• FIRST-MM. Flexible Skill Acquisition and Intuitive Robot Tasking for Mobile Manipulation in the Real World, EU-FP 7?, Feb. 2010, Feb. 2013. The overall objective of First-MM is to develop the technology for a new generation of autonomous mobile manipulation robots which can be instructed easily to execute mobile manipulation tasks in a robust way.

• FIRST-MM. Flexible Skill Acquisition and Intuitive Robot Tasking for Mobile Manipulation in the Real World, EU-FP 7?, Feb. 2010, Feb. 2013. The overall objective of First-MM is to develop the technology for a new generation of autonomous mobile manipulation robots which can be instructed easily to execute mobile manipulation tasks in a robust way.
• POETICON++. Robots need Language: A computational mechanism for generalisation and generation of new behaviours in robots, EU - FP 7, Jan 2012 - Dec. 2015. The main objective of POETICON++ is the development of a computational mechanism for such generalisation of motor programs and visual experiences for robots.

• CAVIAR, Context Aware Vision using Image-based Active Recognition, EU - FP 6, 2002-2005

International

National

• International

• HANDLE, Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation, EU - FP 7, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2013. This project aims at providing advanced perception and control capabilities to the Shadow Robot hand, one of the most advanced robotic hands in mechanical terms. We follow some paradigms of human learning to make the system able to grasp and manipulate objects of different characteristics: learning by imitation and by self-exploration. Different object characteristics and usages (object affordances) determine the way the hand will perform the grasping and manipulation actions.
• CONTACT Learning and Development of Contextual Action, EU - FP 6 Sep. 2005 - Feb. 2009.
• URUS Ubiquitous Networking Robotics in Urban Settings, EU - FP 6, Dec. 2006 - Nov. 2009.
• ROBOT-CUB, Robotic Open-architecture Technology for Cognition, Understanding and Behaviour, EU - FP 6, 2004-2009.
• [[http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/CAVIAR/ | CAVIAR, Context Aware Vision using Image-based Active Recognition, EU - FP 6, 2002-2005
• MIRROR, Mirror Neurons for Recognition, EU - FP 5, 2001-2004.
• NARVAL, Navigation of Autonomous Robots Via Active Environmental Perception, EU - FP 5, 1998-2001.
  • National
• BIO-LOOK, Biomimetic Oculomotor Control for Humanoid Robots, FCT Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2010.
• VEMUCARV Spatial Validation of Complex Urban Grids in Virtual Imersive Environments, FCT 2005-2008.
• INTELTRAF Monitorização Automática do Fluxo de Trânsito Automóvel e Detecção de Acidentes e Avarias em Auto-Estradas, FCT 2003-2005.
• RESCUE Cooperative Navigation for Rescue Robots, FCT 2000-2004.

• ROBOSOM, A Robotic Sense of Movement, EU - FP 7, Dec. 2009 - Dec. 2012. This project aims at advancing the state-of-the-art in motion perception and control in a humanoid robot. The fundamental principles to explore are rooted on theories of human perception: Expected Perception (EP) and the Vestibular Unified Reference Frame.
• HANDLE, Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation, EU - FP 7, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2013

• ROBOSOM, A Robotic Sense of Movement, EU - FP 7, Dec. 2009 - Dec. 2012.

• ROBOTSOM, A Robotic Sense of Movement, EU - FP 7, Dec. 2009 - Dec. 2012.
  • This project aims at advancing the state-of-the-art in motion perception and control in a humanoid robot. The fundamental principles to explore are rooted on theories of human perception: Expected Perception (EP) and the Vestibular Unified Reference Frame.

• This project aims at providing advanced perception and control capabilities to the Shadow Robot hand, one of the most advanced robotic hands in mechanical terms. We follow some paradigms of human learning to make the system able to grasp and manipulate objects of different characteristics: learning by imitation and by self-exploration. Different object characteristics and usages (object affordances) determine the way the hand will perform the grasping and manipulation actions.

• HANDLE, Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation, EU - FP 7, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2013
• BIO-LOOK Biomimetic Oculomotor Control for Humanoid Robots FCT Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2010
• CONTACT Learning and Development of Contextual Action EU - FP 6 Sep. 2005 - Feb. 2009
• URUS Ubiquitous Networking Robotics in Urban Settings EU - FP 6 Dec. 2006 - Nov. 2009
• ROBOT-CUB Robotic Open-architecture Technology for Cognition, Understanding and Behaviour EU - FP 6, 2004-2009

• VEMUCARV Spatial Validation of Complex Urban Grids in Virtual Imersive Environments FCT 2005-2008
• INTELTRAF Monitorização Automática do Fluxo de Trânsito Automóvel e Detecção de Acidentes e Avarias em Auto-Estradas FCT 2003-2005
• CAVIAR Context Aware Vision using Image-based Active Recognition EU - FP 6, 2002-2005
• MIRROR Mirror Neurons for Recognition EU - FP 5, 2001-2004
• RESCUE Cooperative Navigation for Rescue Robots FCT 2000-2004
• NARVAL Navigation of Autonomous Robots Via Active Environmental Perception EU - FP 5, 1998-2001

Current

HANDLE, Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation, EU - FP 7, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2013

BIO-LOOK Biomimetic Oculomotor Control for Humanoid Robots FCT Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2010

CONTACT Learning and Development of Contextual Action EU - FP 6 Sep. 2005 - Feb. 2009

URUS Ubiquitous Networking Robotics in Urban Settings EU - FP 6 Dec. 2006 - Nov. 2009

ROBOT-CUB Robotic Open-architecture Technology for Cognition, Understanding and Behaviour EU - FP 6, 2004-2009

Closed

VEMUCARV Spatial Validation of Complex Urban Grids in Virtual Imersive Environments FCT 2005-2008

INTELTRAF Monitorização Automática do Fluxo de Trânsito Automóvel e Detecção de Acidentes e Avarias em Auto-Estradas FCT 2003-2005

CAVIAR Context Aware Vision using Image-based Active Recognition EU - FP 6, 2002-2005

MIRROR Mirror Neurons for Recognition EU - FP 5, 2001-2004

RESCUE Cooperative Navigation for Rescue Robots FCT 2000-2004

NARVAL Navigation of Autonomous Robots Via Active Environmental Perception EU - FP 5, 1998-2001