International

  • 2024-2028: FLEXCYCLE: Flexible robotic solutions for the recycling of soft materials. HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-101189600
    Project Leader for CSIC: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2025-2029: SWEET: Social aWareness for sErvicE roboTs. HORIZON-MSCA-DN-101168792
    Partners: Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy (Coordinator); Universidad de Extremadura, Spain; Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC, Spain; Universitaet Hamburg, Germany; Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA), France; PAL Robotics SL, Spain; NAVER France, France; Furhat Robotics AB, Sweden;Universidad de León, Spain
    Project Leader for CSIC: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2024-2029: RAMON LLULL: AIRA Postdoctoral Programme. HORIZON-MSCA-COFUND-2022-1-101126667
    COFUND International postdoctoral programme offering 33 three-year fellowships to train researchers in the outstanding R&D Institutions in artificial intelligence (AI).
    Project Leader for CSIC: Carme Torras

  • 2024-2028: ALLIES: Artificial inteLLigence In sustainable dEvelopment goalS. HORIZON-MSCA-COFUND-2022-1-101126626
    COFUND postdoctoral training program in artificial intelligence offering 17 postdoctoral positions.
    Project Leader for CSIC: Carme Torras

  • 2024-2028: ARISE: Advanced AI and RobotIcS for autonomous task pErformance. HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-101135959
    Partners: - TWI ELLAS ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA, THL Greece (Coordinator); ELLINIKO MESOGEIAKO PANEPISTIMIO, HMU, Greece; SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA, SSSA, Italy; UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX, ESS, United Kingdom; TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT, TUD, Germany; COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CEA, France.
    Project Leader for CSIC: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2024-2028: ROMANDIC: RObot MANipulation of Deformables through dynamIC actions. HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-01-101159522
    Partners: - Institut Jozef Stefan, JSI, Slovenia (Coordinator); Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC, Spain; Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, KIT, Germany.
    Project Leader for CSIC: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2023-2027: TRAIL: TRAnsparent InterpretabLe robots. HORIZON-MSCA-DN-101072488
    Partners: Universitaet Hamburg, Germany (Coordinator); The University of Manchester, UK; Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy; Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC, Spain; Univerzita Komensheko V Bratislave, Slovakia; Università Degli Studi di Padova, Italy; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, France; PAL Robotics SL, Spain; Softbank Robotics Europe, France; United Robotics Group GmbH, Germany; Zal Zentrum für Angewandte Luftfahrtforschung GMBH, Germany; Seed Cognitiva - Robotics Innovation Lda, Portugal; Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Germany; IT+Robotics SRL, Italy; INSA Toulouse, France;
    Project Leader for CSIC: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2022-2026: SoftEnable: Towards Soft Fixture-Based Manipulation Primitives Enabling Safe Robotic Manipulation in Hazardous Healthcare and Food Handling Applications. HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-101070600
    Partners: Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, KTH, Sweden (Coordinator); Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt EV, DLR, Germany; Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC, Spain; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel; Ocado Innovation Limited, United Kingdom; Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica, Spain; Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
    Project Leader for CSIC: Carme Torras

  • 2021-2024: SeCuRoPS: User-centred Security Framework for Social Robots in Public Space. Research Council of Norway INT-NO/0875
    Partners: IFE (Coordinator), Østfold University College (HiØ), Fredrikstad Municipality, Snø as, CSIC.
    Project Leader for CSIC: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2021-2024: COHERENT: Collaborative hierarchical robotic explanations. EU-Chistera Project PCI2020-120718-2
    Partners: King’s College London (KCL), United Kingdom, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, CSIC.
    Project Leader: Júlia Borràs.

  • 2019-2022: BURG: Benchmarks for Understanding Grasping. EU-Chistera Project PCIN2019-103447
    Partners: Technische Universität Wien, University of Birmingham, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, CSIC.
    Project Leader for CSIC: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2018-2022: CLOTHILDE: Cloth manipulation learning from demonstration. ERC-2016-ADG-741930.
    ERC Advanced Grant
    Project Leader: Carme Torras

  • 2017-2020: IMAGINE: Robots Understanding Their Actions by Imagining Their Effects. H2020-ICT-2016-1-731761.
    Partners: University of Innsbruck, University of Göttingen, Karlsruhe Institut of Technology, CSIC, INSA-Rennes, Bogazici University, ElectroCycling.
    Project Leader for CSIC: Carme Torras and Guillem Alenyà

