PhD. Rodrigo Montúfar (Fall 2003 and 2004) Visiting faculty from Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, México. He did research on vision for robot navigation.
Jose Manuel Dominguez (grad,2009) has developed a visual localization algorithm for robots with a single camera. It uses a Condensation particle filter and several observation models have been tested. Experiments have been carried out on the Gazebo simulator. Take a look at the webpage of his project and at the document (pdf).
Eduardo Perdices (grad,2009) has developed a bayesian localization algorithm for Nao humanoids. It extracts 3D position information from the images of one camera of the humanoid using the goal detected in the images and the field lines. Take a look at the webpage of his project and at the document (pdf).
Gonzalo Abella (undergrad,2009) has developed a visual 3D perception system for robots equipped with two mobile cameras. The system includes 2D and 3D attention mechanisms based on saliency and saccadic movements. Take a look at the webpage of his project and at the document (pdf).
David Muelas (undergrad,2009) has developed an interactive 3D skeleton visualizer for Medical Motion Analysis. Take a look at the webpage of his project and at the document (pdf).
2008
Roberto Calvo (grad,2008) has developed a visual application that builds and shows the 3D representation of the scene surrounding a robot, using a stereo camera pair. It uses an attention mechanism to guide the robot gaze through the relevant objects in front of the robot. Take a look at these demos and the document (pdf).
Julio M. Vega (grad,2008) has developed three components for a guide robot: (1) a global navigation component, which is based on the GPP algorithm; (2) a local navigation component, which is based on the VFF algorithm; and a (3) self localization component. Check the results and demo videos here and at the document (pdf).
Francisco Martín (PhD student,2008) (co-advised with Vicente Matellán) has developed several self localization algorithms oriented at RoboCup environments, where the odometry of the legged robots is unreliable and they only have vision their main sensor (pdf).
Víctor Hidalgo (grad,2008) has developed an application, named CarSpeed, that detects the speed of the vehicles travelling through a regular road. It uses a simple uncalibrated camera. Take a look at the demo videos.
Redouane Kachach (grad,2008) has developed a camera calibrator using DLT. It automatically searches in the image for relevant points in the 3D pattern and finds the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the camera. It is easier to use than ARToolkit (pdf). Take a look here for further details.
Pablo Barrera (PhD student,2008) (co-advised with Vicente Matellán) has developed a particle filter to visually track several objects in 3D. It combines Importance Sampling (using abduction from the images) and Condensation in a truly multimodal MonteCarlo particle filter (pdf). Now at Intersystems
Manuel Mendoza (undergrad,2008) (co-advised with Pablo Barrera) has developed the classic matching and triangulation method to estimate a 3D scene from a stereo pair. He tested it with real cameras, not only simulated ones (pdf). Take a look here for details.
Javier Martín (undergrad,2008) has developed several schemas that detect faces and track them in image flows (from videos, from real cameras, etc) (pdf). Take a look here for further details.
2007
Sara Marugán (undergrad,2007) has developed an application that learns the color of several people walking inside a room and tracks their 3D position in real time using the images from four cameras (pdf). Take a look here for further details.
José A. Santos (undergrad,2007) has developed a schema that computes the optical flow in a image sequence (from a real camera or a video) and two applications that use it: a visual car counter and an EyeToy-type teleoperator for our robots (pdf).
Angel Cortés (undergrad,2007) has developed an evolutionary multimodal localization algorithm. It evolves several races of individuals at the same time to keep several hypothesis. It robustly localizes the robot using laser sensor in simmetric environments (pdf).
Ivan García (undergrad,2007) has developed a visual multiobject 3D tracker. It is based on genetic algorithms both with points and 3D segments as individuals (pdf). Take a look here for further details.
Jesús Ruíz-Ayúcar (undergrad,2007) has developed jdeneoc a new software implementation of JDE cognitive architecture for robotic applications. Schemas are integrated as plugins in jdeneoc. It uses OpenGL for 3D visualization, GTK and Glib (pdf).
José M. Esteban (undergrad,2007) has developed a visual 3D perception algorithm which uses matching, triangulation and 3D segmentation (pdf).
2006
Olmo León (grad, 2006) (co-advised with Pablo Barrera). He programmed a vision-based application which attentively builds a 3d representation of the scene and uses that for autonomous navigation (pdf).
Ricardo Palacios (undergrad, 2006). He developed several schemas for mate, people, door and wall robust identification using ethological sensor fusion tecnhiques (pdf).
Víctor Hidalgo (undergrad, 2006). He developed a vision-based mate detection and following for the Pioneer robot (pdf). Take a look here for further details and some video demos.
Antonio Pineda (undergrad, 2006) (co-advised with Pablo Barrera). He developed a vision-based security application using particle filter and fly filter to localize and track a relevant object in 3D (pdf).
2005
David Lobato (grad, 2005). He designed and programmed JDE+, a new object-oriented implementation of JDE architecture for robotics applications (pdf). Take a look here for further details and some video demos.
Marta Martínez (grad,2005). She studied attention mechanisms and developed a new one for a single camera on a pantilt unit to represent the whole scene using saccadic movements, and so achieving a broader scope than the camera's field of view (pdf). Take a look here for further details and some video demos.
Alberto López (undergrad,2005). He programmed a localization algorithm for the Pioneer robot based on a visual beacons 2D-map and camera images (pdf).
Redouane Kachach (undergrad,2005). He programmed a localization algorithm for the Pioneer robot based on 2D-map and laser measurements (pdf).
Pedro M. Díaz (undergrad,2005). He developed a vision-based wander behavior for the Pioneer robot (pdf).
Carlos Agüero and Víctor Gómez (grad, 2005). They have worked on the Speed Intelligent System, an autonomous system to detect overtaking situations for heavy trucks and buses (pdf).
Raul Isado (undergrad, 2005). He has worked on the gradient path planning algorithm (from Kurt Konolige), implementing it as a JDE schema (pdf).
Alejandro López (undergrad, 2005) (co-advised with Francisco Martín). He has programmed a robot path planner using visibility graphs(pdf).
2004
Roberto Calvo (undergrad, 2004). In his bachelor thesis he has developed a follow person behavior for a Pioneer robot, using on board camera and pantilt unit (pdf).
Ricardo Ortiz (undergrad, 2004). He has developed a follow person behavior for a Pioneer robot, using only the on board camera and sonars (pdf).
2003
David Lobato (undergrad, 2003). He implemented a dynamic window control method (from Sebastian Thrun) for local navigation on a Pioneer robot (pdf).
Maria Angeles Crespo (undergrad, 2003). She programmed a MonteCarlo localization algorithm using only visual information, and built a realistic simulation environment to do the experiments (pdf). Now at IberiaCards.
Juan José Martínez (undergrad, 2003) (co-advised with Vicente Matellán). He programmed the behavior set of a soccer player in the simulated RoboCup, the forward, using the JDE architecture (pdf).
Marta Martínez (undergrad, 2003). She programmed a follow ball behavior for the EyeBot robot using the birdeye camera (pdf).
Alfonso Matute (undergrad, 2003). He implemented a calibration tool for color filtering: in RGB, in HSI, in Lab (pdf).
2002
Victor Gómez (undergrad, 2002). In his bachelor thesis he developed a reactive wall following behavior using only vision information, on the EyeBot robot (pdf).
Félix San Martín (undergrad, 2002). He programmed a follow ball behavior for the EyeBot robot using the local camera (pdf).
Esther García (undergrad, 2002). She implemented a teleoperator for the EyeBot robot, and wrote our first EyeBot manual (pdf). Now at infotool.
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