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The UOH Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (RISLab) of the Institute of Engineering Sciences of the Universidad de O'Higgins does research and development in topics related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics, IoT, etc., with applications in different areas, such as agriculture, mining, health, art, and education, among others.
The laboratory has about 68mt2 and consists of various robots, specialized cameras, as well as servers, workstations, and workspace for students and researchers.
Research Lines
Research Lines
AI and Machine Learning
Computer and Robot Vision
Spatial AI
Soft Robotics
Neuroscience
Application Areas
Application Areas
Precision Agriculture
Health
Mining
Energy Systems
Team
Team
Rodrigo Verschae
Rodrigo Verschae
Associate Professor, ICI-UOH
Research Interests: Computer & Robot Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics
Stefan Escaida
Stefan Escaida
Assistant Professor, ICI-UOH
Research Interests: Tactile Sensing, Proximity Sensing, Sensor Design, Soft Robotics
María de los Angeles Rodríguez
María de los Angeles Rodríguez
Assistant Professor, ICI-UOH
Research Interests: Interoception, Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain-Body Interaction, Perception
Postdocs & Research Engineers
Postdocs & Research Engineers
Luis Cossio
Luis Cossio
Research Engineer/ M.Sc., FIC Cerezas
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Ignacio Bugueño
Ignacio Bugueño
Research Engineer/ M.Sc., ICI-UOH
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Robotics
Wireless Communications
Jaime Varas
Jaime Varas
Agricultural Engineer, ICI-UOH, FIC Cerezas
Project Manager
Edgardo Ramirez
Ph.D. ICI-UOH Postdoc
EEG, Machine Learning, Robotics,
Analysis of Biological Signals
Matias Pastene
Computer Engineer
Computer Vision, Object Detection
Exchange Student @ Chiba University, Japan, during 2023
Collaborators
Collaborators
Cristóbal Quiñinao
Cristóbal Quiñinao
Assistant Professor, PUC, Chile
Research Interests: Biological Systems, Functional Analysis, Stochastic Processes, PDEs and Dynamical Dystems, Neuroscience
Christopher Flores
Christopher Flores
Assistant Professor, Universidad del Bio Bio, Chile
Research Interests: Machine learning, Natural language processing, Active and semi-supervised Learning, Biomedical informatics
Robert Guaman
Robert Guaman
Rohit Singla
Rohit Singla
Ph.D, ICI-UOH Postdoc
Robotics
Automatic Control
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Carlos Rosel
Master(c), UOH
(electrical engineering)
Nicolas Araya
Master(c), UOH
(computer engineering)
Ariel Zuniga
Master(c), UOH
(electrical engineering)
Research Visit @ ENS Paris Saclay (2025)
UOH Students (@Final Eng Thesis)
UOH Students (@Final Eng Thesis)
Ariel Valenzuela
Undergraduate Student
(electrical engineering)
Nicolas Muñoz
Undergraduate Student
(computer engineering)
Undergraduate Student @ UOH
(electrical Engineer)
UOH Students (Undegradute)
UOH Students (Undegradute)
Felipe Scanda
Undergraduate Student @ UOH
(Computer Engineer)
Samuel Bugueno
Undergraduate Student @ Universidad de Chile
(Electrical Engineer)
Arnaldo Gonzalez
Undergraduate Student
(Computer Engineer)
Martin Jaque
Undergraduate Student @ UOH
(Computer Engineer)
Felipe Sanchez
Undergraduate Student @ UOH
(Computer Engineer)
Alumni / Former Members
Alumni / Former Members
Christopher Flores
Postdoc FONDECYT (2022-2023)
Now Assistant Professor @ Universidad del Bio Bio
Jose Astorga
Master, Universidad de Chile
(computer engineering)
Ignacio Vasquez
Electrical Engineer
Hernan Moreno
Computer Engineer
Daniel Gomez
Electrical Engineer
Hernan Reyes
Electrical Engineer, FIC Cerezas
Hyperspectral cameras
Felipe Gomez
Computer Engineer
Christopher Sandoval
Computer Engineer
Luis Miranda
Computer Engineer
Patricio Fernandez
Computer Engineer
Fabian Valderrama
Industrial Engineer
Computer Vision, Generative AI
Inactive Members
Inactive Members
Vicente Gonzales
Undergraduate Student
(computer engineering)
Jaime Rodriguez
Undergraduate Student
(math & data engineering)
Ignacio Mena
Undergraduate Thesis
