Vislab

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Institutional information: http://vislab.isr.ist.utl.pt

Our YouTube channel, containing nice videos and demonstrations: http://www.youtube.com/user/VislabLisboa

Our internal video page on this wiki: VisLab Videos

Research Topics

  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision

Projects

Current projects

  • First-MM - Flexible Skill Acquisition and Intuitive Robot Tasking for Mobile Manipulation (EC FP7, Feb. 2010 - Jul. 2013)
    • http://www.first-mm.eu/
    • The goal of First-MM is to build the basis for a new generation of autonomous mobile manipulation robots that can flexibly be instructed to perform complex manipulation and transportation tasks. The project will develop a novel robot programming environment that allows even non-expert users to specify complex manipulation tasks in real-world environments. In addition to a task specification language, the environment includes concepts for probabilistic inference and for learning manipulation skills from demonstration and from experience.
  • HANDLE - Developmental Pathway Towards Autonomy and Dexterity in Robot In-Hand Manipulation (EC FP7, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2013)
    • http://www.handle-project.eu
    • This project aims at providing advanced perception and control capabilities to the Shadow Robot hand, one of the most advanced robotic hands in mechanical terms. We follow some paradigms of human learning to make the system able to grasp and manipulate objects of different characteristics: learning by imitation and by self-exploration. Different object characteristics and usages (object affordances) determine the way the hand will perform the grasping and manipulation actions.
  • RoboSoM - A Robotic Sense of Movement (EC FP7, Dec. 2009 - Dec. 2012)
    • http://www.robosom.eu/
    • This project aims at advancing the state-of-the-art in motion perception and control in a humanoid robot. The fundamental principles to explore are rooted on theories of human perception: Expected Perception (EP) and the Vestibular Unified Reference Frame.
  • Dico(re)²s - Discount Coupon Recommendation and Redemption System (EC FP7, July 2011 - June 2013)
    • http://www.dicore2s.com/
    • Dico(re)²s develops and deploys a coupon-based discount campaign platform to provide consumers and retailers/manufacturers with a personalized environment for maximum customer satisfaction and business profitability.
  • POETICON++ - Robots Need Language: A computational mechanism for generalisation and generation of new behaviours in robots (EC FP7, Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2015)
    • The main objective of POETICON++ is the development of a computational mechanism for [...] generalisation of motor programs and visual experiences for robots. To this end, it will integrate natural language and visual action/object recognition tools with motor skills and learning abilities, in the iCub humanoid. Tools and skills will engage in a cognitive dialogue for novel action generalisation and creativity experiments in two scenarios of ‘everyday activities’, comprising of (a) behaviour generation through verbal instruction, and (b) visual scene understanding. POETICON++ views natural language as a necessary tool for endowing artificial agents with generalisation and creativity in real world environments.

Past projects

  • RobotCub - Robotic Open-Architecture Technology for Cognition, Understanding and Behaviour (EC FP6, Sept. 2004 - Jan. 2010)
  • URUS - Ubiquitous Networking Robotics in Urban Settings (EC FP6, Dec. 2006 - Nov. 2009)
  • CAVIAR - Context-Aware Vision Using Image-Based Active Recognition (EC FP6, 2002 - 2005)
  • MIRROR - Mirror Neurons for Recognition (EC FP5, 2001 - 2004)

People

Permanent staff

Researchers

PhD students

Master's students

  • Filipe Veiga
  • Lester García
  • Marco Henriques
  • Rui Horta Figueiredo

Other staff

  • Ana Santos (administrative)
  • Nuno Conraria (engineering)
  • Ricardo Nunes (engineering)

Miscellaneous

Past members

  • Adam Owczarek, 2011 IAESTE intern
  • Afshin Dehghan
  • Anastácia Rodrigues (administrative)
  • António Bastos
  • Ashish Jain
  • Bruno Dias
  • Carla González, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
  • Carlo Favali, visiting PhD student, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Carlos Carreira, University of Valencia, Spain
  • César Silva, Ph.D. (2001)
  • Christian Wressnegger
  • Claudia Deccó, visiting PhD student, University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Cláudia Soares
  • Daniel Matter, IAESTE intern
  • Diego Ortín, visiting PhD student, University of Zaragoza, Spain
  • Etienne Grossmann
  • Eval Bacca Cortes, visiting MSc student, University of Cali, Colombia
  • Freek Stulp, visiting researcher, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Gianluca De Leo, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Ivana Cingovksa, IAESTE intern
  • Javier Minguez, visiting PhD student, University of Zaragoza, Spain
  • João Maciel, Ph.D. (2002)
  • João Pimentel
  • José Eduardo Vianna, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
  • Kristijan Petkov, summer 2010 IAESTE intern
  • Lenildo Silva, visiting PhD student, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Luís Jordão
  • Marco Zucchelli, visiting PhD student, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • Maria Nazarycheva
  • Martim Brandão
  • Matteo Perrone, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Mauricio Arias, Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia, Colombia
  • Miguel Praça
  • Mišél Batmendijn
  • Mohit Khurana, summer 2008 intern
  • Niall Winters, visiting PhD student, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
  • Nuno Gracias
  • Nuno Pinho
  • Nuria Sánchez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Raquel Vassallo, visiting PhD student, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
  • Ricardo Beira
  • Ricardo Oliveira
  • Roberto Iannello, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Roger Castro Freitas, visiting PhD student, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
  • Sandra Nope Rodríguez
  • Sjoerd van der Zwaan, M.Sc. (2001)
  • Tayebeh Razmi
  • Vicente Javier Traver
  • Verica Krunić
  • Vítor Costa, M.Sc. (1999)

Material

Robots

Other resources

Cortex cluster

For information on the setup of this cluster, see Cortex.

Demos

iCubBrain cluster

For information on the setup of this cluster, see iCubBrain server configuration.

Network

See the VisLab network article.

SVN repository

You can find the VisLab SVN repository at: 

 svn://svn.isr.ist.utl.pt/vislab

Tutorials

Useful links

VisLab category

The page Category:Vislab (linked below) lists all pages related to VisLab.

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