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Studies:
Industrial Engineer B.S. degree by E.P.S.E., Miguel Hernández University.
PhD thesis in the program "Industrial Tecnologies" by Miguel Hernandez University.
I've got a permanent position as Associate Professor in the area of Systems Engineering and Automation of Miguel Hernandez University.
Student Assistance:
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Teaching:
Personal interests:
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Mobile Robotics: Nowadays, I am working on my Ph.D. Thesis on visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Map Building). The main idea is to use significant points extracted from images as landmarks in the environment. Each significant point is accompanied by a descriptor, that allows us to partially distinguish it from others, thus enabling robot localization. Currently, a Rao-Blackwellized particle filter is deployed in order to build a coherent map of the environment. Some interesting results can be found here:
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Here the video shows a simulation with two robots exploring the environment. The best map upto now is shown. Each 3D landmark is shown with its associated variance. When a landmarks is repetedly detected the error ins its estimate decreases, thus improving the map.
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The figure shows absolut error in odometry (dashed) and estimation (continuous) during exploration of the environment.
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Surveillance: The group is currently involved in some projects related to surveillance. We pursue to be able to watch a particular space by a robot team that autonomously patrols it. Robots may be totally autonomous or they could also be commanded by a human operator.
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CORBA: I am also interested in distributed object programming using CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture). Some interesting links can be found here:
Some interesting utilities:
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