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Brief bio
He obtained the Servo-Electrical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering 3-degrees at the University of Huelva and University of Sevilla, Spain; MARIE CURIE fellow at the Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes as member of the Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) in 2003 and 2005; Ph.D. in 2004; Ph.D. European Award in 2005; Nominated to George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award of IEEE TAC in 2006. Currently Professor at the Systems Engineering and Automatic Control Department at the University of Seville (Spain) and Head of the Multi-Robot And Control Systems (MACS) research group. CNRS Visitor (France) since 2005 and Academic Visitor at Imperial College London (UK) in 2008-09-10 and 2011. He has served on the editorial boards of various scientific journals. Main interest in Nonlinear Control Theory & Applications with emphasis on Mechanical, Aerospace and Robotic systems.
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Featured News
- 05/2025: Data-driven Nonlinear guidance of USV paper in Ocean Engineering. Title: “Learning port maneuvers from data for automatic guidance of Unmanned Surface Vehicles” - [Open Access].
- 02/2025: Cybernetics: from Biomimetic to Bioinspired Nonlinear control preprint in Arxiv. Title: “Perch like a bird: bio-inspired optimal maneuvers and nonlinear control for Flapping-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”.
- 02/2025: Breaktrough in control of flexible manipulators paper in ISA Transactions journal. Title: “Unified force and motion adaptive-integral control of flexible robot manipulators” - [Open Access].
- 08/2024: Data-driven & Nonlinear control paper in NonDyn journal. Title: “Data-driven learning and control of nonlinear system dynamics. A robust-learning approach via Sontag’s control formula.”.
- 07/2024: Breaktrough paper in EJCON journal. Title: “Lyapunov-based estimation and control of velocity and load in rotating machines via Luenberger globally-convergent observer”.
- 05/2024: Unsolved problem paper in IMAMCI journal. Title: “Adaptive output-feedback trajectory tracking for a class of uncertain second-order linear systems”.
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Thesis supervision
| # | Title (ascending chronological order) | Date | University / Research Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nonlinear Control Strategies for Outdoor Aerial Manipulators | 26/03/2021 | Universidad de Sevilla, Spain |
| 2 | Contributions to the interconnection of Systems through the Network and Robust Control | 15/03/2024 | Universidad de Sevilla, Spain |
| 3 | Decentralised Control for Trajectory Tracking Control in an Aerial Manipulator | 29/04/2024 | Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico |
| # | PhD student (ascending chronological order) | Current State | |
| 4 | C. Ruiz | Completion mid-2025 (estimated) | Universidad de Sevilla, Spain |
| 5 | Y.A. Becerra-Mora | Completion late-2025 (estimated) | Universidad de Sevilla, Spain |
| 6 | F.J. Maldonado | Started early-2024 | Universidad de Sevilla, Spain |
| 7 | D.P. Barragán-Vázquez | Started mid-2024 | Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico |
| 8 | A. Garcia-Lora | Started early-2025 | FPU - Universidad de Sevilla, Spain |
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