Merits

THESIS ADVISED

  • “Reactive avoidance system for UAVs in non-structured environments”
    Francisco Gonzalez (Master thesis.).

  • “Chasing UAV: drone escapism and avoidance”
    Alvaro Ramos (Senior thesis.).

  • “Chasing UAV: drone pursuit, corralling and siege”
    Irene Muñoz (Senior thesis.).

  • “Low cost indoor location system based in ToF cameras”
    Jesus Arroyo (Senior thesis.).

  • “Sensor fusion for reliable obstacle detection in cooperative flights”
    Alfredo Pintado (Senior thesis.)

  • “Quadrotor control reconfiguration for emergency flights”
    Juan Jesús Roldan (Senior thesis.)

  • “Mobile device localization using WSNs”
    Alberto Gallego (Senior thesis.)

COLLABORATIONS

  • Best paper award on DESEi+d 2020 - Isdefe award R&D "Antonio Torres"

  • 3rd Best PhD Thesis 2015 – Spanish Committee for Automatics (CEA)

  • Program Committee of IBERAMA 2012 convention

  • Personal collaboration with several departments of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

  • Junior Researchers representative in the CAR’s Scientific Council

  • UPM’s liaison in the Robocity2030 CAM initiative

  • Reviewer of international journals

  • High diffusion and impact, including interviews and presence in the media

TALKS & SEMINARS

  • “Analytics and AI applications in Industry 4.0”
    Bootcamp on Applied Artificial Intelligence – Futura Digital School, 2022

  • “Automation, Robotics and Artificial intelligence debate”
    Round table #1 at AeroEND4.1, 2021

  • “Applied A.I. Hands-on seminar on Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Networks”
    Spanish navy. Cartagena arsenal, 2020

  • “Learn to learn”
    InTel. UPM, 2019

  • “Cognitive risk detection system for mUAV obstacle avoidance”
    XXXVII Jornadas de Automatica. 2016.

  • “Aerial robotics demo”
    The Robotics Show – International Robotics Day. U. Carlos III. 2013

  • “Robot bases: A review on soldering, electronics and programing”.
    Cybertech. UPM. 2011.

  • “A robotic system for planetary exploration”.
    European Robotics Week. GMV Inc. 2011


COMPETITIONS

  • Competitor in ROCKIN@home’14 international competition IST’s SOCROB team

  • Humanoid's CEABOT 2011 competitor

  • IARC International Aerial Robotics Competition’13 competitor within GeorgiaTech GTAR

  • Organization committee of Cybertech 2011 robotic competition