The Group of Automation, Robotics, and Computer Vision (AUROVA) is a research group at the University of Alicante and the IUII. Our research is diverse - from autonomous navigation to grasping, from tactile to visual control, from localization to machine learning, from recognition to digital twins. We have currently two main research lines:

1. Autonomous mobile robots. We develop novel methods for geo-referenced localization, static and dynamic obstacle detection, human-robot interaction, odometry, and end-to-end planning to enable navigation in unstructured outdoor environments..
2. Intelligent manipulation. We explore the use of cameras and tactile sensors in robotic arms for grasping tasks, focusing on visual-tactile sensing, slope detection, object recognition, grasping point estimation, cooperative manipulation, and reinforcement learning.

Our group is composed of researchers, professors, and students from different backgrounds, such as computer science, robotics, automation, and electronics. If you are interested in joining our team, do not hesitate to contact Fernando Torres.