(electrical engineering)
Camila Rapu
Undergraduate Student
(computer engineering)
Martin Sandoval
Undergraduate Student
(Computer Engineer)
Cynthia Cortez
Undergraduate Student
(Computer Engineer)
Rodolfo Galaz
Undergraduate Student @ UOH
Group Photo
Group Photo
End-of-year meeting
End-of-year meeting
December 2023
December 2023
Research Seminar
Research Seminar
June 2023
June 2023
End-of-year meeting
End-of-year meeting
December 2022
December 2022
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
Luis Cossio, Cristobal Quininao, Rodrigo Verschae
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture , Volume 235 (2025)
Robert Guaman, Jose Delpiano, Rodrigo Verschae
Event-based optical flow: method categorisation and review of techniques that leverage deep learning
Neurocomputing
2025
Rohit Singla, Rodrigo Verschae, Stefan Escaida, Harish Parthasarathy
Estimating time-varying delays and parametric uncertainties in teleoperated robots
Nonlinear Dynamics 2024
Volume 113, pages 9861–9881, (2025)
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
Facilities & Equipment
Building C: 32mt2 of dedicated workspace for research activities
Building C: 32mt2 of dedicated workspace for research activities
Building B: 32mt2 dedicated to research activities
Building B: 32mt2 dedicated to research activities
High Performance Server:
High Performance Server:
3x V100s 30GB GPUs, 1TB RAM, 200 TB hard drive, and 2x CPU with 56 cores
3x V100s 30GB GPUs, 1TB RAM, 200 TB hard drive, and 2x CPU with 56 cores
Robotic Arm
Robotic Arm
6-axis collaborative, robot - Ned2
Warthog Clearpath
Warthog Clearpath
inc. multiple sensors (Lidar 3D, Thermal camera, stereo camera, RTK Diff GPS, etc.)
Hyperspectral Camera Pika L, from Resonon
Hyperspectral Camera Pika L, from Resonon
Event based Camara DAVIS346, from Inivation
Event based Camara DAVIS346, from Inivation
Event based Camara EVK4 – HD, from Sony & Prophesee (IMX636ES)
Event based Camara EVK4 – HD, from Sony & Prophesee (IMX636ES)
Robot Rosbot2 , from Husarion
Robot Rosbot2 , from Husarion
TonyPi Pro Humanoid, SpiderPi Hexapod, 2x ArmPi ROS Robotic Arm from Hiwonder, etc.
TonyPi Pro Humanoid, SpiderPi Hexapod, 2x ArmPi ROS Robotic Arm from Hiwonder, etc.
Drones: DJI Matrice 300
Drones: DJI Matrice 300
& DJI 450
& DJI 450
Various specialized cameras, including:
Various specialized cameras, including:
TOUCAN Camera: WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE (400-900nm) Snapshot Multispectral Camera
The Phoenix polarization camera (with Sony’s IMX264MZR/MYR CMOS polarized sensors)
LUCID The Helios2 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) and RBG Triton 3.2MP KIT
Organized Events
Organized Events
Latin-American Summer School in Robotics
Latin-American Summer School in Robotics
Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
9-13, December 2024
Webinar in Innovation and Tecnology applied to Fruitculture and Horticulture
Webinar in Innovation and Tecnology applied to Fruitculture and Horticulture
Embassy of Chile in Japan & Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
Embassy of Chile in Japan & Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
Septembre 28 2021
Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile
March 22, 23 & 24 2021
IEEE RAS International Summer School on "Deep Learning for Robot Vision", 2019
IEEE RAS International Summer School on "Deep Learning for Robot Vision", 2019
Universidad de O'Higgins &
Universidad de O'Higgins &
Universidad de Chile, Chile
Universidad de Chile, Chile
December 2019
Outreach
Outreach
Organizers of Robotic Workshops at Schools
Organizers of Robotic Workshops at Schools
Collaboration with the Mustakis Fundation 2022 - present
Collaboration with the Mustakis Fundation 2022 - present
Mesa Publico-Privada de Robotica
Mesa Publico-Privada de Robotica
Co-organizers; 2018-present
Co-organizers; 2018-present
Robots for Outreach and Education
Robots for Outreach and Education
10x Duckiebots
10x Duckiebots
Duckietown @ University level
5x mbots
5x mbots
Programming @ School level
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