Paolo Dario has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2024 IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award (TFA). For more about this article see link below. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10474521 For the open access PDF link of this article please click here. The post Paolo Dario to Receive the 2024 IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award appeared first on IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine ..read more

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An underwater hexapod robot, driven by six C-shaped legs and eight thrusters, has the potential to traverse diverse terrains with unknown deformable properties, which can lead to unknown leg–terrain interaction forces. However, it is hard to use exteroceptive sensors such as cameras and sonars to recognize these properties. Here we propose a method to perceive the interaction forces and feed them into a controller for determining thrust inputs. The key idea lies in using supervised learning to obtain the properties from reliable proprioceptive sensory data. First, we propose a new expression ..read more

As underwater operation equipment, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have received widespread attention in the trend of unmanned and intelligent operations. They play an increasingly important role in offshore oil exploration, underwater rescue, military reconnaissance, seabed salvage, and marine scientific research. The research and application of AUVs is a systematic engineering project that includes task planning, scheme design, prototype development, and launch and recovery (L&R), among which L&R is the key technology to achieve the safe and continuous operation of AUVs. For ..read more

In this work we present a novel system for marine sediment sampling aimed at microplastic (MP) assessment studies. The system is composed of a medium-sized underwater legged robot (ULR) equipped with a customized sampler consisting of a grab mounted on an underactuated mechanism. The system was developed following the requirements of marine biologists actively involved in MP pollution investigation. The requirements include the penetration depth, the weight of the sample, the possibility of collecting replicas without returning to the boat or the shore, the amount of sediment perturbation in ..read more

Wine, often referred to as the nectar of the gods , has a rich history dating back thousands of years. It’s a product of nature, human skill, and tradition, encapsulated in a glass. People have often regarded this beverage as a true gift from the gods; from the Roman Bacchus to the Greek Dionysus to the Egyptian god Osiris, countless are the deities with whom the origin of wine is associated. The stories and myths related to it are varied and numerous, enchanting and incredibly seductive legends. Wine has been a companion to humanity from its earliest days, holding significant roles in various ..read more

Held as part of the 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in London, the inaugural IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Automation Technical Committee (TC) Cluster Forum convened on 30 May 2023. This groundbreaking event, chaired by Birgit Vogel-Heuser and Angela Faragasso, brought together pioneers in the field of automation (see Figure 1 ). The central theme of this forum was, How can automation contribute to a livable and sustainable society in the future? Addressing this question is critical for the world to progress amid rapid technological advancements. https://i ..read more