2019 – TDP – RoboFEI@Home – RoboCup@Home – Open Platform

This team description paper (TDP) presents the Home Environment Robot Assistant, HERA, developed by the RoboFEI@Home team at FEI University Center, for the 2019 instance of the RoboCup@Home Competition. Throughout the text, the research goals and interests of the team will be presented, as well as the hardware and software stacks used in the development of the robot to solve the tasks of the @Home competition and some of the projects currently under development by the group. The project also motivates both undergraduate and graduate level research in the fields of computer vision, mechanics, embedded electronics, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and human-robot interaction.