Italy
The
Universitat de Girona is a public institution devoted to excellence in teaching
and research and to participating in the progress and development of society
through the creation, transmission, diffusion and criticism of knowledge
related to sciences, technology, humanities, social sciences and arts.
The
Universitat de Girona is in charge for the WP2 (Reinforcement of Scientific and Technological
Potential) and is involved in all the work packages of the project.
The
Universitat de Girona brings to the consortium its experience in underwater
robotics, control and navigation. With active and recognized excellence in the
areas of underwater image (and acoustic image) processing, SLAM, navigation,
control and design of underwater robotic systems it will foster the development
of skills in the control and navigation of systems in the challenging deep sea
and oceanic environments.
ViCOROB is a research institute at the Universitat
de Girona specialized in computer vision and robotics. ViCOROB
has a strong experience in the design and development of hovering AUV
prototypes with high-resolution image mapping capabilities, in particular, advanced image processing techniques for the 2D and 3D mapping of the
seafloor, as well as with the fusion of these techniques with navigation data
coming from state of the art navigation sensors (DVL, gyros, USBL) together
with global optimization techniques to face large-scale maps.
Map based
navigation and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) of underwater
robots using both acoustics and/or video images is currently one of the main
topics of research. ViCOROB has also a long experience in intelligent control
architectures and has contributed in mission control systems, behaviour based
architectures, robot learning and path planning for AUVs. Finally, the group
has expertise in mechatronics and software integration.
CIRS is part of ViCOROB and is a member of the TECNIO
network of excellence in Catalonia region. CIRS is a leader team in the
research and development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for accurate
seafloor mapping and light intervention, with more than 20 years of experience.