ROVINA: Robots for Exploration, Digital Preservation and Visualization of Archeological Sites-
Kick-off meeting has finished
We had a successful Kick-off meeting in Rome. Thanks to the University of Rome for the great meeting.
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First inspection at S. Priscilla catacombs in Rome
Today we used the robot of our laboratory to collect the first test dataset in the S. Priscilla catacombs in Rome.
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iHistory workshop and Masters in Digital Heritage
Rovina will be presented the 16-th of December at the iHistory workshop on "New perspectives and methods of historical research: relations between nations, cultures and religions through new technologies". The…
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First Demo of the Kinect-Based Traversability Analysis
First developments of the Kinect-based traversability analysis show promising results in the first catacomb mapping run (green=traversable; red=non-traversable; yellow=too uncertain).
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ROVINA @Makerfaire
We are happy to announce that ROVINA will be at the European Makerfaire in Rome, October 3-5 2014. Attend our talk on Friday at 4:30pm, room WS12, or visit our…
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Maker of Merit Award
We are proud to announce that the ROVINA project has been awarded the "Maker of Merit" award at the Maker Faire Rome - The European Edition. The event was a…
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ROVINA goes on TV
ROVINA stars on the Italian national TV! If you missed the report when it aired, follow the link to the recording on the RAI news website.
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Forget Indiana Jones: Here Comes The Robot Archeologist.
Forbes claims that the ROVINA project is better than Indiana Jones. Learn why by reading the great article by Federico Guerrini.
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ROVINA goes live on TV
The ROVINA project was presented live on the Italian national TV. For those of you who missed it, here comes the link to the online version.
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Preliminary Sensor Analysis
Here are some snapshots from our preliminary sensor analysis in a Catacombs like environment, that include simulations of the RE05 Lidar and of the Asus Xtion.
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Robust Map Optimization Approach Developed for ROVINA
A robust map optimization approach based on dynamic covariance scaling has been developed an published. Here an example video that illustrates optimization under data association outliers.
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ROVINA @Maker Faire Rome 2015
ROVINA Project has been presented @ Maker Faire Rome: we showed the 3D models of the catacombs through our VR viewer and we had also a talk: lots of…
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ROVINA Homing Expriment in the Priscilla Catacomb in Rome
The consortium has been successfully testing the homing catabilties of the ROVINA robot even in cases in which the mapping system fails. A short example is shown in this video.
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Climbing stairs with the new platform
In this video we show an early prototype of the ROVINA robotic platform climbing stairs during the first integration week in Freiburg.
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The ROVINA robotic platform v1.0
Some pictures of the first stable prototype of the ROVINA robot as presented during the first review meeting.
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Preliminary 3D robot model
We are designing our robotic platform with the open source tool Blender. Here you can find some snapshots of the rendered models. We will release the .blend file containing…
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ROVINA has been awarded the “Non sprecare” 2015 prize
We are pleased to announce that ROVINA has been awarded the “Non sprecare” 2015 prize for its potential in the context of sustainable development of cultural heritage tourism. The “Non…
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ROVINA receives two DigitalHeritage 2015 Expo Awards!
We are pleased to announce that the ROVINA project has received two out of three available awards at the DigitalHeritage 2015 Expo: the Technical Proficiency Award and the People Choice…
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ROVINA Data Acquisition for Visual Mapping in the Priscilla Catacomb in Rome
We have been recording several parts of the Priscilla catacomb in Rome using the ROVINA platform.
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Mission Control Interface: experimentation with non-expert users
The Mission Control Interface has been tested by non-expert users during two sessions: the first one in the laboratories of the DIAG Department of "Sapienza" University of Rome, the second…
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