Sales Gil, Jorge (Date of defense: 2011-10-28)
This thesis focuses on the development of a distributed mobile robot localization and communication system for special interventions like those carried out by fire-fighters in fire ground search and ...
Moscoso Rubino, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2018-04-11)
A new fast and progressive set-partitioning image compression parallel algorithm with Region Of Interest (ROI) which outputs an embedded bit oriented rate-distortion optimized stream and addresses very ...
Peñalver Monfort, Antonio (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)
This thesis studies the problem of autonomously grasping an unknown object in an underwater scenario using an I-AUV. Firstly, a new approach to autonomously obtain an accurate and complete 3D reconstruction ...
Pérez Soler, Javier (Date of defense: 2017-07-06)
Dealing with underwater visibility is one of the most important challenges in autonomous underwater robotics. The light transmission in the water medium degrades images making the interpretation of the ...
Szczurek, Krzysztof Adam (Date of defense: 2023-10-23)
This thesis addresses the need for reliable and immersive human-robot interfaces in hazardous environments. Three key goals were achieved. Firstly, techniques were developed to provide immersive ...