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Jun. 14, 2021
Apr. 16, 2021
A paper has been accepted for presentation in the Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2021) survey track.
Feb. 7, 2021
An article has been accepted for publication in Sensors.
Jun. 14, 2021
Two papers have been accepted for presentation in the Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021) and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).
Jul. 4, 2020
A paper has been accepted for presentation in the Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2020).
Jan. 15, 2020
Two papers have been accepted for presentation, one in Intl. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2020) and the other in the Intl. Conf. on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2020).
Nov. 30, 2019
A paper has been accepted for presentation in the Int. Conf. on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2020).
Nov. 15, 2019
Jul. 12, 2019
I gave the commencement speech of the first graduation ceremony of the Polytechnic School at University of Girona.
Apr. 4, 2019
Two papers have been accepted for presentation in the Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2019) and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).
Apr. 4, 2019
Two papers have been accepted for presentation in the Conf. Towards Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2019).
Dec. 24, 2018
A video has been accepted for presentation in the Int. Conf. on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2019).
See video here. Presenting in the AAAI Fall Symposium on Reasoning and Learning in Real-World Systems for Long-Term Autonomy (AAAI-LTA 2018).
Oct. 9, 2018
Presenting in the anual conference of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.
Oct. 2, 2018
Presenting in the Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018).
See video here. Two papers have been accepted for presentation in the AAAI Fall Symposium on Reasoning and Learning in Real-World Systems for Long-Term Autonomy (AAAI-LTA 2018).
Jun. 29, 2018
A paper has been accepted for presentation in the Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018).
See video here. Attending to the European Robotics Forum (ERF 2018) to collect the award for the European Robotics League (ERL 2017).
See video here. Attending to the International Winter School on Humanoid Robot Programming (VVV 2018).
Oct. 11, 2017
Attending to the anual conference of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.
Sep. 22, 2017
Aug. 18, 2017
I have accepted a scholarship from EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training to undertake a Joint PhD in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University (
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics).
Short Biography
I am currently the Head of Research and Development at Etihad Rail, Abu Dhabi (UAE) with 9+ years of experience in innovative robotics research, and a total of 16+ years devoted at different levels of the technology sector. I obtained my PhD from The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh Centre for Robotics (ECR)) while occupying a researcher position in the ORCA Hub programme and providing robotic consultancy services to the industry. Prior to this, I combined my master and undergraduate studies with researcher and engineer positions at different academic institutions, as well as led and participated in multiple robotic competitions.
I was born in Banyoles, a beautiful village located in northeastern Catalonia (Spain). I got my BSc in Electronic and Automation Engineering from the University of Girona (Spain). Eager to translate my knowledge into practice, I combined my years of bachelors working on industrial automation for private companies, and doing research on underwater robotics in the Underwater Vision and Robotics Research Centre (CIRS), where I stayed until I got my Erasmus Mundus MSc in Computer Vision and Robotics (VIBOT) from the University of Burgundy (France), University of Girona (Spain) and Heriot-Watt University (UK). Then, I accepted an offer of a four-year joint-PhD training programme at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics (ECR). For the first year of the programme, I was awarded a MSc in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.
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