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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
2023
Gandarias JM., Giammarino A., Ajoudani A.
An Open Tele-Impedance Framework to Generate Data for Contact-Rich Tasks in Robotic Manipulation
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts
Conference Paper Conference
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 Pi., Gandarias Palacios JM., Leonori M., Tsuji T., Ajoudani A.
A Self-Tuning Impedance-based Interaction Planner for Robotic Haptic Exploration
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Article Journal
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
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Oral presentations
2023
Gandarias JM., Giammarino A., Ajoudani A.
An Open Tele-Impedance Framework to Generate Data for Contact-Rich Tasks in Robotic Manipulation
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts
Conference
2022
Gandarias J., Balatti P., Lamon E., Lorenzini M., Ajoudani A.
Enhancing Flexibility and Adaptability in Conjoined Human-Robot Industrial Tasks with a Minimalist Physical Interface
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Conference
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
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Awards and Achievements
2023
Gandarias J.M.
IEEE ARSO 2023 Session Chair: Socio-physical interaction skills for cooperative human-robot systems in agile Production
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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Editorships
2022-2023
Gandarias J.M., Gomez-de-Gabriel Jesus M.
Sensors
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Organized Events
2022
Lorenzini M., Gandarias J.M., Tavakoli M., Huang J.
IROS 2022 Workshop on Assistive Robotic Systems for Human Balancing and Walking: Emerging Trends and Perspectives
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
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Colleagues of Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Gustavo Jose Giardini Lahr Post Doc Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Francisco Jesus Ruiz Ruiz Post Doc Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Gokhan Solak Post Doc Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Pietro Balatti Senior Technician Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
Marco Laghi Affiliated Researcher Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction
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