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Juan Manuel Gandarias Palacios

Postdoc
Post Doc
Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Research center
CRIS@SanQuirico
Interests
physical Human-Robot Interaction
Haptic Perception in Robotics
About

Juan M. Gandarias is a postdoctoral researcher at the Human-Robot Interfaces and Physical Interaction (HRI2 ) at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT). He received the B.S., M.S., and PhD in Mechatronics from the University of Malaga in 2015, 2017, and 2020. He is currently involved in the Horizon-2020 project SOPHIA and ERC project Ergo-Lean. He has contributed to several Spanish and European projects related to search-and-rescue, physical robotic assistance and Human-Robot Collaboration in Industrial environments. He has been active in technology transfer initiatives with several industrial partners, such as the Robotics for Manufacturing (R4M) at Leonardo labs and the JOiiNT lab at Kilometro Rosso Innovation District. He has been editor of special issues in scientific journals and international workshops in flagship conferences in robotics. Besides, He has served as a reviewer for high-impact journals and conferences such as IEEE RAM, RA-L, ICRA, IROS, and ToH. His research interests include physical Human-Robot Interaction, Human Modeling, and Haptics.

Education

Title: B.S. Industrial Engineering
Institute: University of Malaga
Location: Malaga
Country: Spain
From: 2010 To: 2015

Title: M.S. Mechatronics Engineering
Institute: University of Malaga
Location: Malaga
Country: Spain
From: 2015 To: 2017

Title: PhD Mechatronics
Institute: University of Malaga
Location: Malaga
Country: Spain
From: 2016 To: 2020

All Publications
2022
Kim W., Ruiz Garate V., Gandarias J.M., Lorenzini M., Ajoudani A.
A Directional Vibrotactile Feedback Interface for Ergonomic Postural Adjustment
IEEE Transactions on Haptics, vol. 15, (no. 1), pp. 200-211
DOI 10.1109/TOH.2021.3112795
2022
Zhao J., Giammarino A., Lamon E., Gandarias J.M., Momi E.D., Ajoudani A.
A Hybrid Learning and Optimization Framework to Achieve Physically Interactive Tasks With Mobile Manipulators
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, (no. 3), pp. 8036-8043
DOI 10.1109/LRA.2022.3187258
2022
Kato Y., Balatti P., Gandarias J.M., Leonori M., Tsuji T., Ajoudani A.
A Self-Tuning Impedance-Based Interaction Planner for Robotic Haptic Exploration
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, (no. 4), pp. 9461-9468
DOI 10.1109/LRA.2022.3190806
2022
Gandarias J.M., Balatti P., Lamon E., Lorenzini M., Ajoudani A.
Enhancing Flexibility and Adaptability in Conjoined Human-Robot Industrial Tasks with a Minimalist Physical Interface
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 8061-8067
DOI 10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9812225
Conference Paper Conference
2022
Lorenzini M., Gandarias J.M., Fortini L., Kim W., Ajoudani A.
ErgoTac-Belt: Anticipatory Vibrotactile Feedback to Lead Centre of Pressure during Walking
Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, vol. 2022-August
DOI 10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925563
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Oral presentations
2020
Gandarias J.M., Wang Y., Stilli A., Garcia-Cerezo A.J., Gomez-De-Gabriel J.M., Wurdemann H.A.
Open-loop position control in collaborative, modular variable-stiffness-link (VSL) robots
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, (no. 2), pp. 1772-1779
Journal
2019
Gandarias J.M., Pastor F., Garcia-Cerezo A.J., Gomez-De-Gabriel J.M.
Active Tactile Recognition of Deformable Objects with 3D Convolutional Neural Networks
2019 IEEE World Haptics Conference, WHC 2019, pp. 551-555
Conference
2018
Gomez-De-Gabriel J.M., Gandarias J.M., Perez-Maldonado F.J., Garcia-Nuncz F.J., Fernandez-Garcia E.J., Garcia-Cerezo A.J.
Methods for Autonomous Wristband Placement with a Search-and-Rescue Aerial Manipulator
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 7838-7844
Conference
2018
Gandarias J.M., Gomez-De-Gabriel J.M., Garcia-Cerezo A.J.
Tactile Sensing and Machine Learning for Human and Object Recognition in Disaster Scenarios
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 694, pp. 165-175
Book Series
2017
Gandarias J.M., Gomez-De-Gabriel J.M., Garcia-Cerezo A.
Human and object recognition with a high-resolution tactile sensor
Proceedings of IEEE Sensors, vol. 2017-December, pp. 1-3
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Awards and Achievements
2022
Zhao J., Giammarino A., Lamon E., Gandarias J. M., De Momi E., Ajoudani A.
Best Paper Award on Mobile Manipulation Finalist (IROS 2022)
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Organized Events
2021
Gandarias J. M., Ajoudani A., Gomez-de-Gabriel J. M., Park J.
Humanoids 2021 Workshop on Floating-base Robots in Manufacturing and Logistics Operations: Opportunities and Challenges
2021
Gandarias J., Ajoudani A., Manuel Gomez J., Park J.
Humanoids 2021 Workshop on Floating-base Robots in Manufacturing and Logistics Operations: Opportunities and Challenges
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Colleagues of Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Andrea Zunino Affiliated Researcher Humanoids & Human Centered Mechatronics Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Elena Merlo PhD Student Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Jianzhuang Zhao PhD Student Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Mattia Leonori Support Technician Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Yuwei Du Guest Student Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
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