Grants

A list of representative grants that are being run by our group.

Our open and ongoing projects in this area are listed below, together with a selection of completed projects where relevant.

SeaGrip, a SeaClear 2.0 support project

SeaGrip is a support project for the Horizon Europe SeaClear 2.0 “Robotic and Participatory Solutions for Marine Litter Prevention & Remediation”. It is funded by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI, within the program Awarding Participation to Horizon Europe - Institutes. The project number is PN-IV-P8-8.1-PRE-HE-ORG-2023-0012, and the total budget is 300.909 RON

The project website can be found at http://rocon.utcluj.ro/seaclear2-support

H2020 SeaClear - Search, Identification, and Collection of Marine Litter with Autonomous Robots

Litter disposal and accumulation in the marine environment is one of the fastest growing threats to the world's oceans. Plastic is the most common type of litter found on the seafloor, but the list is long and includes glass, metal, wood and clothing. The EU-funded SeaClear project is developing autonomous robots for underwater littler collection using new debris mapping, classification, and collection systems. Specifically, the project will build a mixed team of unmanned underwater, surface and aerial vehicles to find and collect litter from the seabed.

3D object recognition with mobile robots - PN3-Innovative-Cheques

The main aim of the project is the application of the techniques developed by the academic partner in the industrial environment from the beneficiary. The developed open-source modules are reusable and they can be adopted to the needs of the industrial beneficial. In order to close the perception-planning loop active perception techniques are proposed to be used also for the mapping application part. 

Active Perception for Flexible Object Handling in Smart Manufacturing

Intelligent object handling is becoming a must in a smart manufacturing system especially with the recent appearance of the motion compliant dual handed industrial robotic systems. Also the enhanced 3D sensing capabilities from the robotics domain enables us to reconsider our view about the smart manufacturing by enabling on the fly spatial perception of the robot working space.

SeaMap, a SeaClear support grant

SeaMap develops a coherent agenda of support technical activities that accelerate progress in the parent project SeaClear. We will develop mapping algorithms based on optimization, general and applicable to underwater litter mapping. Techniques will be created for processing 2D and 3D sensor data from the robots. Finally, support activities on interfacing and deployment of SeaClear algorithms on marine and aerial robots will be undertaken.

Targeted Robotic UppEr-arm REHABilitation

An increasing amount of people, especially elderly ones, face mobility problems often due to a stroke or some kind of accident. To increase their quality of life and reduce their dependence on others, physical rehabilitation is necessary. The aim of the rehabilitation is to enable the people to re-learn how to use their limbs and strengthen the affected muscles. The traditional way of performing rehabilitation is by helping the patients pefrorm repetitive motions. A physiotherapist is monitoring their effort and progress and adjusts the task and the motion respectively.

ROS2AR

The main focus of the ROS2AR FTP is the integration of AR facilities into ROS-I by means of object recognition techniques in a production specific environment using smart glasses. The user is assisted in the object detection using landmark and 2D object detection in the HRI context. The detected object related information (e.g.

Co4AIR: Computers, Cognition and Communication in Control: A strategic partnership

The project "Co4AIR - Computers, Cognition and Communication in Control: A strategIc paRtnership" is funded through the Erasmus+ scheme, within the Call for Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education. Co4AIR comprises seven universities from France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia, as well as the European University Foundation from Luxembourg.

Biomechanically Enabled Robotic Controller for Restoring Human Ability

An increasing amount of people, especially elderly ones, face mobility problems often due to a stroke or some kind of accident. To increase their quality of life and reduce their dependence on others, physical rehabilitation is necessary. The aim of the rehabilitation is to enable the people to re-learn how to use their limbs and strengthen the affected muscles. The traditional way of performing rehabilitation is by helping the patients pefrorm repetitive motions. A physiotherapist is monitoring their effort and progress and adjusts the task and the motion respectively.

AIRGUIDE: A Learning Aerial Guide for the Elderly and Disabled

Robotic assistants can greatly improve the life of the ever-increasing elderly and disabled population. However, current efforts in assistive robotics are focused on ground robots and manipulators in controlled, indoor environments. AIRGUIDE will break away from this by exploiting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their versatile motion capabilities. Specifically, the project will develop aerial assistive technology for independent mobility of an elderly or disabled person over a wide, outdoor area, via monitoring risks and guiding the person when needed.

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