  • 2017-2020: SOCRATES: SOcial Cognitive Robotics in The European Society. H2020-MSCA-ITN-721619.
    Partners: Umeå University, Örebro University, Universität Hamburg, Fraunhofer IPA, CSIC, University of the West of England, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Project Leader for CSIC: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2015-2018: I-DRESS: Assistive interactive robotic system for support in dressing. EU-Chistera Project PCIN-2015-147.
    Partners: CSIC, IDIAP Research Institute, University of the West of England
    Project Leader: Carme Torras (CSIC)

  • 2011-2014: Intellact: Intelligent observation and execution of actions and manipulations. CogSys STREP Project FP7-ICT-269959.
    Partners: Syddansk Universitet, Universitat Gottingen, Universitaet Innsbruck, Aachen Technische Universitat, Jozef Stefan Institute, and CSIC.
    Project leader for CSIC: Carme Torras.
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  • 2010-2013: GARNICS: Gardening with a Cognitive System. CogSys STREP Project FP7-ICT-247947.
    Partners: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Universität Göttingen, Linkopings Universitet, and CSIC.
    Project leader for CSIC: Carme Torras.
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  • 2006-2010: PACO-PLUS: Perception, Action & Cognition through Learning of Object-Action Complexes. CogSys Integrated Project IST-4-27657.
    Partners: Universität Karlsruhe, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Universität Göttingen, Aalborg University, Jozef Stefan Institute, Leiden University, University of Edinburgh, ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, and CSIC.
    Project leader for CSIC: Carme Torras.

National

  • 2026-2027: EMBRACE: Explainable Multilingual Behavioural Robots for Assistive CarE. CSIC COOP B25166.
    Partners: CSIC, Robotics, Autonomous Intelligence and Learning (RAIL) Laboratory, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa).
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2024-2027: CHLOE-Map: Geometric Coordinates to Navigate the Configuration Space of Cloth-Like Objects for Robotic Manipulation. PID2023-152259OB-I00.
    Project leaders: Júlia Borras and Guillem Alenyà

  • 2024-2027: ROSPia: Eines per incrementar la capacitat de percepció i interacció d’una plataforma de robots socials a través de models fundacionals. ACE120/24/000057
    Partners: UPC, Salto.
    Project leader: Cristian Barrué

  • 2025-2026: RoboCAT: Retech Robòtica Assistencial SDC006/25/000016
    Partners: Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya (UPC) (Coordinador),YASYT Robotics, SL, Associació Per La Vida Independent, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili, ACCEXIBLE IMPACTO, S.L., Assoc. Cluster Salut Mental de Catalunya, DATISION, Fundació Privada i2CAT, Suara Serveis SCCL, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), PAL ROBOTICS SLU. ELECTRONICA SALTO, Fundació EURECAT
    Project Leader: Cristian Barrué

  • 2025-2026: ADMIT: ADMIT: Aplicacions robòtiques fonamentant-nos en dues noves tecnologies facilitadores
    Project Leader: Cristian Barrué

  • 2023-2025: FRAILWATCH: Sistema de Monitorització Robòtic de la Fragilitat per a Persones Grans. 23S06141-001.
    Partners: UPC, VHIR, Salto.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2022-2025: DEMETER 5.0: Sistema digitalizado para la producción sostenible de algodón hidropónico en invernadero. PLEC2022-009289.
    Partners: U. Murcia, CSIC-CEBAS, CSIC-IRI, Riegos y Tecnologías, S.L., Nath 2004, S.L.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2024-2025: B-SURE: Bridging Semantic Understanding and Robot Execution. CSIC BILAT23120.
    Partners: CSIC, NTSC (Taiwan).
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2021-2024: ROB-IN: Robot for continual personalized assistance able to explain itself. PLEC2021-007859.
    Partners: CSIC, UPC, Suara, DATISION.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2021-2024: CHLOE-GRAPH: ClotH-Like ObjEcts Grasping, Representation, and Action Planning. PID2020-118649RB-I00.
    Project leaders: Júlia Borras and Guillem Alenyà

  • 2018-2020: SIMBIOTS: Facilitar una introducció de la robòtica a nous processos i aplicacions dintre de la industria. COMRDI16-1-0017.
    Partners: CSIC, EURECAT, PAL-Robotics, ZANINI, PROMAUT.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2018-2020: HuMoUR: Markerless 3D Human Motion Understanding for Adaptive Robot Behavior. TIN2017-90086-R.
    Project leaders: Francesc Moreno-Noguer and Guillem Alenyà

  • 2015-2017: RobInstruct: Instructing robots using natural communication skills. TIN2014-58178-R.

