniformly exponential stability.🌟 Stay tuned for more exciting academic updates from our team! 💬🤓🥂🌍🔬 #Publication #Research #AcademicExcellence #JournalPublication #Innovation #Collaboration #AcademicCommunity #ResearchPaper #KnowledgeAdvancement #ResearchDiscovery #ResearchImpact Tampere University IHA – Innovative Hydraulics and Automation Janne Uusi-Heikkilä

𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 | 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 2: 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞. Welcome back to TECH INSIGHTS, the video series where we dive into the world of cutting-edge machine vision technology! In this episode, Opto Engineering's Machine Vision Specialist, Matthew Perry, explores the versatile scope of vision systems and their powerful applications. Enjoy this episode and deepen your technical knowledge with more TECH INSIGHTS. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯-𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘱𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴. 🎥 🤓 👍 #optoengineering #machinevision #techinsights #visionsystems

👏👏👏 We would like to extend our congratulations to Jasper Vermeulen, our PhD researcher from QUT (Queensland University of Technology), who successfully completed his confirmation of candidature last week. 👏👏👏 Jasper's PhD research, titled "Human Factors in Collaborative Robotics" is under the supervision of Glenda Caldwell, Müge Belek Fialho Teixeira, Alan Burden from QUT (Queensland University of Technology) with external supervisor, Matthias Guertler from University of Technology Sydney. The review panel was chaired by Professor Tim Schork, and included Professor greg hearn and Professor Will Browne. When humans and collaborative robots start working together in close proximity on the same tasks, issues of human factors can arise. This project, conducted with Stryker and B&R Enclosures, explores which human factors are relevant in improving human-robot interactions to ultimately support the adoption of Cobotic applications. This project employs a socio-technical systems approach to gain an understanding of how human workers and cobots jointly shape their collaboration. For more details about Jasper's project, please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/g3TYz4kH QUT Engineering, Architecture and Built Environment Jonathan Roberts, Yuan Liu, Fikre Hagos, Bochao Xu, Amir Asadi, #collaborativerobots #collaborativerobotics #cobots #cobotics #advancedmanufacturing