Advances in Human Robot Interaction for Cloud Robotics applications

In this thesis are analyzed different and innovative techniques for Human Robot Interaction. The focus of this thesis is on the interaction with flying robots. The first part is a preliminary description of the state of the art interactions techniques. Then the first project is Fly4SmartCity, where it is analyzed the interaction between humans (the citizen and the operator) and drones mediated by a cloud robotics platform. Then there is an application of the sliding autonomy paradigm and the analysis of different degrees of autonomy supported by a cloud robotics platform. The last part is dedicated to the most innovative technique for human-drone interaction in the User’s Flying Organizer project (UFO project). This project wants to develop a flying robot able to project information into the environment exploiting concepts of Spatial Augmented Realit

A cloud robotics architecture for an emergency management and monitoring service in a smart cityenvironment

Cloud robotics is revolutionizing not only the robotics industry but also the ICT world, giving robots more storage and computing capacity, opening new scenarios that blend the physical to the digital world. In this vision new IT architectures are required to manage robots, retrieve data from them and create services to interact with users. In this paper a possible implementation of a cloud robotics architecture for the interaction between users and UAVs is described. Using the latter as monitoring agents, a service for fighting crime in urban environment is proposed, making one step forward towards the idea of smart cit

A cloud robotics architecture for an emergency management and monitoring service in a smart cityenvironment

Cloud robotics is revolutionizing not only the robotics industry but also the ICT world, giving robots more storage and computing capacity, opening new scenarios that blend the physical to the digital world. In this vision new IT architectures are required to manage robots, retrieve data from them and create services to interact with users. In this paper a possible implementation of a cloud robotics architecture for the interaction between users and UAVs is described. Using the latter as monitoring agents, a service for fighting crime in urban environment is proposed, making one step forward towards the idea of smart city

MobIoT: sustainable social mobility in the Internet of Things

Mobility is one of the most important issues in sustainability in our society. In order to deeply change the mobility system, applying the Human Centred Design methodology, it is necessary to adopt a bottom-up approach. This paper envisions one possible solution called MobIoT (Mobility in the Internet of Things). This system could integrate heterogeneous real time data, mobility related as well as not, as a new interaction between users needs and new technologies in order to help people to move in a sustainable way and help institutions to smartly manage complex situation

Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of Perpendicular Blade-Vortex Interaction over an Oscillating Airfoil

The aerodynamic interaction of a stream-wise vortex impacting on a NACA 23012 oscillating airfoil was investigated using stereo particle image velocimetry. The experimental rig enabled the study of the aerodynamic effects due to the blade pitching motion in the interaction with the vortex. The experimental study focused on the light dynamic stall regime, which represents a typical condition of the retreating blade of a helicopter in forward flight. Particle image velocimetry was applied to a measurement volume close to the airfoil upper surface in order to obtain the three-dimensional interacting flow field. In particular, the experimental results show that during the airfoil downstroke motion, the vortex impact triggers the stall of the local blade section, indicating that detrimental effects on the blade performance can be introduced by perpendicular vortex interactions

Symptom expression and 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' concentration in different Prunus species

Abstract A SYBR ® Green I real-time PCR assay has been used for specific detection and quantification of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' in different Prunus species such as P. armeniaca, P. salicina, P. persica and P. tomentosa grown in a screenhouse and infected by means of the vector. Infection level of 'Ca. P. prunorum' in plant samples, expressed as 'Ca. P. prunorum' GU per ng of plant DNA, was achieved by the standard curve quantification method choosing rplV (rpl22) gene as target for phytoplasma quantification and plant 18S rDNA to normalize the data. Visual inspections of the plants maintained in the screenhouse and qualitative molecular data demonstrated that the species P. armeniaca and P. salicina are the most susceptible and sensitive, that P. persica is less susceptible but quite sensitive and finally that P. tomentosa is less susceptible and quite tolerant. Quantitative molecular data for the first time demonstrated, for the first time, that 'Ca. P. prunorum' titre increases during the vegetative season, and that symptom expression is correlated with its infection level

Micro Aerial Projector - stabilizing projected images of an airborne robotics projection platform

A mobile flying projector is hard to build due to the limited size and payload capability of a micro aerial vehicle. Few flying projector designs have been studied in recent research. However, to date, no practical solution has been presented. We propose a versatile laser projection system enabling in-flight projection with feedforward correction for stabilization of projected images. We present a quantitative evaluation of the accuracy of the projection stabilization in two autonomous flight experiments. While this approach is our first step towards a flying projector, we foresee interesting applications, such as providing on-site instructions in various human machine interaction scenarios