University of the Balearic Islands

Systems, Robotics and Vision Group
Contact
Francisco Bonnín Pascual
Edifici Anselm Turmeda, D146
University of the Balearic Islands
Ctra. Valldemossa, Km 7.5
07122 Palma de Mallorca
Illes Balears, Spain

Phone: +34-971-172-565
Fax: +34-971-173-003
xisco.bonnin@uib.es
Publications by
Type

Journals

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Determination of Parathyroid Function after Total Thyroidectomy by Objective Analysis of its Fluorescence Intensity with Indocyanine Green using Purpose Developed Computer Software
Jaime Bonnín-Pascual, Francisco Bonnín-Pascual, Francesc Xavier Molina-Romero, Cristina Álvarez-Segurado, Marina Jiménez-Segovia, Aina Millan-Pons, Natalia Pujol-Cano, Alessandro Bianchi and Francesc Xavier González-Argenté.
Current Problems in Surgery
n° 101670, 2024
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LiODOM: Adaptive Local Mapping for Robust LiDAR-Only Odometry
Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Joan P. Company-Corcoles, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
vol. 156, n° 104226, 2022
[link]


A DCNN-based Arbitrarily-oriented Object Detector with Application to Quality Control and Inspection
Kai Yao, Alberto Ortiz and Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
Computers in Industry
vol. 142, n° 103737, 2022
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MUSSOL: A Micro-Uas to Survey Ship Cargo hOLds
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Joan P. Company-Corcoles and Alberto Ortiz
Remote Sensing
vol. 13, n° 3419, 2021
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A Weakly-Supervised Semantic Segmentation Approach Based on the Centroid Loss: Application to Quality Control and Inspection
Kai Yao, Alberto Ortiz and Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
IEEE Access
vol. 9, pp. 69010-69026, 2021
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UWB-Based Self-Localization Strategies: A Novel ICP-Based Method and a Comparative Assessment for Noisy-Ranges-Prone Environments
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
MDPI Sensors
vol. 20, n° 5613, 2020
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Uso de la fluorescencia con verde de indocianina en la isquemia mesentérica aguda
Use of Indocianine Green Fluorescence in Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
Jaime Bonnin-Pascual, Francesc Xavier Molina-Romero, Cristina Alvarez-Segurado, Marina Jimenez-Segovia, Alessandro Bianchi, Jose Miguel Moron-Canis, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Francesc Xavier Gonzalez-Argente
Annals of Mediterranean Surgery
vol. 3, n° 2, pp. 22-27, 2020


On the use of Robots and Vision Technologies for the Inspection of Vessels: A Survey on Recent Advances
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
Ocean Engineering
vol. 190, 106420, 2019
[link] [preprint]


A Reconfigurable Framework to Turn a MAV into an Effective Tool for Vessel Inspection
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Alberto Ortiz, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
Robotics and Computer-integrated Manufacturing
vol. 56, pp. 191-211, 2019
[link] [preprint]


Aportaciones de la fluorescencia a la cirugı́a endocrina
Contributions of Fluorescence to Endocrine Surgery
Jaime Bonnin-Pascual, Cristina Álvarez-Segurado, Marina Jiménez-Segovia, Alessandro Bianchi, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Francesc Xavier Molina-Romero and Francesc Xavier González-Argente
Cirugía Española
vol. 96, n° 9, pp. 529-536, 2018
[spanish] [english]


A Novel Approach for Defect Detection on Vessel Structures using Saliency-related Features
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
Ocean Engineering
vol. 149, pp. 397-408, 2018
[link] [preprint]


Vision-Based Corrosion Detection Assisted by a Micro-Aerial Vehicle in a Vessel Inspection Application
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
MDPI Sensors
vol. 16, n° 2118, 2016
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A Flying Tool for Sensing Vessel Structure Defects using Image Contrast-based Saliency
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
IEEE Sensors Journal
vol. 16, n° 15, pp. 6114-6121, 2016
[link] [preprint]


A Robot Application for Marine Vessel Inspection
Markus Eich, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Alberto Ortiz, Gabriele Bruzzone, Yannis Koveos and Frank Kirchner
Journal of Field Robotics (JFR)
vol. 31, n° 2, pp. 319-341, 2014
[link] [preprint]


Vessel Inspection: A Micro-Aerial Vehicle-based Approach
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (JIRS)
vol. 76, n° 1, pp. 151-167, 2014
[link] [preprint]


Book Chapters

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Navigation for Inspection
Alberto Ortiz, Javier Antich and Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
Encyclopedia of Robotics
Ed. Marcelo H. Ang, Oussama Khatib and Bruno Siciliano
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2020
pp. 1-16
ISBN 978-3-642-41610-1
[link]


