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author = "Ribeiro, António Fernando"
Virtual sensors for autonomous mobile robots through the use of image processing tools
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
Nos dias que correm existem muitas competições de robótica móvel dos mais variados tipos. Na maior parte dos casos, as equipas que participam utilizam as mesmas plataformas móveis para participar em diferentes competições precisando apenas de acrescentar/alterar alguns sensores, apesar de o tempo no...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
Portuguese
Building a robot to use in school : teachers and students learning together
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
Robotics is becoming extremely popular amongst the youngsters, because it is fun, you can practice with hands-on and above all you get real results. Since most students have to develop practical works in their schools, robotics works are becoming very popular.
But robotic is a multidisciplinary area...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
English
New ways to learn science with enjoyment : robotics as a challenge
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
It is well known that during their learning process youngsters prefer and enjoy exciting challenges, so that they don’t get bored in school. Many of those challenges are blossoming all around the world in an annual basis, and they stimulate students because they create new objectives, they allow cre...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
English
ROBÓTICA : aprender a brincar
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
O Grupo de Automação e Robótica do Departamento de Electrónica Industrial da Universidade do Minho em Guimarães, tem vindo a desenvolver no seu laboratório de Automação e Robótica vários projectos de robótica móvel autónoma. Estes robôs têm permitido participações de sucesso em eventos nacionais e i...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
Portuguese
ENIGMA : Cadeira de Rodas Omnidireccional
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
A SAR, Soluções de Automação e Robótica, Lda, empresa spin-off da Universidade do Minho, criada em Janeiro de 2006, apresentou recentemente a “Enigma – Cadeira de Rodas Omnidireccional”, um produto orientado para facilitar a mobilidade de sujeitos com deficiências motoras.
Este é um produto feito em...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
Portuguese
RoboCup : the evolution of a robotic scientific challenge
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
The RoboCup is a scientific challenge used to foster research in the robotics areas,
which main objective consists in developing a robotic football team able to play against a human team in the year 2050. This paper describes the rules of such a
competition, the actual state of the art of robotic fo...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
English
Localization of a mobile autonomous robot based on image analysis
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
This paper introduces an innovative method to solve the problem of self localization of a mobile autonomous robot, and in particular a case study is carried out for robot localization in a RoboCup field environment.
The approach here described is completely different from other methods currently use...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
English
Colaboração academia-indústria
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
Neste preciso momento as Universidades Portuguesas estão a desenvolver projectos, soluções e protótipos com qualidade e que resolvem problemas concretos. Mas esses trabalhos não podem ficar na Universidade para sempre. Têm de sair de lá por razões várias, tais como, a universidade não manufactura pr...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
Portuguese
3D printing with metals
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
Rapid Prototyping is a recently developed technique that ‘prints’ a component, instead of manufacturing it in traditional terms, by using materials ranging from photopolymers to thermoplastics, including paper. Since these materials are in most cases not suitable for assessement purposes a new appro...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
English
Welds prototype rapid exhaust parts : the latest technique for rapid prototyping builds up parts in welded metal
Author(s) :
Ribeiro, António Fernando
Description :
By depositing a continuous bead of weld metal, it is possible to build up rapid prototyped parts in steel to almost any size.
The technique is already being used by an unnamed aerospace company and shows potential for making prototyped parts for exhaust systems. It can be applied to almost any weld...
Repository :
RepositóriUM - University of Minho Institutional Repository
Language(s) :
English