Objective European cities are becoming difficult places to live due to noise, pollution and security. Moreover, the average age of people living in European cities is growing and in a short period of time there will be an important community of elderly people. City Halls are becoming conscious of this problem and are studying solutions, for example by reducing the free car circulation areas. Free car areas imply a revolution in the planning of urban settings, for example, by imposing new means for transportation of goods, security issues, etc. In this project we want to analyse and test the idea of incorporating a network of robots (robots, intelligent sensors, devices and communications) in order to improve life quality in such urban areas.The URUS project will be focussed in designing a network of robots that in a cooperative way interact with human beings and the environment for tasks of assistance, transportation of goods, and surveillance in urban areas. Specifically, our objective is to design and develop a cognitive network robot architecture that integrates cooperating urban robots, intelligent sensors, intelligent devices and communications. Among the specific technology that will be developed in the project, there will be: navigation coordination; cooperative perception; cooperative map building; task negotiation; human robot interaction; and wireless communication strategies between users (mobile phones), the environment (cameras), and the robots. Moreover, in order to make easy the tasks in the urban environment, commercial platforms that have been specifically designed to navigate and assist humans in such urban settings will be given autonomous mobility capabilities.Proof-of concept tests of the systems developed will take place in a car free area of Barcelona. The initiative of this project comes from the European Group inside of the Research Atelier on Network Robot Systems (a European project) which is producing a Roadmap of Network Robots in Europe. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorssocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsrevolutionsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phonesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2005-2.6.1 - Advanced Robotics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA Address Jordi girona 31 08034 Barcelona Spain See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGENCIA D'ECOLOGIA URBANA DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Comte d'urgell 187-1 08036 Barcelona See on map ASOCIACION DE LA INVESTIGACION Y COOPERACION INDUSTRIAL DE ANDALUCIA "F. DE PAULA ROJAS" Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Camino de los descrubrimiento s/n escuela superior de ingeni 41092 Sevilla See on map CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3, rue michel-ange 75794 Paris cedex 16 See on map EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich See on map INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenida rovisco pais 1049-001 Lisboa See on map ROBOTECH SRL Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via chiodo 161 19121 La spezia See on map SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Piazza martiri della liberta, 33 56127 Pisa See on map TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA UNIPERSONAL Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Calle emilio vargas 6 28043 Madrid See on map THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address GU2 7XH Guildford See on map UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Calle pedro cerbuna 12 50009 Zaragoza See on map
