The aim of this master thesis is to make research of Open Source software, which are used for simulation autonomous robots. At the begining is performed research of selected robotic simulators. In the first part of this work is to get familiar with robotic simulator Gazebo and robotic framework ROS. The second part of this work deals with simulating and subsequent implementation of choosen robotic tasks through the simulator Gazebo and the ROS framework.

Robotic industries are growing faster than in any other era with the demand and rise of in home robots or assisted robots. Such a robot should be able to navigate between different rooms in the house autonomously. For autonomous navigation, the robot needs to build a map of the surrounding unknown environment and localize itself within the map. For home robots, distinguishing between different rooms improves the functionality of the robot. In this research, Simultaneously Localization And Mapping (SLAM) utilizing a LiDAR sensor is used to construct the environment map. LiDAR is more accurate and not sensitive to light intensity compared to vision. The SLAM method used is Gmapping to create a map of the environment. Gmapping is one of the robust and user-friendly packages in the Robotic Operating System (ROS), which creates a more accurate map, and requires less computational power. The constructed map is then used for room categorization using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Since CNN is one of the powerful techniques to classify the rooms based on the generated 2D map images. To demonstrate the applicability of the approach, simulations and experiments are designed and performed on campus and an apartment environment. The results indicate the Gmapping provides an accurate map. Each room used in the experimental design, undergoes training by using the Convolutional Neural Network with a data set of different apartment maps, to classify the room that was mapped using Gmapping. The room categorization results are compared with other approaches in the literature using the same data set to indicate the performance. The classification results show the applicability of using CNN for room categorization for applications such as assisted robots.

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This MSc Thesis describes creation of motion model of mobile robot called Trilobot. This model is implemented into simple simulation tool. Some laboratory experiments with the robot are described in this paper. There is also some information about SmallDEVS tool and Squeak Smalltalk environment in which the model was implemented. Motivation of this work is effort to simplify the design and testing of navigation algorithms for Trilobot, which is available for students of FIT BUT in the robotics lab of department of intelligent systems. This simple simulation tool could partially reduce dependence on physical availability of this robot.

What I have tried to do in this project is to come up with a system of building that gives the building and the materials within, a chance for a longer life. A system that does not only make it easier to change the layout on the inside, but also makes it easier to disassemble the entire structure with minimal damage to the materials and the surroundings.  The pillar-beam glulam system is inspired by the Scandinavian and asian wood traditions. With wood joints and bolts, the inner structure can be assembled, disassembled and reassembled multiple times. By Designing for deconstruction the materials are not wasted if the building needs to move, and by making the layout flexible on the inside, the building can serve different functions and hold other family constellations within without too much effort or cost.  The appearance of the system is meant to make you think of trees, with the stems and branches and holes between the leaves where the sun can come through. This is something that has come through the different iterations of the system and the buildings, together with the initial research of wood and the forests and through the process it eventually evolved into System:Forest.

The research on autonomous vehicles, and more specifically cooperation between autonomous vehicles, has become a prominent research field during the last cou- ple of decades. One example is the combination of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) together with an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). The benefits of this are that the two vehicles complement each other, where the UAV provides an aerial view and can reach areas where a ground vehicle can not. Furthermore, since the UAV has a limited range, the UGV can then serve as transport and recharge sta- tion for the UAV. This master thesis studies how model predictive control (MPC) can be used to land a UAV on a moving UGV.  A linear MPC is chosen, since previous work using this has shown promising results. The UAV is chosen to be controlled using commands in pitch, roll and climbing rate. The MPC is designed as a decoupled controller, with a separate horizontal and vertical controller. This allows for a spatial constraint to be im- plemented, which constrains the UAV from entering ground level before arriving above the UGV. It also constrains the UAV from potentially hitting protruding ob- jects on the UGV. The horizontal controller uses a simple planner, which guides the UAV to land on the UGV from behind.  The MPC is evaluated using a additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) sen- sor error model with zero mean. The scenario used is that the UAV starts 50 m from the UGV, and the UGV starts driving in a given direction turning randomly. The MPC lands successfully in 100 % of the simulations for a wide range of tun- ings. The MPC maintains the same landing statistics with a delay in the sensor information of up to 500 ms. The AWGN could be increased while maintaining successful landings, however with significantly more retakes and longer landing times. Lower AWGN variance only slightly improves performance, suggesting that the MPC is quite robust towards high variance in the state estimation.  The MPC is also compared to a PID controller. The MPC has significantly shorter landing times. The PID has a more oscillatory control signal, however, the PID has a lower variance in landing positions, but a slightly less centered mean on the UGV. The overall results show that an MPC can be used to achieve a flexible controller that can be tuned and reformulated to fit the situation, and performs as good or better compared to a PID controller.  The hardware tests show promising results for the implementation of the MPC. The controller is not tuned and no system identification is done specifi- cally for the physical UAV, suggesting that the controller is robust for varying settings. Even though the UAV never lands on the UGV, the visual behavior and control signal plots suggest that it would be able to land. However, these tests are performed using global navigation satellite system state estimation on a sta- tionary UGV, therefore further tests need to be performed in more challenging scenarios.

