/faculty/nicotra/ en /faculty/nicotra/2021/08/23/welcome-alexis <span>Welcome: Alexis</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-08-23T00:00:00-06:00" title="Monday, August 23, 2021 - 00:00">Mon, 08/23/2021 - 00:00</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/9"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Robotics</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>It it my pleasure to welcome <a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/147" rel="nofollow">Alexis Katrina Palau</a> as the first Undergraduate Research Student of the ROCC Lab.&nbsp;</p> <p>Alexis will be following in Kelly's footsteps for the development of <a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/49" rel="nofollow">Constrained Control Laws for Safe Human-Robot Interactions</a>. Althought the project&nbsp;does have a steep learning curve, Alexis is definetly on the right path for success and I look forward to seeing what she'll achieve over her research internship.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 23 Aug 2021 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 149 at /faculty/nicotra /faculty/nicotra/2021/01/18/erg-safe-human-robot-interaction <span>ERG for Safe Human Robot Interaction</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-01-18T00:00:00-07:00" title="Monday, January 18, 2021 - 00:00">Mon, 01/18/2021 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/faculty/nicotra/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/01_hrc_all.jpg?h=3ff511af&amp;itok=BjKqYWk2" width="1200" height="800" alt="Human Robot Interaction Experiment"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/19"> Updates </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/29" hreflang="en">Reference Governors</a> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Robotics</a> </div> <span>K. Merckaert</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>B. Convens</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>C.-J. Wu</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>A. Roncone</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>M.M. Nicotra</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>B. Vanderborght</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="field_media_oembed_video"><iframe src="/faculty/nicotra/media/oembed?url=https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUzbhMzcKSbE%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&amp;max_width=516&amp;max_height=350&amp;hash=ttRrOi1fxbgbUGcOjl0dhLWh_XqQVfJDosTLttZ1NMQ" width="516" height="290" class="media-oembed-content" loading="eager" title="Real-Time Motion Control of Robotic Manipulators for Safe Human-Robot Coexistence"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>This&nbsp;video represents a significant milestone in <a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/57" rel="nofollow">Kelly Merckaert</a>'s research on safe Human-Robot Interaction. The control laws used in these experiments were developed during Kelly's 6-month research internship at 缅北禁地, although their implementation on a physical robot had to wait for her to return to the <a href="https://www.brubotics.eu/" rel="nofollow">BruBotics</a>&nbsp;research center in Brussels. The robot is able to operate safely thanks to the use of an Explicit Reference Governor, which guarantees constraint satisfaction while only having a computational footprint of ~1ms.</p><p>This experiment is a significant milestone for the development of computationally inexpensive strategies for the&nbsp;<a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/49" rel="nofollow">Constrained Control for Safe Human-Robot Interaction</a>, and doubles up as a nontrivial validation of the&nbsp;<a href="/faculty/nicotra/research/reference-governors" rel="nofollow">Explicit Reference Governor</a>&nbsp;framework in a highly non-convex setting.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 129 at /faculty/nicotra /faculty/nicotra/2020/11/02/erg-robotic-manipulators <span>ERG for Robotic Manipulators</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-11-02T00:00:00-07:00" title="Monday, November 2, 2020 - 00:00">Mon, 11/02/2020 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/faculty/nicotra/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/cover2.png?h=e4c2ecf7&amp;itok=zoBeuze0" width="1200" height="800" alt="Constrained control of a robotic manipulator experiment"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/19"> Updates </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/29" hreflang="en">Reference Governors</a> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Robotics</a> </div> <span>K. Merckaert</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>B. Convens</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>I. El Makrini</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>G. Van der Perre</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>M.M. Nicotra</span> <span>,&nbsp;</span> <span>B. Vanderborght</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="field_media_oembed_video"><iframe src="/faculty/nicotra/media/oembed?url=https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DVAYV9x25da4%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&amp;max_width=516&amp;max_height=350&amp;hash=IAf1tgrkPxsgOJYCT4LWXBs_oN5iCCu9VU9wvmal7Ws" width="516" height="290" class="media-oembed-content" loading="eager" title="2020 IROS The Explicit Reference Governor for Real-Time Safe Control of a Robotic Manipulator"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>This&nbsp;video, titled&nbsp;<em>"The Explicit Reference Governor for Real-Time Safe Control of a Robotic Manipulator"</em>&nbsp; was presented at the <strong>2020 IROS Workshop: Bringing constraint-based robot programming to real-world applications</strong>.&nbsp;These experimental results showcase the interest in implementing an&nbsp;<a href="/faculty/nicotra/research/reference-governors" rel="nofollow">Explicit Reference Governor</a>&nbsp;for real-time constratined control of robotic manipulators and is the first step towards <a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/49" rel="nofollow">Constrained Control for Safe Human-Robot Interaction</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 02 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 119 at /faculty/nicotra /faculty/nicotra/2019/07/31/farewell-kelly-bryan <span>Farewell: Kelly &amp; Bryan</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-07-31T12:00:00-06:00" title="Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - 12:00">Wed, 07/31/2019 - 12:00</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/9"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/73" hreflang="en">Aerospace</a> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Robotics</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Please join me in wishing farewell to <a href="/faculty/nicotra/kelly-merckaert" rel="nofollow">Kelly Merckaert</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/faculty/nicotra/bryan-convens" rel="nofollow">Bryan Convens</a>, who have successfully completed their six-month research stay here in 缅北禁地.</p> <p>Kelly and Bryan did an amazing job on their respective research projects and somehow managed to also squeeze in a few hikes and ski trips along the way.</p> <p>I hope you will&nbsp;cherish your memories of Colorado for the years to come, and stay assured that the ROCC lab will welcome you with open arms should you ever wish to come back.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 79 at /faculty/nicotra /faculty/nicotra/2019/02/01/welcome-kelly-bryan <span>Welcome: Kelly &amp; Bryan</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-02-01T00:00:00-07:00" title="Friday, February 1, 2019 - 00:00">Fri, 02/01/2019 - 00:00</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/9"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/73" hreflang="en">Aerospace</a> <a href="/faculty/nicotra/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Robotics</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>It is my great pleasure to host <a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/57" rel="nofollow">Kelly Merckaert</a> and <a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/55" rel="nofollow">Bryan Convens</a>&nbsp;for a six-month research stay here in 缅北禁地.</p> <p>Kelly and Bryan conducted their master thesis under my supervision, back&nbsp;when I was still a graduate student at the <a href="http://www.ulb.ac.be/" rel="nofollow">Universit茅 Libre de Bruxelles</a>. I find it fitting that they will now&nbsp;be my first visiting PhD students.</p> <p>Kelly will be collaborating with&nbsp;the Computer Science department to develop <a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/49" rel="nofollow">Constrained Control Strategies for Safe Human-Robot Interaction</a>.</p> <p>Bryan will be working in the <a href="/recuv/" rel="nofollow">RECUV</a> flight lab to develop <a href="/faculty/nicotra/node/47" rel="nofollow">Formation Control Strategies for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles</a>.</p> <p>I wish them a&nbsp;fruitful and productive&nbsp;research stay, with the hope that they'll also have the opportunity to explore Colorado.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 01 Feb 2019 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 59 at /faculty/nicotra