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I’ve finished my project. Our approach specifically addresses issues such as safe navigation in unmodified and dynamic environments, like Departamental II of this university. We’ve solved the following problems:
- Navigation in dynamic environments. Public places are often packed with people. People behave not necessarily cooperatively. Our approach provides means for safe and effective navigation through crowds.
- Navigation in unmodified environments. No modification of the environment is necessary for the robot’s operation.
- Localization. In every operation, our robot continuously tracks its position using its maps. Position estimates are necessary for the robot to know where to move when navigating to a specific goal, and to ensure the robot does not accidentally leave its operational area.
To navigate reliably in indoor environments, a mobile robot must know where it is. Thus, reliable position estimation is a key problem in mobile robotics. We believe that probabilistic approaches are among the most promising candidates to providing a comprehensive and real-time solution to the robot localization problem.
So, in this video we’ve used Monte Carlo localization method where we represent the probability density involved by maintaining a set of samples that are randomly drawn from it. We show experimentally that the resulting method is able to efficiently localize a mobile robot without knowledge of its starting location.
Link for more information: http://jde.gsyc.es/index.php/jmvega_guide_robot

Next Monday, September 22 to 18h, we will hold the seminar “Software Tools in the context of JDE” in the robotics lab.
We explain the motivations of this free software project and tools with which we work, both in JDE in the PFC: svn, mediawiki, blog, tracs, etc.. Explain the uses basics, “good practice” and solve the questions. This seminar is designed for all students who are starting their PFC.
Title: Software Tools in the context of JDE
Speakers: Jose María Cañas and Roberto Calvo
Date: 22 September 2008, 18h
Place: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in robotics lab (departamental 2)
You are all invited!

Next Monday, September 22 to 18h, we will hold the seminar “Software Tools in the context of JDE” in the robotics lab.
We explain the motivations of this free software project and tools with which we work, both in JDE in the PFC: svn, mediawiki, blog, tracs, etc.. Explain the uses basics, “good practice” and solve the questions. This seminar is designed for all students who are starting their PFC.
Title: Software Tools in the context of JDE
Speakers: Jose María Cañas and Roberto Calvo
Date: 22 September 2008, 18h
Place: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in robotics lab (departamental 2)
You are all invited!

Next Monday, September 22 to 18h, we will hold the seminar “Software Tools in the context of JDE” in the robotics lab.
We explain the motivations of this free software project and tools with which we work, both in JDE in the PFC: svn, mediawiki, blog, tracs, etc.. Explain the uses basics, “good practice” and solve the questions. This seminar is designed for all students who are starting their PFC.
Title: Software Tools in the context of JDE
Speakers: Jose María Cañas and Roberto Calvo
Date: 22 September 2008, 18h
Place: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in robotics lab (departamental 2)
You are all invited!

Next Monday, September 22 to 18h, we will hold the seminar “Software Tools in the context of JDE” in the robotics lab.
We explain the motivations of this free software project and tools with which we work, both in JDE in the PFC: svn, mediawiki, blog, tracs, etc.. Explain the uses basics, “good practice” and solve the questions. This seminar is designed for all students who are starting their PFC.
Title: Software Tools in the context of JDE
Speakers: Jose María Cañas and Roberto Calvo
Date: 22 September 2008, 18h
Place: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in robotics lab (departamental 2)
You are all invited!

Next Monday, September 22 to 18h, we will hold the seminar “Software Tools in the context of JDE” in the robotics lab.
We explain the motivations of this free software project and tools with which we work, both in JDE in the PFC: svn, mediawiki, blog, tracs, etc.. Explain the uses basics, “good practice” and solve the questions. This seminar is designed for all students who are starting their PFC.
Title: Software Tools in the context of JDE
Speakers: Jose María Cañas and Roberto Calvo
Date: 22 September 2008, 18h
Place: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in robotics lab (departamental 2)
You are all invited!

Next Monday, September 22 to 18h, we will hold the seminar “Software Tools in the context of JDE” in the robotics lab.
We explain the motivations of this free software project and tools with which we work, both in JDE in the PFC: svn, mediawiki, blog, tracs, etc.. Explain the uses basics, “good practice” and solve the questions. This seminar is designed for all students who are starting their PFC.
Title: Software Tools in the context of JDE
Speakers: Jose María Cañas and Roberto Calvo
Date: 22 September 2008, 18h
Place: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in robotics lab (departamental 2)
You are all invited!

Bienvenid@ al blog del proyecto miARC.
Aqui comienza el blog de miARC (mi Autoridad de Registro y Certificación) desarrollado como proyecto fin de carrera y partícipe en el III Concurso Universitario de Software Libre.

Our ElderCare application was explained at TeleMadrid news on 2008-07-08.
Eldercare autonomously detects people falls using regular cameras. It is aimed at elder people which live alone. The system reduces the time without medical assistance in the case of fall or faint of the elder patient. It continuously analyzes the images from several cameras and estimates the 3D position of the people in the monitored area. In the event of a fall or a faint it triggers the alarm to alert a relative or a doctor. The system does not require any actuation from the patient, it is completely autonomous and non intrusive. It is based on particle filters technology, motion and color analysis.
Antonio Pineda and Sara Marugán share the credits of this application
More info at this webpage.

Our ElderCare application was explained at TeleMadrid news on 2008-07-08.
Eldercare autonomously detects people falls using regular cameras. It is aimed at elder people which live alone. The system reduces the time without medical assistance in the case of fall or faint of the elder patient. It continuously analyzes the images from several cameras and estimates the 3D position of the people in the monitored area. In the event of a fall or a faint it triggers the alarm to alert a relative or a doctor. The system does not require any actuation from the patient, it is completely autonomous and non intrusive. It is based on particle filters technology, motion and color analysis.
Antonio Pineda and Sara Marugán share the credits of this application
More info at this webpage.