4 papers
Event-based Civil Infrastructure Visual Defect Detection: ev-CIVIL Dataset and Benchmark
Udayanga G. W. K. N. Gamage, Xuanni Huo, Luca Zanatta +4
Small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based visual inspections are a more efficient alternative to manual methods for examining civil structural defects, offering safe access to haza…
Real-Time Frame- and Event-based Object Detection with Spiking Neural Networks on Edge Neuromorphic Hardware: Design, Deployment and Benchmark
Udayanga G. W. K. N. Gamage, Yan Zeng, Cesar Cadena +2
Real-time object detection on energy-constrained platforms is critical for applications such as UAV-based inspection, autonomous navigation, and mobile robotics. Spiking neural net…
Learning-based Delay Compensation for Enhanced Control of Assistive Soft Robots
Adrià Mompó Alepuz, Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Silvia Tolu
Soft robots are increasingly used in healthcare, especially for assistive care, due to their inherent safety and adaptability. Controlling soft robots is challenging due to their n…
Assisted Physical Interaction: Autonomous Aerial Robots with Neural Network Detection, Navigation, and Safety Layers
Andrea Berra, Viswa Narayanan Sankaranarayanan, Achilleas Santi Seisa +10
The paper introduces a novel framework for safe and autonomous aerial physical interaction in industrial settings. It comprises two main components: a neural network-based target d…