Teaching

Perception and Cognition in Robotics Exploration. Coordinator. MSc in automatic control, robotics and computer vision, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (ETSEIB). Courses 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25.

Industrial and Service Robotics. Coordinator. MSc in industrial engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (ETSEIB). Courses 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25.

Automatic Control. Teacher. BSc in Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (ETSEIB). Course 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25.

Industrial Control and Automation. Teaching assistant (practical sessions). Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (EEBE). Course 2018/19.

Introduction to ROS (Robot Operating System). Assistant professor. MSc in automatic control, robotics and computer vision, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Courses 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18.

Mobile Robotics and Navigation. Teaching assistant (practical sessions). MSc in automatic control, robotics and computer vision, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Courses 2013/14, 2014/15, 2024/25.

PhD theses

Traffic-semantic segmentation of images for autonomous vehicles
Hafsa Taher
Registering to the doctoral programme in automatic control, robotics and vision, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Ongoing since Sep. 2022.

Agile aerial manipulation: an approach based on full-body dynamics and model predictive control
Josep Marti Saumell
Doctoral programme in automatic control, robotics and vision, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Finished in April 2024.

Master theses

[Outdated due to the volume of directed MSc thesis]

Embedding of actuator dynamics into the MPC dynamic model of a drone
Sergi Martínez Sánchez
MSc degree in Automatic Control and Robotics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Oct. 2022.

WILO: Wheel inertial LiDAR odometry. Multi-modal state estimation for an Autonomous Delivery Device
Carlos Fernandez Ruiz
Double MSc degree in Automatic Control and Robotics; and Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jul. 2022.

Monitorización de Stock mediante un Drone y Computer Vision
Lucas Viladomiu Singla
MSc degree in Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jul. 2022.

Hierarchical task control through lexicographic semi-definite programming, application to unmanned aerial manipulators
Josep Marti Saumell
MSc degree in Automatic Control and Robotics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jul. 2018.

Visiting researchers

Autononomy estimation for the Providence+ XPRIZE mission
Sergio Leandro Schnorr
MSc student, JAE ICU grant, ongoing since Apr. 2022.

Semantic image segmentation for an autonomous delivery device
Hafsa Taher
ERASMUS+ and research stay. PhD student, ongoing since Feb. 2022.

Technology developments for the Providence+ XPRIZE team
Enrique Dorado Gil
Learning agreement, Mar. to Jun. 2022.

Robust state estimation.
Seyed Fakoorian
JPL internship programme. PhD candidate, Jul. to Oct. 2020.

Model predictive control for a future Mars science helicopter.
Josep Marti Saumell
JPL internship programme. PhD candidate, Sep. to Dec. 2020.

Control of an unnmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a robotic arm
Roberto Rossi
PhD thesis, doctoral programme in information technology, Politecnico di Milano, 2017.

Controllo predittivo non lineare di un manipolatore aereo
Dario Lunni
Master thesis, automation engineering master degree, Politecnico di Milano, 2016.

Controlling a Quadrotor with a Robotic Arm using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
Sebastián Chávez-Ferrer Marcos
Master thesis, automatic control and robotics master degree, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015.

Other courses

UAV remote sensing applications, latest research treds. Barcelona drone center, June 20th to 24th, 2022.

UAV remote sensing applications, latest research treds. Barcelona drone center, December 13th to 17th, 2021.

Drone applications. Barcelona drone center, June 20th to 23th, 2022.

Drone applications. Barcelona drone center, December 14th to 17th, 2021.

UAV remote sensing applications, LiDAR. Barcelona drone center, June 11th to 14th, 2018.

Tecnologia Dron, LiDAR remote sensing. Barcelona drone center, October 18th to 20th, 2018.