User:AndreaBonarini

Andrea Bonarini
E-Mail:	bonarini@elet.polimi.it
Research Areas:	Robotics Affective Computing Machine Learning

Full professor, coordinator of the AIRLab

This is my home page on the airwiki website. Here you can find projects and thesis proposals as well as tutored projects. For any other information you can try on my home page at DEI (official home page)

PhD Students I am currently tutoring

• DavideTateo
• EwertonLopes
• MirzaRamicic

PhD Thesis Proposals

Highly Interactive Robotic Games

Interactive games with autonomous robots are one of the most challenging robotic research issues. The robot should involve the human player, both physically and behaviorally, while acting in the real world. This research requires developments in Robotics technologies, and, at the same time, the study of a novel framework of interaction. According to the competences of the candidate(s), the accent might be on robot shape, movement, behavior, interaction, signals, game design. Reference area: Robogames

Affective Computing: how emotion detection can affect pervasive computing

This research aims at investigating emotion detection from natural interaction with devices and the environment, and the impact that this information can have on the behavior of the intelligent environment. Applications range from interaction with robots and intelligent buildings, to automotive, PC-games, and entertainment. Technologies involved include video (and signal in general) analysis and computational intelligence. Reference area: Affective Computing

MS and BS thesis and project proposals

Wiki Page: Cognitive SLAM Title: Cognitive SLAM Description: We have developed a system that is able to detect, recognize and track objects in an image taken from a low cost robot equipped with a IMU and a low cost camera. The system is capable to detect and recognize objects using a user defined fuzzy tree classifier. However the system performance is heavily dependent on high level feature extraction, such as geometric features. The problem is non trivial due to noisy low cost camera and changes in the light conditions. The aim of this project is to improve the feature extraction and description process, both in performance and quality, possible adding a more complete description or others type of features. The long term aim of the research is to have an autonomuos robot capable to create a semantic map of the envirorment, localize himself , make inference on the map, navigate into the envirorment using the objects as landmarks. No special skills are required, except basic c and object oriented programming. Tutor: AndreaBonarini, DavideTateo Additional Info: CFU 5 - 20 / Master of Science / Course, Thesis

Wiki Page: Designing Living Objects Title: Designing Living Objects Description: The aim of this activity is to investigate how one or more objects in an antropic environment (home, office, hospital) can be designed and implemented to have a character and to move, having nice interactions with people. The work to be done concerns the analysis, definition, design and implementation of at least one of these objects. Tutor: AndreaBonarini Additional Info: CFU 5 - 20 / Bachelor of Science, Master of Science / Thesis, Course

Wiki Page: Robot Games Title: Robot Games Description: Projects may include the design of an interactive game on an existing or a new robot, and its evaluation. These projects allow to experiment with real mobile robots and interaction devices. Some games may be designed for disabled children. The project can be considered a MS thesis if it can produce a new game and, possibly, a new robot, and includes adapting the behavior of the robot to the player. Tutor: AndreaBonarini Additional Info: CFU 2 - 20 / Bachelor of Science, Master of Science / Course, Thesis

Projects I am currently tutoring

• Autonomous Robot for emotional interaction (Expressing emotions in interaction with children wih disabilities. MariaVirginiaPrati)
• Emotional Bioinspired Control (A control system able to control motors to emulate the movement of biological entities, with the possibility to show emotional features at control level. FranciscoJoseAznar SantiagoMeseguer)
• EmotionalBlueTrashBin (The goal of the project is to build an emotuional, mobile trash bin. GabrieleIannone)
• EmotionalLamp (Lamp showing emotion reactions GabrieleGhiringhelli)
• Pokety (The purpose of the project is to manifacture a pocket-size interactive robot for the amusement of children affected by autism or dyspraxia. The robot has its own personality, which is displayed in accordance with kid's movements. FlavioDeVincenti)
• SmallBasketBot (Robogame StefanoPersico)
• Temporary Unnamed Project (Simple game that consists in a robot looking for a coloured tower and the human opponents trying to guide him to another zone marked with a different colour, avoiding him to win. SamueleGiussani RiccardoConfalonieri)
• Teo Interactive (Interaction with Teo, robot for autistic children RachelWinsor)

Students I am currently tutoring

• AlessiaPaccagnella
• AngeloNasole
• DavideTateo
• EwertonLopes
• FlavioDeVincenti
• FrancescoDiGioia
• FranciscoJoseAznar
• GabrieleGhiringhelli
• GiuseppeDiFrancesco
• LorenzoSilvestrini
• MariaVirginiaPrati
• MarinaGnocco
• MatteoLucchelli
• MirzaRamicic
• RachelWinsor
• RiccardoConfalonieri
• SachinSoman
• SamueleGiussani
• SamueleLanzanova
• SantiagoMeseguer
• … further results