LabRob Robotics, Control Engineering, Optimization Group

Web site: Robotics Research Group - LabRob

Research Activities

  • Mobile and Service Robotics: localization, mapping and exploration in the single robot and multi robot cases; applications to industrial logistics and space exploration fields
  • Industrial Robotics: architectures for supervision, planning and control of industrial robots; force and impact control; friction modeling and control
  • Vision for Robotics
  • Robot Control with 2D and 3D vision systems
  • Model identification and dynamic parameters estimation of robotic systems
  • Rapid prototyping of supervision and control architectures
  • Mechatronics
  • Flexible arms control with distributed piezoelements
  • Nonlinear and fuzzy control
  • Best-fitting of 3D objects and related problems

Main academic research results

  • Algorithms of optimal trajectory generation for robot dynamic calibration
  • Algorithms for the identification of inertial and friction parameters
  • Robot control schemes including friction compensation
  • 3D best fitting algorithms
  • Models and algorithms for impact control of manipulators
  • HW/SW architectures for rapid prototyping and control of industrial and mobile robots
  • Development and implementation of force-vision control algorithms
  • Stereoscopic vision algorithms
  • Algorithms for camera calibration
  • Algorithms for supervision and control of mobile robots for surveillance tasks; data fusion algorithms for sonar, infrared and vision sensors
  • Localization and mapping algorithms for a coordinated team of mobile robots
  • Active SLAM and exploration strategies for mobile robots

Main applied research results

  • Algorithms for dynamic parameters estimation of industrial robots
  • Architectures for rapid prototyping of supervision and control algorithms applied to robotic systems
  • HW/SW architectures for motion planning and monitoring of industrial robots through a bidirectional communication with a virtual robotic cell
  • Linux RTAI real-time control algorithms for industrial robotics applications
  • Multi robot coordinated localization and mapping strategies for supervision and management tasks in logistic environments

Other initiatives

Research projects and contracts

  • WiFi4Energy

    Wireless sensors network for energy management in educational building

  • STEPS

    Systems and Technologies for Space Exploration

  • MACP4log

    Mobile autonomous and cooperating robotic platforms for supervision and monitoring of large logistic surfaces

  • PICTURE

    Tecniche di Pianificazione e Controllo Intelligente per la Robotica in Ambienti non Strutturati

  • MATRICS

    Methodologies Applications and Technologies for Robot Interaction Cooperation and Supervision

  • MISTRAL

    Methodologies and Integration of Subsystems and Technologies for Anthropic Robotics and Locomotion

  • RAMSETE

    Articulated and Mobile Robots for Services and Technology

  • FlexArm

    Optimized Structures and Intelligent Control Architecture for Space Manipolators with Flexible Arms

  • ROBO
  • TIXO
  • GOCE

    Drag Free Mode Control of the GOCE scientific satellite

Research staff