• closedAccess   A distributed architecture for enabling autonomous underwater intervention missions 

      Palomeras, Narcís; García Sánchez, Juan Carlos; Prats Sánchez, Mario; Sanz, Pedro J; Ridao, Pere; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier IEEE (2010)
      This work introduces the main aspects related with a new architecture defined for an ongoing research project named RAUVI (i.e. Reconfigurable AUV for Intervention Missions). Two initially independent architectures for ...
    • closedAccess   Autonomous underwater grasping using multi-view laser reconstruction 

      Peñalver Monfort, Antonio; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Sanz, Pedro J IEEE (2017-06)
      Autonomous manipulation in underwater scenarios is a highly complex task which is still poorly studied, but with a growing interest in the last years. Two of the main phases of this problem are the detection and characterization ...
    • closedAccess   End-to-end congestion control protocols for remote programming of robots, using heterogeneous networks: A comparative analysis 

      Wirz, Raúl; Marin, Raul; Claver, José M.; Ferre, Manuel; Aracil, Rafael; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier Elsevier (2008)
      There are many interesting aspects of Internet Telerobotics within the network robotics context, such as variable bandwidth and time-delays. Some of these aspects have been treated in the literature from the control point ...
    • openAccess   Exploring 3-D Reconstruction Techniques: A Benchmarking Tool for Underwater Robotics 

      Pérez Soler, Javier; Sales Gil, Jorge; Peñalver Monfort, Antonio; Fornas Garcia, David; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; García Sánchez, Juan Carlos; Sanz, Pedro J; Marin, Raul; Prats, Mario Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2015-09)
      When the results of research in the field of robotics are presented to the scientific community, the same question is asked repeatedly: Are the results really reproducible? Regarding benchmarking issues, some technological ...
    • openAccess   Fitting primitive shapes in point clouds: a practical approach to improve autonomous underwater grasp specification of unknown objects 

      Fornas Garcia, David; Sales Gil, Jorge; Peñalver Monfort, Antonio; Pérez Soler, Javier; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Marin, Raul; Sanz, Pedro J Taylor & Francis (2015-04)
      This article presents research on the subject of autonomous underwater robot manipulation. Ongoing research in underwater robotics intends to increase the autonomy of intervention operations that require physical interaction ...
    • openAccess   Grasping for the Seabed: Developing a New Underwater Robot Arm for Shallow-Water Intervention 

      Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Prats, Mario; Sanz, Pedro J; García, Juan Carlos; Marin, Raul; Robinson, Mike; Ribas, David; Ridao, Pere Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2013)
      A new underwater robot arm was developed through intensive cooperation between different academic institutions and an industrial company. The manipulator, which was initially designed to be teleoperated, was adapted ...
    • openAccess   I-AUV Docking and Panel Intervention at Sea 

      Palomeras, Narcís; Peñalver Monfort, Antonio; Massot-Campos, Miquel; Lluís Negre, Pep; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Ridao, Pere; Sanz, Pedro J; Oliver-Codina, Gabriel MDPI (2016)
      The use of commercially available autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) has increased during the last fifteen years. While they are mainly used for routine survey missions, there is a set of applications that nowadays can ...
    • openAccess   I-AUV Mechatronics Integration for the TRIDENT FP7 Project 

      Rivas, David; Ridao, Pere; Turetta, Alessio; Melchiorri, Claudio; Palli, Gianluca; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Sanz, Pedro J Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2015-10)
      Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are routinely used to survey areas of interest in seas and oceans all over the world. However, those operations requiring intervention capabilities are still reserved to manned ...
    • closedAccess   Increasing autonomy within underwater intervention scenarios: The user interface approach 

      García Sánchez, Pedro José; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Sanz, Pedro J; Marin, Raul IEEE (2010)
      The present work represents working progress for designing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) within an ongoing research project named RAUVI (e.g. Reconfigurable AUV for Intervention Missions). This GUI should help the user ...
    • openAccess   Reconfigurable AUV for Intervention Missions: A Case Study on Underwater Object Recovery 

      Prats Sánchez, Mario; Ribas, David; Palomeras, Narcís; García Sánchez, Juan Carlos; Nannen, Volker; Wirth, Stephan; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Beltrán, Joan P.; Campos, Ricard; Ridao, Pere; Sanz, Pedro J; Oliver, Gabriel; Carreras, Marc; Gracias, Nuno; Marin, Raul; Ortiz, Alberto Springer (2012)
      Starting in January 2009, the RAUVI (Reconfigurable Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Intervention Missions) project is a 3-year coordinated research action funded by the Spanish Ministry of Research and Innovation. In ...
    • openAccess   Remote Programming of Multirobot Systems within the UPC-UJI Telelaboratories: System Architecture and Agent-Based Multirobot Control 

      Sanz, Pedro J; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Marin, Raul; Wirz, Raúl Westing Publishing Co. (2008)
      One of the areas that needs further improvement within E-Learning environments via Internet (A big effort is required in this area if progress is to be made) is allowing students to access and practice real experiments ...
    • closedAccess   Remote Programming of Network Robots Wihitin the UJI Industrial Robotics Telelaboratory: FPGA Vision and SNRP Network Protocol 

      Marin, Raul; León Navarro, Germán; Wirz, Raúl; Sales Gil, Jorge; Claver, José M.; Sanz, Pedro J; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2009-12)
      This paper presents the UJI Industrial Robotics Telelaboratory, which lets Ph.D. and Master's degree students perform robotics and computer vision tele-experiments. By using this system, students are able to program ...
    • openAccess   Visually-Guided Manipulation Techniques for Robotic Autonomous Underwater Panel Interventions 

      Peñalver Monfort, Antonio; Pérez Soler, Javier; Fernández Fresneda, José Javier; Sales Gil, Jorge; Sanz, Pedro J; García Sánchez, Juan Carlos; Fornas Garcia, David; Marin, Raul Elsevier (2015)
      The long term of this ongoing research has to do with increasing the autonomy levels for underwater intervention missions. Bearing in mind that the speci c mission to face has been the intervention on a panel, in this paper ...