The need to improve motion planning techniques for manipulator robots, and new effective
strategies to manipulate different objects to perform more complex tasks, is crucial for …

Autonomous systems are expected to maintain a dependable operation without human
intervention. They are intended to fulfill the mission for which they were deployed, properly …

Despite the pervasiveness of IoT domotic devices in the home automation landscape, their
potential is still quite under-exploited due to the high heterogeneity and the scarce …

Smart devices have entered all spheres of modern living, from monitoring the steps we walk
to managing refrigerator inventory, ushering in the dawn of a new urban experience. The …

Knowledge can enhance the intelligence of robots' high-level decision-making. However,
there is no specific domain knowledge base for robot task planning in this field. Aiming to …

Autonomous underwater robots, such as the UX-1 developed in the UNEXMIN project, need
to maintain reliable autonomous operation in hazardous and unknown environments …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a very complex disease that causes brain failure, then
eventually, dementia ensues. It is a global health problem. 99% of clinical trials have failed …

We present a framework to integrate OWL ontologies into planning specifications. The
resulting planning problems consider states that correspond to OWL knowledge bases, so …

Featured Application Mission management for cooperative autonomous robotics. Abstract In
recent years there has been an increasing interest in the use of autonomous underwater …

The aging population worldwide is expected to increase the prevalence of Alzheimer's
disease. As there is no medical curative treatment for this disease to date, alternative …