Destination… Barcelona
Finally I have finished my exams, tomorrow I will stay three days in Telefónica I+D Barcelona to go work in a part of an European project, the Urus project. I can not comment the details, but I will tell you all the details that appear on the official web page of the project. The part of this project that I develop is the mobile communications with the server that coordinates the robots.
This project is based on a series of robots, which features guiding, transport and taxi. For example if you are in a great exhibition centre and you dont know how to reach the exhibition area of “60’s classic cars”, it would be possible to request a robot from your mobile to provide you one of the above functions.
The general objective of this project is the development of new ways of cooperation between network robots and human beings and/or the environment in urban areas, in order to achieve tasks that in the other way can be very complex, time consuming or too costly.
For example, the cooperation between robots and video cameras can solve surveillance problems in urban areas, or the cooperation between robots and wireless communication devices can help people in several ways. The focus of the project is in urban pedestrian areas, an important topic in Europe where there exists a growing interest in reducing the number of cars in the streets and improving the quality of life.
Network robots can be an important instrument to improve these issues in the cities. Network robots is a new concept that integrates robots, sensors, communications and mobile devices in a cooperative way.
Here are two videos of the experiments, you can find more on the official website of the project.
