Yeah. That's me.

Sergio Caccamo

Robotics and Computer Vision Scientist

I am a Robotics and Computer Vision scientist at UNIVRSES in Stockholm where I mostly work on robotics and autonomous driving vision problems.

I did my PhD at the Robotics, Perception and Learning Lab (RPL) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. My main research area is robotics perception, specifically I was working on enhancing perception capabilities of field robots (Unmanned Ground Vehicles - UGVs ). My main supervisor is Danica Kragic and co-supervisor Petter Ögren. My research spans in the area of Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Control.

I spent 6 months as Intern at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) in Cambridge MA, US (Oct 2016 - May 2017). At MERL I worked on SLAM problems, objects reconstruction and Deep Learning applications.

During my PhD studies I was involved in the European project TRADR. In a typical TRADR scenario various kinds of field robots (UGVs and UAVs) explore a wide disaster area and collaborate with human teams (fire-fighters) over multiple asynchronous missions.
I was also Marie Curie Researcher (ESR) at Oslo University Hospital for 9 months working on image processing (organ segmentations) and I have been briefly involved in the European projects I3O and EMICAB.

“I, on the other hand, am a finished product. I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I am composed of strong metal, am continuously conscious, and can stand extremes of environment easily.
These are facts which, with the self-evident proposition that no being can create another being superior to itself, smashes your silly hypothesis to nothing.”

- Isaac Asimov, I, Robot.

Publications & Patents

  • Enhancing Geometric Maps Through Environmental Interactions
    Sergio Caccamo
    KTH Doctoral Thesis 2018
  • Joint 3D Reconstruction of a Static Scene and Moving Objects
    Sergio Caccamo, Esra Ataer-Cansizoglu, Yuichi Taguchi
    3DV 2017
  • 3D Object Discovery and Modelling Using Single RGB-D Images Containing Multiple Object Instances
    Wim Abbeloos, Esra Ataer-Cansizoglu, Sergio Caccamo, Yuichi Taguchi, Yukiyasu Domae
    3DV 2017
  • RCAMP: Resilient Communication-Aware Motion Planner and Autonomous Repair of Wireless Connectivity in Mobile Robots
    Sergio Caccamo, Ramviyas Parasuraman, Luigi Freda, Mario Gianni, Petter Ogren
    IROS 2017
  • Detecting and Grouping Identical Objects for Region Proposal and Classification
    Sergio Caccamo* and Wim Abbeloos*, Esra Ataer-Cansizoglu, Yuichi Taguchi, Chen Feng, Teng-Yok Lee
    CVPR 2017 W: Deep Learning for Robotic Vision
  • An Approach to Retrieve from Communication Loss in Field Robots
    Ramviyas Parasuraman, Sergio Caccamo, Petter Ögren, Byung-Cheol Min
    RSS 2017 Workshop
  • Team KTH Amazon Picking Challenge 2016
    Team KTH
    ICRA 2017 Workshop
  • A New UGV Teleoperation Interface for Improved Awareness of Network Connectivity and Physical Surroundings
    Ramviyas Parasuraman, Sergio Caccamo, Petter Ögren, M.A.Neerincx
    HRI Journal
  • PATENT: SLAM algorithm for simultaneous mapping and object reconstruction
    Sergio Caccamo, Esra Ataer-Cansizoglu, Yuichi Taguchi
    In progress @ MERL. Cambridge MA, US.
  • PATENT: Algorithm for 3D Object Discovery and Modeling Using Single RGB-D Images
    Wim Abbeloos, Esra Ataer-Cansizoglu, Sergio Caccamo, Yuichi Taguchi, Yukiyasu Domae
    In progress @ MERL. Cambridge MA, US.
  • Active Perception and Modelling of Deformable Surfaces using Gaussian Processes and Position-based Dynamics
    S Caccamo, P Guler, H Kjellstrom, D Kragic
    Humanoids 2016
  • Active Exploration Using Gaussian Random Fields and Gaussian Process Implicit Surfaces
    S Caccamo, Y Bekiroglu, C H Ek, D Kragic
    IROS 2016
  • Free Look UGV Teleoperation Control Tested in Game Environment: Enhanced Performance and Reduced Workload
    F Båberg, S Caccamo, N Smets, M Neerincx, P Ögren
    SSRR 2016
  • Adaptive object centred teleoperation control of a mobile manipulator
    F Båberg, Y Wang, S Caccamo, P Ögren
    ICRA 2016
  • Extending a ugv teleoperation FLC interface with wireless network connectivity information
    S Caccamo, R Parasuraman, F Båberg, P Ögren
    IROS 2015
  • A computational model for motor learning in insects
    P Arena, S Caccamo, L Patané, R Strauss
    IJCNN 2013

Interests

A small list of main topics of interest and skills.

  • Coding:
    C++; Python; C; C#; Matlab; Java; ..
  • Tech:
    ROS; Matlab; Unity3D; UnrealE; PCL; OpenCV; Android; ..
  • Research areas:
    Perception; Machine learning; Computer Vision; Autonomous Driving; Robotics; Control;
  • Passions:
    Painting; Design; Coding; Video Games; Travelling; Football; Coffee; ..

Research

Here below a list of research topics, publications and projects I have worked with. Description links might be still inactive.
*submitted/accepted to a journal or conference

Doctoral Thesis

Enhancing Geometric Maps Through Environmental Interactions.
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Download the TRADR robot model for 3D printing

STL file. Dim 176 kB
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Presentation at RosCon 2017

ROS for Search and Rescue Robotics: Tools and Lessons learned during TRADR.
SLIDES

Object reconstruction and mapping

Joint 3D Reconstruction of a Static Scene and Moving Objects.
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Resilient communication-aware motion planner

Online WiFi mapping and self-reconnection strategies for mobile robots.
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Active Perception of Deformable Surfaces

Enhancing environmental perception of non-rigid surfaces using Gaussian Processes.
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Active Perception and Gaussian Processes

Enhancing environmental perception combining visual (RGB-D) and tactile data for object detection.
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Robotics and Unity3D

Create large scale simulations of field robots using game engines (Unity3D).
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Active Wifi perception on YouBot

Enhancing perception of wireless connectivity on field robots during teleoperation. IROS 2015
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TRADR project

European FP7 project on collaborative search and rescue robots.
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Image Processing for Organs Segmentation

Segmentation of liver, spleen and tumours using linear filtering on 3D structures.
READ MORE*

Biological Systems and Machine Learning

A computational model for motor learning in insects using echo state recurrent networks. IJCNN 2013
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Contact Me


PhD Sergio S. Caccamo.
Medborgarplatsen 3,
11428 Stockholm, Sweden
sergio.caccamo@univrses.com


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