7 papers
Vision-Language Models as copilots for Autonomous UAV Navigation: Analysis of Latency and Reliability in Degraded Environments
Hiago Sodre, Sebastian Barcelona, Vincent Sandin +6
The integration of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offers unprecedented semantic reasoning capabilities. However, real-time closed-loop…
Situation Aware Locomotion for Dual Mobile Cobots in Shared Environments
William Moraes, Igor Nunes, Ahilen Mazondo +4
This paper presents a situation aware locomotion framework for two mobile collaborative robots operating in shared industrial environments. The proposed method models situation awa…
Situation Aware Frontier Prioritization for Quadruped Search and Rescue
Kevin Farias, Santiago Martin, Barbara Flores +5
Quadruped robots are a promising platform for search and rescue missions because they can navigate cluttered indoor environments that may be restrictive for wheeled systems. Howeve…
Mini Autonomous Car Driving based on 3D Convolutional Neural Networks
Pablo Moraes, Monica Rodriguez, Kristofer S. Kappel +5
Autonomous driving applications have become increasingly relevant in the automotive industry due to their potential to enhance vehicle safety, efficiency, and user experience, ther…
UruBots Autonomous Cars Challenge Pro Team Description Paper for FIRA 2025
Pablo Moraes, Mónica Rodríguez, Sebastian Barcelona +6
This paper describes the development of an autonomous car by the UruBots team for the 2025 FIRA Autonomous Cars Challenge (Pro). The project involves constructing a compact electri…
RoboCup Rescue 2025 Team Description Paper UruBots
Kevin Farias, Pablo Moraes, Igor Nunes +12
This paper describes the approach used by Team UruBots for participation in the 2025 RoboCup Rescue Robot League competition. Our team aims to participate for the first time in thi…
UruBots RoboCup Work Team Description Paper
Hiago Sodre, Juan Deniz, Pablo Moraes +9
This work presents a team description paper for the RoboCup Work League. Our team, UruBots, has been developing robots and projects for research and competitions in the last three…