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Events
- 05/31/2021, COMPANION-CM project’s webpage launched: https://roboticslab.uc3m.es/new/companion-cm-projects-webpage-launched/
- 10/14/2021, Room 1.1J12, EPS-UC3M: Kick-off Meeting: https://roboticslab.uc3m.es/new/kick-meeting-companion-cm-project/
- 12/13/2021, Online: Meeting with LAMBECOM (Hospital de Fuenlabrada-Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), to discuss potential use cases
- 02/18/2022, Room 1.1J12, EPS-UC3M: Meeting with Dr. Sergio Fuertes, Hospital de Burgos, to discuss potential use cases
- 04/21/2022, Online: Meeting with Iris Van Rooij y Mark Blokpoel (DONDERS Institute). OBJ1, Task T1.1 “Cognitive Principles of Human-Human Communication”.
- 05/11/2022, Room 1.1J12, EPS-UC3M: “Technical Coordination Meeting: Robotics Lab – GPM”
- 10/28/2022, Room 1.1J12, EPS-UC3M: “Technical Coordination Meeting: Robotics Lab – GPM”
- 11/25/2022, Lab 1.0B03, Scientific Park UC3M, “Demo preparation meeting: home environment”
- 03/22/2023, Workshop on Symmetric Human-Robot Interaction in the field of Assistive Robotics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Salón de Grados.
- April-September 2023: Focus on the elaboration of the RoboEmpathy proposal! ERC Synergy Grant
- 03/18/2024, Room 1.1J12, EPS-UC3M: “Technical Coordination Meeting: Robotics Lab – GPM”.
- 04/09/2024, Room 4.3A05, EPS-UC3M: “Demonstrator Definition: Robotics Lab – GPM”.
- 11/15/2024, Lab 4.2A01, EPS-UC3M: “Activity for high school students: would you like to know how AI controls an autonomous robot that helps humans?”. We will explain the modules that allow the robot to observe its environment, understand human actions and predict intentions in order to proactively help.
- 11/15/2024, Lab 4.2A01, EPS-UC3M:Interactive demo: “Artificial Intelligence applied to assistive robotics”. We invite the general public to participate in an interactive demonstrator collaborating with the humanoid robot Tiago++ in everyday tasks, such as cooking.
News
02/13/2023 Firsts compelling results of the COMPANION-CM project
Recent results of the COMPANION-CM project have been recently shown. In the demonstration, a robot observes human behaviour and predicts the object that will be needed next.
09/15/2023 – We’ve just submitted the proposal ‘RoboEmpathy’ (ERC Synergy Grant)
- PI1 Prof. Carlos Balaguer, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain (corresponding Principal Investigator (cPI) and corresponding Host Institution (cHI))
- PI2 Prof. Johanna Pirker, Graz University of Technology, Austria (HI2)
- PI3 Prof. Luisa Damiano, IULM University, Italy (HI3)
01/07/2025 the COMPANION-CM project came to an end
On 31 December 2024, the COMPANION-CM project came to an end. This synergistic project was funded by the Community of Madrid, with reference Y2020/NMT-6660, within the framework of the 2020 call for grants for synergistic R&D projects in new and emerging scientific areas at the frontier of science and of an interdisciplinary nature.
Videos
This demonstration video shows how a robot predicts the intention of a human in the short term, based on the analysis of its visual field, the dynamics of its gaze (where they look at any given moment) and its body movement (how they positions themself). The goal is for the robot to know what objects the human needs when the human looks at them, without the need for a vocal command. The demonstrator is deployed and we are performing the experiments that will close a paper to be submitted next month [Elisabeth Menéndez-Salvador et al., 2023].