Corrosion Detection for Automated Visual Inspection
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
Developments in Corrosion Protection
Ed. M. Aliofkhazraei
InTechOpen, 2014
ch. 25, pp. 619-632
ISBN 978-953-51-1223-5
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Conferences

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Incorporating Trajectory Following Capabilities into an Aerial Robot for Vessel Inspection
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Alberto Ortiz and Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo
29th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Padova (Italy), 2024
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UWB Nodes Auto-Calibration through a Bias-Aware Two-Stage Methodology
Alberto Ortiz, Miquel Serra-Perello, Antonio Tauler-Rossello, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo
IEEE Symposium Sensor Data Fusion and International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration (SDF-MFI),
Bonn (Germany), 2023
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Determinación de la función paratiroidea tras tiroidectomía total mediante medición objetiva de la intensidad de fluorescencia glandular con ICG
Jaime Bonnin-Pascual, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Cristina Álvarez-Segurado, Marina Jiménez-Segovia, Francesc Xavier Molina-Romero, Aina Millán-Pons, Natalia Pujol-Cano and Francesc Xavier González-Argenté
XXXIV Congreso Nacional de Cirugía, Madrid (Spain)
Cirugía Española vol. 100 (Espec Congr 2), n° 13, 2022
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Determinación objetiva e intraoperatoria de la intensidad de fluorescencia paratiroidea mediante software informático
Jaime Bonnin-Pascual, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Cristina Álvarez-Segurado, Marina Jiménez-Segovia, Francesc Xavier Molina-Romero, Aina Millán-Pons, Natalia Pujol-Cano and Francesc Xavier González-Argenté
XXXIV Congreso Nacional de Cirugía, Madrid (Spain)
Cirugía Española vol. 100 (Espec Congr 2), n° 108, 2022
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Evaluation of a Skill-based Control Architecture for a Visual Inspection-oriented Aerial Platform
Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Joan P. Company-Corcoles and Alberto Ortiz
25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Workshop: Robot-based Inspection Systems and Post-Processing Tools
Vienna (Austria), 2020
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Centroid Loss for Weakly-Supervised Semantic Segmentation in a Quality-Control Application
Kai Yao, Alberto Ortiz and Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Vienna (Austria), 2020
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Visual Inspection of Vessels Cargo Holds: Use of a Micro-Aerial Vehicle as a Smart Assistant
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Joan P. Company-Corcoles and Kai Yao
IMEKO TC-19 International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea (MetroSea)
Genoa (Italy), 2019
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An UWB-based System for Localization inside Merchant Vessels
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Zaragoza (Spain), 2019
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A DCNN-based Arbitrarily-Oriented Object Detector for a Quality-Control Application
Kai Yao, Alberto Ortiz and Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Zaragoza (Spain), 2019
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Towards the Automation of Visual Inspections of Cargo Holds of Large-Tonnage Vessels
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo Joan P. Company-Corcoles and Kai Yao
Jornadas Nacionales de Robotica (Spanish Robotics Conference)
Alicante (Spain), 2019
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Usos de la fluorescencia en cirugı́a endocrina
Jaime Bonnin-Pascual, Cristina Álvarez-Segurado, Marina Jiménez-Segovia, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Francesc Xavier González-Argente
XXXII Congreso Nacional de Cirugía, Madrid (Spain)
Cirugía Española vol. 96 (Espec Congr), n° 8, 2018
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New Steps towards the Integration of Robotic and Autonomous Systems in the Inspection of Vessel Holds
Alberto Ortiz, Kai Yao, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
Jornadas Nacionales de Robotica (Spanish Robotics Conference)
Valladolid (Spain), 2018
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Testing the Control Architecture of a Micro-Aerial Vehicle for Visual Inspection of Vessels
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Alberto Ortiz, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
III Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT)
Sevilla (Spain), 2017
Book: Robot 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference. Advances in Robotics
Ed. Springer International Publishing
Serie: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
vol. 693, n° 1, pp. 693-705
ISBN 978-3-319-70832-4
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A Saliency-boosted Corrosion Detector for the Visual Inspection of Vessels
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
XX International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence (CCIA)
Deltebre, Tarragona (Spain), 2017
Book: Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence Research and Development
Ed. IOS Press
Serie: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
vol. 300, pp. 176-185
ISBN 978-1-61499-805-1
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The INCASS Project Approach towards Automated Visual Inspection of Vessels
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
Jornadas Nacionales de Robotica (Spanish Robotics Conference)
Valencia (Spain), 2017
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Defect-level Inspection Aids for Automated Vessel Visual Inspection
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
Jornadas Automar (Marine Automation Workshop)
Castellón de la Plana (Spain), 2017
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Towards Automated Ship Inspection: A Visual Data-Oriented Toolbox
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
International Conference on Maritime Safety and Operations (MSO)
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom), 2016
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A Generic Framework for Defect Detection on Vessel Structures based on Image Saliency
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
XXI IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Berlin (Germany), 2016
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Advances in Automated Ship Structure Inspection
Thomas Koch, Sankaranarayanan Natarajan, Felix Bernhard, Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
XI International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT)
Lecce (Italy), 2016
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Fast Image Mosaicing using Incremental Bags of Binary Words
Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Stockholm (Sweden), 2016
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Visual Inspection of Vessels by means of a Micro-Aerial Vehicle: an Artificial Neural Network Approach for Corrosion Detection
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
II Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT)
Lisbon (Portugal), 2015
Book: Robot 2015: Second Iberian Robotics Conference. Advances in Robotics
Ed. Springer International Publishing
Serie: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
vol. 418, n° 2, pp. 223-234
ISBN 978-3-319-27148-4
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Saliency-driven Visual Inspection of Vessels by means of a Multirotor
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Workshop: Vision-based Control and Navigation of Small, Lightweight UAVs
Hamburg (Germany), 2015
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A Mosaicing Approach for Vessel Visual Inspection using a Micro-Aerial Vehicle
Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Hamburg (Germany), 2015
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A Micro-Aerial Platform for Vessel Visual Inspection based on Supervised Autonomy
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Alberto Ortiz, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Hamburg (Germany), 2015
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A Probabilistic Approach for Defect Detection based on Saliency Mechanisms
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
XIX IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Barcelona (Spain), 2014
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Semi-Autonomous Visual Inspection of Vessels Assisted by an Unmanned Micro Aerial Vehicle
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Alberto Ortiz
XXV IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Vilamoura, Algarve (Portugal), 2012
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A Control Architecture for a Micro Aerial Vehicle Intended for Vessel Visual Inspection
Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
III Jornadas de Computación Empotrada (JCE)
Elche (Spain), 2012
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A Micro Aerial Vehicle for Vessel Visual Inspection Assistance
Alberto Ortiz, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
XI International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT)
Liege (Belgium), 2012
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On the Use of UAVs for Vessel Inspection Assistance
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo
I Workshop on Research, Development and Education on Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS)
Sevilla (Spain), 2011
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An AdaBoost-based Approach for Coating Breakdown Detection in Metallic Surfaces
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
XIX Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)
Corfu (Greece), 2011
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A Control Software Architecture for Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles inspired in Generic Components
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan Pau Beltran
XIX Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)
Corfu (Greece), 2011
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Combination of Weak Classifiers for Metallic Corrosion Detection and Guided Crack Location
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
XV IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Bilbao (Spain), 2010
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First Steps towards a Roboticized Visual Inspection System for Vessels
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Andrew Gibbins, Panagiota Apostolopoulou, William Bateman, Marcus Eich, Francesco Spadoni, Massimo Caccia and Leonidas Drikos
XV IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Bilbao (Spain), 2010
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Detection of Cracks and Corrosion for Automated Vessels Visual Inspection
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
XIII International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence (CCIA)
Espluga de Francolí, Tarragona (Spain), 2010
Book: Artificial Intelligence Research and Development
Ed. IOS Press
Serie: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
vol. 220, n° --, pp. 111-120
ISBN 978-1-60750-642-3
[preprint]


