Research lines
The Institute's research activities are organized in four research lines. Three of them tackle various aspects of robotics research, including indoor and outdoor human-centered human-safe robotics systems, and the design and construction of novel parallel mechanisms. Efforts in the fourth line are aimed at research on energy efficiency, in fuel cells research, and on the management of energy systems.
Research projects
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ALLIES: Artificial inteLLigence In sustainable dEvelopment goalS
European Project
Start Date: 01/01/2024
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TORNADO: foundaTion mOdels for Robots that haNdle smAll, soft and Deformable Objects
European Project
Start Date: 01/01/2025
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ARISE: Advanced AI and RobotIcS for autonomous task pErformance
European Project
Start Date: 01/01/2024
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ROMANDIC: RObot MANipulation of Deformables through dynamIC actions
European Project
Start Date: 01/10/2024
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TRIFFID: auTonomous Robotic aId For increasing FIrst responDers efficiency
European Project
Start Date: 01/10/2024
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SoftEnable: Towards Soft Fixture-Based Manipulation Primitives Enabling Safe Robotic Manipulation in Hazardous Healthcare and Food Handling Applications
European Project
Start Date: 01/10/2022
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RUBIES: Real-time pollution-based control of urban drainage and sanitation systems for protection of receiving waters
European Project
Start Date: 01/10/2021
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MOMENTUM: Virtual prototyping for robotic manipulation of garments: enhancing the capabilities of the CLOTHILDE cloth simulator
National Project
Start Date: 20/12/2024
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GreenVAR: Gestión de sistemas energéticos renovables mediante técnicas de visión artificial y robótica
National Project
Start Date: 07/04/2025
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AWESOME: Connecting past, present and future: Acquiring and leveraging prior knowledge to unveil the temporal structure of untrimmed videos
National Project
Start Date: 01/09/2024
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CHLOE-Map: Geometric Coordinates to Navigate the Configuration Space of Cloth-Like Objects for Robotic Manipulation
National Project
Start Date: 01/09/2024
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GRAvatar: Generating Realistic Avatars in unconstrained environments
National Project
Start Date: 01/09/2024
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LENA: Lifelong navigation learning using human-robot interaction
National Project
Start Date: 01/09/2023
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MAFALDA: Manufacture, automation and integration of vanadium redox flow batteries in renewable energy systems
National Project
Start Date: 01/01/2022
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MASHED: Efficient Management of Energy Systems including Hybrid Electrochemical Energy Storage using Digitalisation Technologies
National Project
Start Date: 01/12/2022
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DEMETER 5.0: Sistema digitalizado para la producción sostenible de algodón hidropónico en invernadero
National Project
Start Date: 01/11/2022
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SMARTGAZE II: Sistema de Movilidad Autónoma y Segura para personas con Baja Visión en entornos urbanos
National Project
Start Date: 01/09/2022
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CHLOE-GRAPH: ClotH-Like ObjEcts Grasping, Representation, and Action Planning
National Project
Start Date: 01/09/2021
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FUSAGUA: Fusión sensorial para la monitorización en tiempo real de fugas en redes de distribución de agua
CSIC Project
Start Date: 15/02/2025
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DeepMax: Ayudas extraordinarias de estrategia de excelencia del proyecto MaX-CSIC 2024
CSIC Project
Start Date: 17/02/2025
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REDINTER: Oficina de proyectos europeos e internacionales del IRI
CSIC Project
Start Date: 01/01/2024
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ALLAUS: Sistema i dispositiu de localització a distància de víctimes d’allau.
CSIC Project
Start Date: 01/03/2025
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ROSPIA: Eines per incrementar la capacitat de percepció i interacció d’una plataforma de robots socials a través de models fundacionals
Regional Project
Start Date: 01/11/2024
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HandIA: Nueva herramienta de rehabilitación basada en IA para estimación de la posición de la mano interactuando con objetos
Regional Project
Start Date: 01/01/2025
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LABORA 2025: Consolidació del Laboratori Obert de Robòtica Assistencial
Regional Project
Start Date: 01/01/2025
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SGR RobIRI: Grup consolidat de Percepció i Manipulació Robotitzada de l'IRI
Regional Project
Start Date: 01/01/2022
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SOCIAL PIA: Cooperative Social PIA model for Cybernetics Avatars (Moonshot Research and Development Program)
UPC Project
Start Date: 01/04/2023
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