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educació qualitat
16 October In Master VIBOT, News by ViCOROB with No comment

El màster VIBOT rep una beca per a Màsters d’Excel.lència de la Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera

La Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera ha atorgat, un any més, una beca per a Màsters d’Excel.lència al Màster VIBOT. Amb aquestes beques La Fundació vol reconèixer i atraure el talent, fomentar l’excel•lència i contribuïr a fer de Catalunya un referent en l’àmbit dels estudis de postgrau de qualitat. Els màsters inclosos…

SPARUS II - euRathlon
07 October In News, Underwater Robotics by ViCOROB Media with No comment

Veni, vidi, vici. Felicitats als campions de l’euRathlon!

L’equip de la Universitat de Girona amb el seu robot submarí  Sparus II AUV es proclama vencedor de la competició euRathlon   L’SPARUS II AUV, un robot autònom submarí desenvolupat al CIRS, es va proclamar campió a la competició europea en robòtica submarina euRathlon celebrada la setmana passada (29/9-3/10/14) a…

15 September In News, Projects, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB Media with No comment

FP7 European Project MORPH: next generation of underwater robotics for ocean exploration tested in the Azores

From 8 to 18 September 2014, the Center of IMAR of the University of the Azores is hosting the sea trials of a new type of robotics-based distributed sensor system, aimed at affording marine scientists and commercial operators a revolutionary tool for marine habitat mapping in complex 3D environments. The…

PhD Vicorob
28 July In Image Analysis, News, Thesis by ViCOROB Media with No comment

MARC MASIAS defends his PhD thesis: “Automatic source detection in astronomical images”

This thesis is focused on the automatic detection of sources (objects) in astronomical images. These sources are something that suggests the presence of an astronomical object such as stars, galaxies, gas, dust or cosmic rays. The use of automatic algorithms to perform such a task becomes of great importance in…

trial-morph
23 July In News, Projects, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB Media with No comment

MORPH FP7 TRIALS IN SANT FELIU DE GUÍXOLS (GIRONA)

From Wednesday 9th to Friday 18th of July, several MORPH European project experiments were held in Girona. Their goal was to prepare for the upcoming trials in the Azores islands next September. The Variable Geometry Range Only Navigation (VG-ROF) algorithm was tested with the IST Medusas, the UdG SparusII and…

R2B2
14 July In News, Udigital.edu, Underwater Robotics by ViCOROB Media with No comment

2a edició del CAMPUS PRESUB – robòtica submarina educativa

Del 7 al 11 de juliol va tenir lloc la segona edició del Campus PRESUB a les instal•lacions del Centre de Robòtica Submarina (Parc Científic i Tecnològic), amb la participació d’ una vintena d’estudiants de secundària de diferents centres de les comarques gironines. L’objectiu bàsic d’aquests tallers és la realització…

image analysis
08 July In Image Analysis, News, Thesis by ViCOROB Media with No comment

Konstantin Korotkov defends his PhD thesis “Automatic change detection in multiple pigmented skin lesions”

Malignant melanoma is the rarest and deadliest of skin cancers causing three times more deaths than all other skin-related malignancies combined. Fortunately, in its early stages, it is completely curable, making a total body skin examination (TBSE) a fundamental procedure for many patients. During TBSE, dermatologists look for pigmented skin…