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22 December In News by ViCOROB Media

ViCOROB: fem 20 anys!

El grup de recerca ViCOROB, format per una seixantena de persones, treballa en projectes d’interès científic, empresarial i social. Les seves activitats es desenvolupen a l’Escola Politècnica Superior (EPS) i al Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la UdG. Va ser fundat el 1993 pel doctor Joan Batlle “amb molt poc finançament”, asseguren els actuals responsables, i amb el suport de Xevi Cufí i Joan Martí, que ara són professors de…

09 December In 3D perception, News by ViCOROB

Alstom transporte and ViCOROB: partners again

ViCOROB and ALSTOM transporte keep on working together on a new project related to the 3D inspection of trains, using laser technologies. The main goal of the project is to be able to get tridimensional information of the high-speed trains in order to be able to inspect in real time the trains. It is necessary that the System is flexible enough as to be able to tune it in the...

08 December In News by ViCOROB

Best poster award on the XXXIV Edition of the Jornadas de Automática

Guillem Vallicrosa, PhD Student at ViCOROB, receives the best poster award for the research work “Realtime AUV Terrain Based Navigation with Octomap”. From the 4-6th of September 2013 took place the XXXIV edition of the Jornadas de Automática held in ETSEIAT and EET of the UPC campus in Terrassa (Barcelona). The department of Systems Engineering, Automatics and Industrial Informatics (ESAII) organize the workshop and they have been a meeting point...

01 December In News by ViCOROB

New Project: EUROFLEETS2

Furthermore, EUROFLEETS2 will undertake specific actions to consolidate research fleets’ organization, methodology and tools through operational initiatives (like virtual fleets) leading to more interoperable and cost effective European research fleets. We are mainly involved in WorkPackage 12: Innovative technologies For Hydrid and Autonomous Underwater Systems. This work package aims to develop key technologies and innovative functions for underwater systems such as new Hybrid ROVs (HROVs). HROVs are already under...

25 October In News, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB Media

MARTECH 2013

The workshop was organized by the Universitat de Girona and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and took place in Girona on October 9th -11th 2013. The main goal of the workshop was to show the latest investigations and exchange of information and points of view on current research in MARine TECHnology. 55 contributions were presented in the workshop, as extended abstracts, from 10 different topics. The attendance was around 80…

26 July In Projects by ViCOROB Media

MORPH FP7 Project field trials in Toulon conclude successfully

Five days of trials are nearing the end, and Ifremer is proud to have hosted this achievement. All six vehicles brought by the project partners have worked flawlessly; the teams have accomplished a huge amount of work to integrate these vehicles into one single Morph system. All objectives at this stage of the project have been achieved, and a milestone has been set in underwater robotics, running a heterogeneous fleet…

26 June In News by ViCOROB

Quarta edició del VIBOT DAY

@vicorob El propassat 20 de juny del 2013 es va celebrar la quarta edició del Vibot day al Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona (UdG). Enguany, més de setanta visitants entre estudiants, representants d’empreses i professors de les tres universitats organitzadores, van trepitjar les instal•lacions del Giroemprèn, edifici on es fer la trobada. El ViBOT Day és una activitat que ajuda als estudiants participants del màster a...

15 April In News, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB

Assistim l’Oceans Business 2013

Del 9 al 11 d’abril del 2013 un equip de ViCOROB es va desplaçar fins a Sothampton (UK), seu de la Ocean Business, una de les fires més importants a nivell europeu destinada a mostrar les últimes novetats en el mòn de la tecnologia submarina. Amb representants d'arreu del món, la fira és un punt de trobada molt important per a conèixer les últimes actualitzacions en el mercat dels equipaments...