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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. He currently holds a Professorship in the Systems Engineering and Automation 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
- 02/2026: Cybernetics: decoding Nature with a holistic bio-inspired nonlinear control approach paper in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. Title: “Perch like a bird: bio-inspired optimal maneuvers and nonlinear control for Flapping-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” - [Open Access].
- 07/2025: Breaktrough in control of constrained mechanical systems paper in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. Title: “Completeness of Riemannian metrics: an application to the control of constrained mechanical system” - [Open Access].
- 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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