Robotic systems for waste picking

Research Topic
Abstract

At DIEEI an innovative robotic system for garbage collection in beaches has been developed. In the thesis new strategies for the automatic recognition and picking of the objects will be developed. further analysis will concern the automatic generation of obstacle avoidance trajectories and the planning of activities for the system. 

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Keywords
Automated vehicles
control
robotics
ERC sector(s)
PE Physical Sciences and Engineering
Host Researcher Info
Name Surname
Giovanni Muscato
E-mail
giovanni.muscato@unict.it
Name of Department/Faculty/School
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e Informatica
EUNICE University
University of Catania (UNICT)
Country
Italy
EUNICE contact e-mail
eunice@unict.it
Mobility additional info
Length of the research internship
6 months
Financial support available (other than E+)
No
Applicant (Student) info
Thesis level
Master
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English B1