Technical Reports

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Turning a MAV into an Effective Tool for Vessel Inspection through a Reconfigurable Framework
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Alberto Ortiz, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
Technical Report A-01-2018, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UIB), 2018
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A Multi-Threaded Architecture for Fast Topology Estimation in Image Mosaicing
Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
Technical Report A-05-2015, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UIB), 2015
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Detection of Defects on Vessel Structures using Saliency-related Features
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Alberto Ortiz
Technical Report A-04-2015, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UIB), 2015
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A Micro-Aerial Vehicle based on Supervised Autonomy for Vessel Visual Inspection
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual, Alberto Ortiz, Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
Technical Report A-02-2015, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UIB), 2015
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Vessel Visual Inspection: A Mosaicing Approach
Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Joan P. Company-Corcoles
Technical Report A-01-2015, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UIB), 2015
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Vessel Inspection Assistance by means of a Micro-Aerial Vehicle: Control Architecture and Self-Localization Issues
Alberto Ortiz, Francisco Bonnin-Pascual and Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo
Technical Report A-02-2013, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UIB), 2013
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Theses

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Contributions to Robot-based Vessel Visual Inspection
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
PhD Thesis, University of the Balearic Islands, 2017
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Detection of Cracks and Corrosion for Automated Vessels Visual Inspection
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
Master's Thesis, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (UIB), 2010
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Caminador Intel·ligent per a Persones amb Discapacitat
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual
Bachelor's Thesis, Departament d'Enginyeria de Sistemes, Automàtica i Informàtica Industrial (UPC), 2008
[pdf] (Catalan)