RODRÍGUEZ CASTAÑO , Ángel

El objetivo global de esta tesis es el diseño y desarrollo de algoritmos para el guiado autónomo de vehículos convencionales; es decir, vehículos con direccionamiento Ackerman. Estos algoritmos deben tener buenas prestaciones para cualquier velocidad y peso del vehículo, y deben ser fácilmente ajustables para cada vehículo específico.

En los últimos años está habiendo un auge importante en el empleo de embarcaciones no tripuladas (USV en su acrónimo anglosajón) para diversas aplicaciones, debido al incremento en la eficiencia y seguridad que pueden aportar. Para ello es necesario que estos vehículos no tripulados puedan desplazarse en el entorno de un puerto de forma segura...

This work presents the application of an aerial manipulation robot for the semi-autono-mous installation of clip-type bird flight diverters on overhead power line cables. A custom-made prototype is designed, developed, and experimentally validated. The proposed solution aims to reduce the cost and risk of current procedures carried out by human...

This paper presents an autonomous vehicle position estimation system based on GPS, that uses a fuzzy sensor fusion technique. A fuzzy path tracking algorithm is also proposed. Both systems have been implemented in the ROMEO-4R vehicle developed at the University of Seville.

Existe un creciente interés en el empleo de embarcaciones no tripuladas, comúnmente denominadas USVs (Unmanned Surface Vessel/Vehicles). Dado el coste económico y complejidad de experimentar con embarcaciones reales, en este artículo se propone un entorno de simulación que permita validar diversos tipos de algoritmos en una fase temprana y en...

This paper presents techniques for GPS based autonomous navigation of heavy vehicles at high speed. The control system has two main functions: vehicle position estimation and generation of the steering commands for the vehicle to follow a given path autonomously. Position estimation is based on fusion of measurements from a...

Human activities in maintenance of industrial plants pose elevated risks as well as significant costs due to the required shutdowns of the facility. An aerial robotic system with two arms for long reach manipulation in cluttered environments is presented to alleviate these constraints. The system consists of a multirotor with a long bar...

This paper presents a threat management methodology for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operating in the civil airspace. The work is framed within an Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system based on the U-space initiative. We propose a new method that focuses on providing the required automated decision-making during real-time threat...

This paper presents a software architecture for Unmanned aerial system Traffic Management (UTM). The work is framed within the U-space ecosystem, which is the European initiative for UTM in the civil airspace. We propose a system that focuses on providing the required services for automated decision-making during real-time threat management and...