Jose M. Giron-Sierra

Research: Vehicles

Marine Crafts and Operations

Stabilisation of Fast Ships

2 consecutive Projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Stabilisation with T-foil, flaps and fins
Experiments in towing tank

Fast ferry: 1200 passengers, 110m long, 40 knots

Cooperation of Quasi-Robot Ships

2 consecutive Projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

On-board system, under commander supervision
Protocols, manoeuvering

Oil spill recovery with towed boom, scaled experimental scenario

Quiescent Period Prediction

1 Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Defence
as part of a European Defence Agency International Project

3 issues: wave sensing, wave propagation, ship response
Use of wavelets

Prediction of best moment for landing on ship

Aerospace

Avionic Distributed Fuel Management System

2 consecutive International Projects funded by the European Community
Projects Smartfuel and Smartfuel-ADSP

Refuelling, Engine Supply, Balancing
Reconfigurable, distributed, automatic code generation

Aircraft Fuel Management System with Smart Components

Collaborations with the European Space Agency (ESA)

Several Projects and Contracts

Study of fuzzy control possible applications: rendez-vous, attitude, re-entry
Contributions to the Space Trajectory Analysis (STA) initiative
Project Spacefish

Orbits and interplanetary missions

Collaborations with the Instituto Nacional de Tecnicas Aeroespaciales (INTA)

Several Research Contracts

Contributions to monitoring and attitude control
One Nanosatellite presently in orbit
Next satellites in preparation

Satellite attitude control

UAV Formations, In-Flight Decision Taking

1 Research Contract Universidad Complutense-EADS CASA

UAV path planning
Stealth behaviour

UAV group in-flight tactical decisions

Robotics

Mobile Robot Navigation

1 Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Non-holonomic mobile robot
Autonomous navigation
Inertial unit

Sensor fusion for robot navigation

Coordination of Mobile Robots

1 Project funded by the University Complutense of Madrid

In-house unexpensive robot carts

Several configurations: snake, competition, etc.

Multiple Potentials for Robot Group Navigation

Future theses

For robot groups and formations
Theory, simulations, and experiments with robots
Ground and marine robots

Navigation decisions based on distinct potentials