European Robotic Pedestrian Assistant 2.0 EUROPA2

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EUROPA2

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The EUROPA2 Vision

To build robots that can

 Reliably navigate in complex, dynamic

and human populated urban areas

 With minimal user intervention and

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EUROPA2 Goals

 Combine publicly available maps with the

robot’s perception

 Online semantic scene interpretation  Introspective classification for robust

decision making

 Detection of partially visible pedestrians

 Development of representations for dynamic

urban environments, pedestrians and traffic

 Life-long operation

 Continuous calibration

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Bringing Everything Together

EUROPA2

semantics & tracking

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Project Status

Second Period

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Feedback from reviewers

The consortium is encouraged to

continue the successful scientific work  We performed the scientific work,

together with the development work needed to integrate the components developed in the first period.

 The results of the scientific activities

led to the publications of 3 journal articles and 18 conference papers.

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Feedback from reviewers

General dissemination and commercial exploitation should be intensified

 We created a YouTube page

 We invited the press during the data

collection activities and demos

 We presented the project to many

events for the general public

 We analyzed exploitation paths and

potential stakeholders

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Milestone 3 Completed (M18)

First integration and testing phase completed

 First cycle of the spiral development

model has been completed

 First integration week carried out  Maps of all partners acquired

 Submitted deliverables: D1.4, D2.1(i),

D2.3(i), D2.4(i), D3.2(i), D3.4(i), D4.2(i), D4.3(i), D5.2(i), D6.3(i)

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Milestone 4 Completed (M22)

Revised specifications completed

 Second integration week carried out  Initial results published at major

venues (3 journal articles and 19 conference papers published)

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Summary

 Work is on track

 All deliverables have been submitted  Milestone MS3 and MS4 reached

 All the objectives for P2 reached

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Agenda

8:45 9:00 PO and Reviewers meet - Coffee & Croissants 9:00 9:15 Welcome, Overview and Highlights

9:15 9:45 WP1 9:45 10:15 WP2 10:15 10:45 WP3 10:45 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 10:30 WP4 11:30 12:00 WP5 12:00 12:30 WP6 12:30 13:30 Lunch 13:30 14:00 WP7 + WP8 14:00 14:30 Conclusion