Robotic Systems Group

Today, you enthusiastically concluded our journey through the world of robotics at the University of Catania. Automation engineering students showcased their end-of-course projects through creative and innovative solutions, demonstrating their dedication and expertise in the field.
We wish all of you continued success and a bright future ahead!
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We present our latest online video that showcases the BioBlu project, an innovative multi-robot system consisting of a drone and a ground robot driven by artificial intelligence that aims to revolutionize eco-friendly beach cleaning. 🌊 This advanced system has the potential to eliminate the negative impact of pollution on the environment and contribute to the sustainable development of coastal regions. 🚀
We invite you to read our article to learn more about this project: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3317689

Giovanni Cicceri, Dario Guastella, Giuseppe Sutera, Francesco Cancelliere, Mario Vitti, Giovanni Randazzo, Salvatore Distefano, Giovanni Muscato

YouTube: https://youtu.be/1LuQTZDqqIc

An Intelligent Hierarchical Cyber-Physical System for beach waste management: the BIOBLU case study. Nestled at the confluence of nature grandeur and human civilization, beaches command an influential presence that resonates throughout the environment, socie...

Sharper night 2023 Catania


Università di Catania
Giovanni Muscato
Giuseppe Sutera
Dario Guastella
Francesco Cancelliere

We are pleased to announce the publication of our new paper:
"An Intelligent Hierarchical Cyber-Physical System for beach waste management: the BIOBLU case study" in IEEE Access.

The paper provides an overview of the BIOBLU project in which the RoSys Group has been involved for the development of SandRo, our mobile manipulator for garbage collection from beaches.

Check out the paper at this link:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10256100

Link to LinkedIn page:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7111995149928296448

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The RoSys Group at Automatica2023.

Vi aspettiamo giorno 29 Settembre 2023 in Piazza Università a Catania per presentarvi il robot Sandro e tutto il RoSys Group.

Francesco Cancelliere
Dario Guastella
Giuseppe Sutera
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e Informatica - Unict

Pulizia delle Spiagge: Arriva il Robot SandRo - SHARPER Night Il Robotic Systems Group è lieto di presentare SandRo, un innovativo robot per la pulizia delle spiagge. L’intelligenza artificiale permette al robot di riconoscere e raccogliere i rifiuti plastici cosi da mantenere le spiagge libere dai rifiuti e preservare l’ambiente marino. A cura di Giovann...

SandRO (SandRObot) back in action! Our robot developed within the Interreg Italy-Malta Bioblu project joined the Sustainable Development Festival by supporting students of the University of Catania during a waste mob last Friday at Playa beach in Catania.

Video Credits (Italian only): Università di Catania - webtv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuTFh9P7rEE

Dario Guastella
Giuseppe Sutera
Andrea Borgese
Francesco Cancelliere

Fai la differenza | Festival dello Sviluppo sostenibile 2023 Un centinaio di studentesse e studenti dell'Università di Catania, insieme con i docenti e il personale tecnico-amministrativo, venerdì 26 maggio, hanno ripu...

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➡️ Eventi 🌱

Per il waste mob di oggi nell’ambito del Festival dello Sviluppo Sostenibile abbiamo avuto un grande alleato: un sviluppato dal Robotic Systems Group del all'interno del progetto di ricerca "Interreg Italia-Malta ". 🤖

Il robot localizza, riconosce e differenzia i rifiuti grazie all'uso di tecniche di intelligenza artificiale.♻️

Grazie a tutti e grazie al nostro Direttore, Prof. Ing. Giovanni Muscato! 💪🏻

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=639931771495896&id=100064372374163

♻️ Domattina partiremo dall'ex Lido Università per il 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘣 "𝗙𝗮𝗶 𝗹𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗮" lungo il litorale della Playa di Catania con un supporto molto particolare!
🤖 Tra le attività programmate per il 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗦𝘃𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 c'è infatti la pulizia della spiaggia con l'aiuto di un robot: si tratta del prototipo sviluppato dal Robotic Systems Group (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e Informatica - Unict) all’interno del progetto di ricerca "Interreg Italia-Malta ".
🦾 Il robot si muoverà autonomamente, raccogliendo i rifiuti con il proprio braccio meccanico, dopo averli localizzati, riconosciuti e classificati, grazie all’uso di tecniche di intelligenza artificiale.

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘
👉 Tutti possono partecipare, basta dare la propria disponibilità scrivendo a [email protected], l'Ufficio sostenibilità fornirà l’attrezzatura necessaria per la raccolta dei rifiuti per la pulizia della spiaggia.
️📌 Il giorno dell'iniziativa occorre indossare scarpe chiuse, pantaloni lunghi, cappello, portare crema solare e una borraccia d’acqua.
🗓 26 maggio 2023, ore 10:30
📍 Ex Lido Università, Viale Kennedy 27 - Catania (raggiungibile con la linea AMTS “D”)
ℹ️ Info https://bit.ly/FSS23_WasteMob



ASviS - Alleanza Italiana per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile
RUS - Rete delle Università per lo Sviluppo sostenibile
Terza Missione Unict

The RoSys Group thanks Prof. Dariusz Horla from Poznań University of Technology for visiting our department and for the interesting talks:
- On using simple optimization techniques to tune UAVs
- On improving performance of adaptive control systems

We are happy to have met a new friend and so our greeting is just a goodbye.
See you next time around the world.

Dario Guastella Giuseppe Sutera

We are happy to announce that our paper "Adaptive Navigation Control of an Active Smart Walker" has been awarded the Best Paper Prize at CLAWAR 2022 in Portugal.

Check out our article and related video on the following inks:
Video - https://lnkd.in/dzRrH8CF
Paper - https://lnkd.in/ddxipg-h

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7044704381778243586

Andrea Borgese Dario Guastella Giuseppe Sutera Alessia Biondo Giovanni Muscato

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The rapid increase of elderly population all over the world has determined an enhanced attention to their needs: among the others, mobility is one of the most important human skills to support. In this work we propose a prototype of an active smart walker, which is meant to assist the elderly people during the walk, featuring obstacle avoidance and autonomous navigation capabilities. The proposed system is able to plan and move in a known environment, adapting its behavior according to the presence of the user.

Alessia Biondo Dario Guastella Giovanni Muscato Giuseppe Sutera

Adaptive navigation control of an active smart walker. The rapid increase of elderly population all over the world has determined an enhanced attention to their needs: among the others, mobility is one of the mos...

This video shows the prototype of mobile manipulator developed for collecting plastic waste from beaches realized in the framework of the Interreg Italia-Malta BIOBLU project by the RoSys Group of the University of Catania.

The robot is able to:
- autonomously navigate to the point of interest;
- recognize the waste through an RGBD camera and pick it up;
- dump the waste into trash compactor.

A mobile robotic manipulator for plastic waste collection from beaches This video shows the prototype of mobile manipulator developed for collecting plastic waste from beaches realized in the framework of the Interreg Italia-Ma...