UOH Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory
(RIS LAB)
Institute of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
The UOH UOH Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (RIS LAB) of the Institute of Engineering Sciences of the Universidad de O'Higgins addresses research and development topics related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics, etc., with applications in different areas, such as agriculture, transportation, mining, health, among others.
The laboratory has about 36mt2 and consists of various robots, specialized cameras, as well as computers and workspace for students and researchers.
Team
Rodrigo Verschae
Associate Professor, ICI-UOH
Research Interests: Computer & Robot Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics
Stefan Escaida
Assistant Professor, ICI-UOH
Research Interests: Tactile Sensing, Proximity Sensing, Sensor Design, Soft Robotics
María de los Angeles Rodríguez
Assistant Professor, ICI-UOH
Research Interests: Interoception, Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain-Body Interaction, Perception
Postdocs & Research Engineers
Luis Cossio
Research Engineer/ M.Sc., FIC Cerezas
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Robert Guaman
Ph.D, FONDECYT (2024-2027) Postdoc
Robotics in construction
Digital Signal Processing
MATLAB Simulation
Computer Vision
Mobile Manipulators
Ignacio Bugueño
Research Engineer/ M.Sc. (c), ICI-UOH
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Robotics
Wireless Communications
Jaime Varas
Agricultural Engineer, ICI-UOH, FIC Cerezas
Project Manager
Rohit Singla
Ph.D, ICI-UOH Postdoc
Robotics
Automatic Control
Hernan Reyes
Electrical Engineer, FIC Cerezas
Hyperspectral cameras
Collaborators
Cristóbal Quiñinao
Assistant Professor, PUC, Chile
Research Interests: Biological Systems, Functional Analysis, Stochastic Processes, PDEs and Dynamical Dystems, Neuroscience
Christopher Flores
Assistant Professor, Universidad del Bio Bio, Chile
Research Interests: Machine learning, Natural language processing, Active and semi-supervised Learning, Biomedical informatics
UOH Graduate Students
Carlos Rosel
Master Student
(electrical engineering)
Nicolas Araya
Master Student
(computer engineering)
Ariel Zuniga
Master Student
(electrical engineering)
UOH Students (@Final Eng Thesis)
UOH Students (Undegradute)
Ariel Valenzuela
Undergraduate Student
(electrical engineering)
Matias Pastene
Undergraduate Student
(computer engineering)
Exchange Student @ Chiba University, Japan, during 2023
Camila Rapu
Undergraduate Student
(computer engineering)
Fabian Valderrama
Undergraduate Student
(industrial engineering)
Arnaldo Gonzalez
Undergraduate Student
(Computer Engineer)
Martin Sandoval
Undergraduate Student
(Computer Engineer)
Cynthia Cortez
Undergraduate Student
(Computer Engineer)
Rodolfo Galaz
Undergraduate Student
Co-advised Master Students @ UChile
Ignacio Bugueno
Master(c), Universidad de Chile
(electrical engineering)
Jose Astorga
Master(c), Universidad de Chile
(computer engineering)
Former / Inactive Members
Ignacio Vasquez
Electrical Engineer
Hernan Moreno
Computer Engineer
Daniel Gomez
Electrical Engineer
Felipe Gomez
Computer Engineer
Christopher Flores
Postdoc FONDECYT (2022-2023)
Now Assistant Professor @ Universidad del Bio Bio
Patricio Fernandez
Computer Engineer
Ignacio Mena
Undergraduate Thesis
(electrical engineering)
Christopher Sandoval
Computer Engineer
Vicente Gonzales
Undergraduate Student
(computer engineering)
Jaime Rodriguez
Undergraduate Student
(math & data engineering)
Group Photo
End-of-year meeting
December 2023
Research Seminar
June 2023
End-of-year meeting
December 2022
Selected Publications
Luis Cossio-Montefinale, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Rodrigo Verschae
Cherry CO Dataset: a dataset for cherry detection, segmentation and maturity recognition
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2024
Rodrigo Verschae, Ignacio Bugueno-Cordova
Event-based Gesture and Facial Expression Recognition: A Comparative Analysis
IEEE Access
11, 121269-121283, 2023
Gustavo Gil, Daniel Casagrande, Leonardo Pérez-Cortés, Rodrigo Verschae
Smart Agricultural Technology
Volume 3, February 2023, 100069
Christopher Flores, Rodrigo Verschae
A Generic Semi-Supervised and Active Learning Framework for Biomedical Text Classification
EMBC 2022
Glasgow, UK
Jinsong Zhang, Rodrigo Verschae, Shohei Nobuhara, Jean-François Lalonde
Solar Energy
Volume 176, December 2018, Pages 267-276
Rodrigo Verschae
Smart Technologies in Agriculture
In: Zhang, Q. (eds) Encyclopedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies. Springer, Cham.
Facilities & Equipment
32mt2 of dedicated workspace for research activities
Coming soon:
additional 32mt2 dedicated to research activities
High Performance Server:
3x V100s 30GB GPUs, 1TB RAM, 200 TB hard drive, and 2x CPU with 56 cores
Robotic Arm
6-axis collaborative, robot - Ned2
Warthog Clearpath
inc. multiple sensors (Lidar 3D, Thermal camera, stereo camera, RTK Diff GPS, etc.)
Hyperspectral Camera Pika L, from Resonon
Event based Camara DAVIS346, from Inivation
Event based Camara EVK4 – HD, from Sony & Prophesee (IMX636ES)
Robot Rosbot2 , from Husarion
TonyPi Pro Humanoid, SpiderPi Hexapod, 2x ArmPi ROS Robotic Arm from Hiwonder, etc.
Drones: DJI Matrice 300
& DJI 450
Organized Events
Webinar in Innovation and Tecnology applied to Fruitculture and Horticulture
Embassy of Chile in Japan & Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
Septembre 28 2021
Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
March 22, 23 & 24 2021
IEEE RAS International Summer School on "Deep Learning for Robot Vision", 2019
Universidad de O'Higgins &
Universidad de Chile, Chile
December 2019
Outreach
Organizers of Robotic Workshops at Schools
Collaboration with the Mustakis Fundation 2022 - present
Mesa Publico-Privada de Robotica
Co-organizers; 2018-present
Robots for Outreach and Education
10x Duckiebots
Duckietown @ University level
5x mbots
Programming @ School level
