{"id":183,"date":"2016-03-13T12:42:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T12:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2024-02-19T09:21:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T09:21:57","slug":"lineas-de-investigacion-lines-of-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/index.php\/investigacion-research\/lineas-de-investigacion-lines-of-research\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00edneas de investigaci\u00f3n \/ Research topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are the general topics of my research (more details by clicking&#8217;em):<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:70%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; border: 1px dotted #8B4513; border-radius: 10px; padding:4px; box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px #888888;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; padding:0px;\">\n<li><a href=\"#cognitiverobotics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/desarrollo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; padding-right:12px;\" \/>COGNITIVE ROBOTICS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#statisticalinference\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/estadisticas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding-right:12px;\" \/>STATISTICAL INFERENCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#roboticsoftware\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/robot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding-right:12px;\" \/>ROBOTIC SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#educationalinnovation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/idea.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding-right:12px;\" \/>TEACHING INNOVATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"cognitiverobotics\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:80px;\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<li style=\"display-inline:block; text-align:center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/patience_by_mattdixon_d9u023g.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/mattdixon\/art\/Patience-594586780\" height=\"250\" style=\"border-radius: 10px;box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px #888888; margin-bottom:14px;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/mattdixon\/art\/Patience-594586780\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/copyright.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16px\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\" \/> <\/a><br \/><span style=\"background-color: #008000; color:white; padding:4px;border-radius: 8px;\"><strong>COGNITIVE ROBOTICS<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; text-indent: -20px;\">\n<li><strong>Decision Making<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_76&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; text-indent: -16px;\">\n<li>Reinforcement learning in Robotics. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Application of RL to learn diverse robotic skills\/tasks and as a component in intelligent robotic architectures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Decision making for robots.  <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Automated decision making for robots under uncertainty, with large-scale state spaces and with special attention to low power computational platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Knowledge Inference<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;text-indent: -20px;\">\n<li>Bayesian inference for detecting and solving robotic sensor anomalies. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Novel sensory architectures endowed with probabilistic deduction capabilities for improving the robustness of mobile robot operations.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_110&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Task Planning<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_14&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;text-indent: -20px;\">\n<li>Semantic task planning for robots. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Seminal works on the inclusion of semantic knowledge in mobile robots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Hierarchical task planning for robots. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Use of multiple mathematical abstraction for reducing the computational cost of robot task planning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Knowledge representation<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;text-indent: -20px;\">\n<li>Bayesian representations of robotic sensory systems. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Representation of robot sensory systems with dynamic Bayesian networks and multiple ontological axes.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_110&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Symbolic, multi-hierarchical representations of the environment for mobile robots. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Implementation and learning of multiple hierarchies to optimize different robot operations at once.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_29&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Semantic representations of the environment for mobile robots. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Leveraging our multi-hierarchical abstraction approach to include semantic knowledge into a symbolic representation of the environment.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_28&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hybrid metrical-topological representations of the environment for mobile robots. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Probabilistically sound integration of topological and metrical maps into a Bayesian filter for SLAM.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_33&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"statisticalinference\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:80px;\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; display-inline:block; text-align:center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marking_time_by_mattdixon_ddu6el6.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"250\" style=\"border-radius: 10px;box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px #888888; margin-bottom:14px;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/mattdixon\/art\/Marking-Time-836747610\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/copyright.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16px\"  style=\"vertical-align:top;\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span style=\"background-color: #8a3172; color:white; padding:4px;border-radius: 8px;\"><strong>STATISTICAL INFERENCE<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;text-indent: -20px;\">\n<li><strong>Mobile robot localization and mapping<\/strong>. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Large-scale SLAM for mobile robots through Bayesian filtering.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_18&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Modeling and prediction of stochastic delays in networked telerobots<\/strong>. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Marginal probabilistic modelling of stochastic delays in remotely controlled sensory systems and novel clock synchronization algorithms.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_27&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Statistical inference applied to civil safety in diverse sectors<\/strong>. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Bayesian filtering applied to safety for construction workers and other civil contexts.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_85&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Experimental design in Engineering<\/strong>. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Sound application of analysis of variance to diverse research works.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"roboticsoftware\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:80px;\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; display-inline:block; text-align:center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/your_turn_by_mattdixon_dcgcmx2.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"250\" style=\"border-radius: 10px;box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px #888888; margin-bottom:14px;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/mattdixon\/art\/Your-Turn-753057542\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/copyright.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16px\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span style=\"background-color: #1793b5; color:white; padding:4px;border-radius: 8px;\"><strong>ROBOTIC SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;text-indent: -20px;\">\n<li><strong>Software Engineering <\/strong>. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Application of software engineering methodologies to robotic software development.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_20&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Software Architectures<\/strong>. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Design of intelligent robot control architectures.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_15&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"educationalinnovation\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:80px;\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; display-inline:block; text-align:center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lexicon_by_mattdixon_ddtr5gi.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"250\" style=\"border-radius: 10px;box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px #888888; margin-bottom:14px;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/mattdixon\/art\/Lexicon-836035938\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/copyright.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16px\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span style=\"background-color: #c97c08; color:white; padding:4px;border-radius: 8px;\"><strong>TEACHING INNOVATION<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;text-indent: -20px;\">\n<li><strong>Teaching Innovation in Engineering<\/strong>. <span style=\"font-style:italic; color:gray;\">Diverse contributions to education in Engineering in an University context.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mapir.isa.uma.es\/mapirpubsite\/jafmaexport.php?mode=byauthortopic&amp;idparm=1_30&amp;withlinks=0&amp;css=aigaion_pubs_for_jafmapage.css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babel.isa.uma.es\/jafma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"publications\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"height:80px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:10px;\">\n<hr style=\"border-top: 1px dotted #999; margin: 20px 0;\"\/>\nIcon attributions: <\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flaticon.es\/iconos-gratis\/cognitivo\" title=\"cognitivo iconos\">Cognitivo iconos creados por Freepik &#8211; 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Application of RL to learn diverse robotic skills\/tasks and as a component in intelligent robotic architectures. Decision making for robots. 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