[pt] Esta dissertação apresenta o desenvolvimento de um controle híbrido de um robô do tipo humanoide Atlas em regime de locomoção estática para a frente. Nos experimentos faz-se uso do ambiente de simulação Gazebo, que permite uma modelagem precisa do robô. O sistema desenvolvido é composto pela modelagem da mecânica do robô, incluindo as equações da dinâmica que permitem o controle das juntas por torque computado, e pela determinação das posições que as juntas devem assumir. Isto é realizado por agentes que utilizam o algoritmo de aprendizado por reforço Q-Learning aproximado para planejar a locomoção do robô. A definição do espaço de estados, que compõe cada agente, difere da cartesiana tradicional e é baseada no conceito de pontos cardeais para estabelecer as direções a serem seguidas até o objetivo e para evitar obstáculos. Esta definição permite o uso de um ambiente simulado reduzido para treinamento, fornecendo aos agentes um conhecimento prévio à aplicação no ambiente real e facilitando, em consequência, a convergência para uma ação dita ótima em poucas iterações. Utilizam-se, no total, três agentes: um para controlar o deslocamento do centro de massa enquanto as duas pernas estão apoiadas ao chão, e outros dois para manter o centro de massa dentro de uma área de tolerância de cada um dos pés na situação em que o robô estiver apoiado com apenas um dos pés no chão. O controle híbrido foi também concebido para reduzir as chances de queda do robô durante a caminhada mediante o uso de uma série de restrições, tanto pelo aprendizado por reforço como pelo modelo da cinemática do robô. A abordagem proposta permite um treinamento eficiente em poucas iterações, produz bons resultados e assegura a integridade do robô. / [en] This dissertation presents the development of a hybrid control for an Atlas humanoid robot moving forward in a static locomotion regime. The Gazebo simulation environment used in the experiments allows a precise modeling of the robot. The developed system consists of the robot mechanics modeling, including dynamical equations that allow the control of joints by computed-torque and the determination of positions the joints should take. This is accomplished by agents that make use of the approximate Q-Learning reinforcement learning algorithm to plan the robot s locomotion. The definition of the state space that makes up each agent differs from the traditional cartesian one and is based on the concept of cardinal points to establish the directions to be followed to the goal and avoid obstacles. This allows the use of a reduced simulated environment for training, providing the agents with prior knowledge to the application in a real environment and facilitating, as a result, convergence to a so-called optimal action in few iterations. Three agents are used: one to control the center of mass displacement when the two legs are poised on the floor and other two for keeping the center of mass within a tolerance range of each of the legs when only one foot is on the ground. In order to reduce the chance of the robot falling down while walking the hybrid control employs a number of constraints, both in the reinforcement learning part and in the robot kinematics model. The proposed approach allows an effective training in few iterations, achieves good results and ensures the integrity of the robot.

This work presents a system for semi-autonomous optical localization of distant moving targets using multiple positionable cameras. The cameras were calibrated and stationed using custom designed calibration targets and methodology with the objective to alleviate the main sources of errors which were pinpointed in thorough precision analysis. The detection of the target is performed manually, while the visual tracking is automatic and it utilizes two state-of-the-art approaches. The estimation of the target location in 3-space is based on multi-view triangulation working with noisy measurements. A basic setup consisting of two camera units was tested against static targets and a moving terrestrial target, and the precision of the location estimation was compared to the theoretical model. The modularity and portability of the system allows fast deployment in a wide range of scenarios including perimeter monitoring or early threat detection in defense systems, as well as air traffic control in public space.

The subject of the diploma thesis is “Rehabilitation of the historical center and the surrounding neighborhoods in Kyjov with main focus on public space”. Urbanistic solution covers an area in close distance from the Masaryk Square, where the effort is to offer housing in the newly designed residential district. Diploma thesis also contains a design for completion and increase of capacity of the social services complex which is adjacent to the park by Saint Josef Chapel. This park is a part of the urbanistic design as well. The studied area is bordered by the streets of Újezd, Dobrovského, Dvořákova, Klvaňova, Brandlova and Palackého třída. Although Kyjov is situated mostly on plains the studied area is in a hilly and disunited part of the city. Buildings in this area are rather low-rise and mainly used for housing purposes. The design is focused on offering varied housing, which relates to the existing buildings and develops unused public space. Scope of this diploma thesis also contains a vision for the year 2070. The vision focuses on an area currently with high-rise blocks of flats. This area is adjacent to the newly designed residential district.