  • 2012-2015: PAU+: Perception and action in robotics problems with large state spaces. DPI2011-27510.

  • 2009-2011: PAU: Perception and Action under Uncertainty. DPI2008-06022.

  • 2004-2005: SIRVENT: Sistema reconfigurable para la navegación basada en visión de robots caminantes y rodantes en entornos naturales. DPI2003-05193-C02-01.

  • 2004: NBQ: Estudio de viabilidad para el desarrollo de un robot móvil ABQ. PROFIT, 937491712.

  • 2003: ARGOS: Navegación autónoma de robots guiados por objetos visuales. CICYT DPI2000-1352-C02-01

  • 2005: CERTAP: Sistema de posicionament i guiatge làser.

  • 2001-2002: STAFF: Desenvolupament d’un sistema de transport automàtic i flexible entre llocs de treball. CERTAP I0355

Technology transfer

  • 2024 MeFraBotS: Mesura de la fragilitat en robots socials.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà.

  • 2024 PIONEER: Projecte Innovador OrieNtat a dissEnyar l’atEnció socIosanitària del futur.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà.

  • 2023 MAPRICOM: Suport i desenvolupament d’un sistema de manteniment predictiu.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà.

  • 2021 APYUR: Asesoramiento para el análisis y ensayo en el desarrollo de un sistema de visión multi-cámara para identificación de personas. CDTI-IDI-20210304
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2018-2020 AIPICS: Desarrollo de un sistema integral de control de la producción dotado de inteligencia artificial y capacidad de autodecision. CDTI-IDI-20171164
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2018-2019 SCIACE: Sistema de climatización inteligente auto-adaptativo a las condiciones del entorno. CDTI-IDI-20170465.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2018-2019 SLD: Proceso automatizado de detección y clasificación inteligente de pieles (smart leather detector). CDTI-IDI-20171038.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2016-2018 PERSEO: Paquete escalable robusto soluciones especificas orientadas. CDTI-IDI-20160258.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2015-2017 TermoSold: Detection of anomalies in sealing / welding of flexible packaging. CDTI-IDI-20150175.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2015-2017 3T-SLTE: Grupo tractor para elevadores con gestión inteligente de energía integrada. CDTI-IDI-20150518.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2015-2016 SITVIA: Sistema de inspección de tampografía por visión artificial adaptable
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2015-2017 CRISTALBREAD: Investigació de la capacitat de tecnologíes de robotització intel.ligent per a la manipulació de masses de panificació altament hidratades. CDTI-IDI-20131262.
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2010: AIN-IRI: Deteccion de obstaculos para robots aereos por medio de tecnicas opticas.

  • 2008: The Humanoid Lab: subvenció a projectes de programari lliure-Generalitat de Catalunya
    Project leader: Guillem Alenyà

  • 2006-2007: ROBSTAR: ROBSTAR computer vision algorithms. TACIS PROGRAMME R5.04/03S.

  • 2006: VTCU: visual driving help system for the NICOLAS-VTCU heavy transporter. CTT-C-06294.

Non-competitive

Management

  • 2024-2027: DEEP MAX IRI: Proyecto científico y un plan de excelencia con acciones priorizadas y planificadas para potenciar la robótica colaborativa, en la que robots y humanos forman equipo para abordar de forma conjunta mayores retos y el bienestar de la sociedad. CSIC DEEP-MaX-2024_IRII.

  • 2024-2026: REDINTER: Oficina de proyectos europeos e internacionales del IRI. CSIC REDIN23039.

  • 2024-2025: AVOCADO: Assistive robotics and manipulation of deformables. CSIC 202450E084.

  • 2022-2024: POLAR: Potenciación de los laboratorios de robótica del IRI. CSIC 202250E095.

  • 2022: AECEX: Ayuda extraordinaria a Unidad de Excelencia María de Maeztu 2022. CAIC 20225CEX010.