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Reseach Areas : Digital Television , Virtual Reality, Perceptual Robotics , Games and Embedded Systems

The Natalnet Laboratory. Reseach Areas : Digital Television , Virtual Reality, Perceptual Robotics , Games and Embedded Systems. Contents. History People Projects. History. Founded in 1997 by Professor Guido Lemos (working at UFPB, nowadays)

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Reseach Areas : Digital Television , Virtual Reality, Perceptual Robotics , Games and Embedded Systems

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  1. The Natalnet Laboratory ReseachAreas: Digital Television, Virtual Reality, Perceptual Robotics, Games andEmbedded Systems

  2. Contents • History • People • Projects

  3. History • Founded in 1997 by Professor Guido Lemos (working at UFPB, nowadays) • First Project: Natal – RN Metropolitan Network • 12 P.H.D and more than 40 M.S.C formers • More than 50 executed projects • Current researches in Interactive Digital TV, Virtual Reality, Robotics (mainly Vision), Games and Embedded Systems.

  4. Professors • Aquiles Burlamaqui • aquilesburlamaqui@ect.ufrn.br • Luiz Eduardo • leduardo@ect.ufrn.br • Luiz Marcos • lmarcos@dca.ufrn.br • Rummenigge Dantas • rudson@ect.ufrn.br

  5. Members PHD student 9 MSC student 14 Undergraduate 26 Undergraduate Volunteer 60

  6. Volunteered Scientific Initiation Groups Technology Base Services 80 Students Business incubation Robotics Embedded Systems Games Digital TV Virtual Reality WEB 60 Volunteers 2013 Research Projects Insertion Professional improvement

  7. Technology Base Services • Technology Base Services through FUNPEC • Digital Audio and Video broadcast services to Cabugi TV • Digital Audio and Video broadcast services to Assembléia TV • Development Services to National Research Network (RNP) • Business consulting

  8. Business incubation • Two companies raised from Natalnet • DynaVideo • Started in 2003 • Approximately 40 engineers(Natal, João Pessoa and São Paulo) • Working with the Brazilian System of Digital Television and Distributed Video • RoboEduc • Started in 2008 • Approximately 20 employees • Working with Educational Robotics

  9. Companies/Natalnet Research Results Team Dynavideo/Roboeduc Resources Requirements Products Natalnet

  10. Projects Extension/Lecturing Project • Human Resources in Digital Television (RH-TVDI - Capes) • Ginga-RN – Ginga Development Group of Rio Grande do Norte. • LetraD – Digital inclusion in Natal and Countryside regions using computer applications, television and robotics – PROEXT. • Organizers of Brazilian Robotics Olympiad, regionals and nationals (finals)

  11. Projects Research • Working Group in Virtual Museums (GT-MV – RNP) • Working Group in Mixed Reality ( GT-RM – RNP) • Working Group of Digital Media and Art (GR-MDA – RNP) • Excellency Laboratory in the development of applications for producing, editing and broadcasting audiovisual content through the internet and digital TV (XPTA-Labs) • Using digital TV technologies in classroom • ScalaTV- Scalability and Interperception in Interactive Digital TV Systems. • MultiIN – Dealing with multiple interaction devices in educative programs for Interactive Digital TV

  12. Projects Research • Ginga Code Development Network • Mapping using heterogeneous robotic teams. • NatalGIS – GeographicInformation System for Monitoring Environmental ProtectedAreas • TV Mímica – Providing learning through mimics in Interactive Digital TV • Art TVDI – Technologic Framework to fast development for IDTV with web service support • VANT – Unmanned aerial vehicle – FINEP • PHD and MSC projects – CNPQ • CT-Infra – Digital Broadcaster to University TV (TVU) to improve the research in IDTV

  13. Projects • Current investments: • R$ 5.236.600, about 2.909.000 US$. • Total investments since it was created: • That’s a nice question...

  14. Some Partners

  15. GT-MV Project

  16. GT-RM Project

  17. Interperception

  18. Interpercetptive Games

  19. Interactive Digital TV

  20. DJ – SP SD Viedo Robot– RNSD Video GT-MDA Project • TelematicDance Show • Remote controlrobotwithaccelerometer • InToque – SBRC – RJ - WRNP Dancer– BA HD Video Internet Video Viewers - RJ

  21. XPTA Lab Project

  22. MultiIN Project

  23. Visual Odometry • Localization and mapping system using a single camera as sensing device • Robot position is estimated by applying geometric and statistical models in features extracted from images • Provides a reliable, fast and low cost solution

  24. Stereo Vision • Camera pair with overlapping field of view as the sensing device • Objective: obstacle avoidance and mapping

  25. Visual Attention • Bio-inspired artificial fovea approach for multi-resolution analysis • Image segmentation for visual attention

  26. Low Cost Robotic Devices (URA) • Design of robotic devices built with low cost commercially available Off-the-Shelf (COTS) components • Method for reading sensors and controlling actuators using audio interfaces of mobile devices • OneRobot per Student (URA) • To design a robotthatcouldbeused in everyschool in Brasil (winnerof AFRON 2012). (Video)

  27. NVANT • UAV (UnmannedAerialVehicles), researchanddevelopment • Joint projectwiththeMilitaryInstituteofEngineeringandotheruniversities • Covers full UAV design, from the airframe project to the software (AI, Computer Vision) design

  28. Lab. Devices

  29. Roboeduc RoboEduc. Robótica Pedagógica. Adote essa idéia !!

  30. RoboeducActivities

  31. Dynavideo

  32. Dynavideo Activities

  33. The end! Dúvidas? Doubts? Twijfelen?

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