sample of publications

• articles 

  • Evaluating the User Experience and Usability of the MINI Robot for Elderly Adults with Mild Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Insights and Recommendations.  SENSORS.  24:1-13. 2024
  • Evaluating Users' Perception of Biologically Inspired Involuntary Behavior in Human¿Robot Interaction.  Advanced Intelligent Systems.  6:1-16. 2024
  • A bio-inspired exogenous attention-based architecture for social robots.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  249, Part B:1-14. 2024
  • A Bio-Inspired Dopamine Model for Robots with Autonomous Decision-Making.  Biomimetics.  9:1-25. 2024
  • Creating Expressive Social Robots That Convey Symbolic and Spontaneous Communication.  SENSORS.  24. 2024
  • Human-robot pair-bonding from a neuroendocrine perspective: Modeling the effect of oxytocin, arginine vasopressin, and dopamine on the social behavior of an autonomous robot.  ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS.  176, (104687):1-16. 2024
  • Personalizing Activity Selection in Assistive Social Robots from Explicit and Implicit User Feedback.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  1-19. 2024
  • Active Object Learning for intelligent social robots.  ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.  127, Part B, (107329):1-14. 2024
  • A biologically inspired decision-making system for the autonomous adaptive behavior of social robots.  Complex & Intelligent Systems.  9:6661-6679. 2023
  • Adaptive Circadian Rhythms for Autonomous and Biologically Inspired Robot Behavior.  Biomimetics.  8. 2023
  • Using Large Language Models to Shape Social Robots' Speech.  International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence.  8:6-20. 2023
  • A motivational model based on artificial biological functions for the intelligent decision-making of social robots.  Memetic Computing.  15:237-257. 2023
  • A systematic literature review of decision-making and control systems for autonomous and social robots.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  15:745-789. 2023
  • An adaptive decision-making system supported on user preference predictions for human-robot interactive communication.  USER MODELING AND USER-ADAPTED INTERACTION.  33:359-403. 2023
  • Aplicación de estrategias psicológicas y sociales para incrementar el vínculo en interacción humano-robot: estrategias psicológicas y sociales en robótica social.  Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informatica Industrial.  20:199-212. 2023
  • Asynchronous federated learning system for human-robot touch interaction.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  211:1-13. 2023
  • Modeling Neuroendocrine Autonomic Responses in Embodied Autonomous Robots.  Advanced Intelligent Systems.  5:2200288,1-2200288,17. 2022
  • The usability and feasibility validation of the social robot MINI in people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment; a study protocol.  BMC Psychiatry.  22:1-8. 2022
  • Do you want to make your robot warmer? Make it more reactive!.  IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems.  2022
  • Emotion and mood blending in embodied artificial agents: expressing affective states in the mini social robot.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  14:1841-1864. 2022
  • A bio-inspired endogenous attention-based architecture for a social robot.  SENSORS.  22:1-25. 2022
  • Waymarking in social robots: Environment signaling using human-robot interaction.  SENSORS.  21:8145-8171. 2021
  • Speeding-up Action Learning in a Social Robot with Dyna-Q+: A Bioinspired Probabilistic Model Approach.  IEEE Access.  9:98381-98397. 2021
  • Mini: A New Social Robot for the Elderly.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  12:1231-1249. 2020
  • Modelling Multimodal Dialogues for Social Robots Using Communicative Acts.  SENSORS.  20:1-30. 2020
  • Detecting, locating and recognising human touches in social robots with contact microphones.  ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.  92(103670):1-16. 2020
  • Four-features evaluation of text to speech systems for three social robots.  Electronics.  9:1-23. 2020
  • Bioinspired decision-making for a socially interactive robot.  Cognitive Systems Research.  54:287-301. 2019
  • The Influence of Speed and Position in Dynamic Gesture Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction.  Journal of Sensors.  2019. 2019
  • A Bio-inspired Motivational Decision Making System for Social Robots Based on the Perception of the User.  SENSORS.  18. 2018
  • Analyzing the impact of different feature queries in active learning for social robots.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  10:251-264. 2018
  • Sociorobotics.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  2018:177-178. 2018
  • Evaluation of artificial mouths in social robots.  IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems.  48:369-379. 2018
  • Social robotics in therapy of apraxia of speech.  Journal of Healthcare Engineering.  2018:1-11. 2018
  • A local user mapping architecture for social robots.  International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems.  14:1-15. 2017
  • Identification and distance estimation of users and objects by means of electronic beacons in social robotics.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  86:247-257. 2017
  • Projection surfaces detection and image correction for mobile robots in HRI.  Journal of Sensors.  1-16. 2017
  • Vision-based people detection using depth information for social robots: an experimental evaluation.  International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems.  14:1-15. 2017
  • Detecting and Classifying Human Touches in a Social Robot Through Acoustic Sensing and Machine Learning.  SENSORS.  17:1-19. 2017
  • Sound synthesis for communicating nonverbal expressive cues.  IEEE Access.  5:1941-1957. 2017
  • Developing educational printable robots to motivate university students using open source technologies.  JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & ROBOTIC SYSTEMS.  81:25-39. 2016
  • Study of scenarios and technical requirements of a social assistive robot for Alzheimer's disease patients and their caregivers.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  8:85-102. 2016
  • System for the evaluation and classification of imperfections in auto bodywork.  Advances in Automobile Engineering.  4. 2015
  • Augmented robotics dialog system for enhancing human-robot interaction.  SENSORS.  15:15799-15829. 2015
  • Novelty detection for interactive pose recognition by a social robot.  International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems.  12. 2015
  • Learning Behaviors by an Autonomous Social Robot with Motivations.  CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS.  45:568-598. 2014
  • Algorithm for the Evaluation of Imperfections in Auto Bodywork Using Profiles from a Retroreflective Image.  SENSORS.  14:2476-2488. 2014
  • Signage System for the Navigation of Autonomous Robots in Indoor Environments.  IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.  10:680-688. 2014
  • Multimodal fusion as communicative acts during human-robot interaction.  CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS.  44:681-703. 2013
  • A multimodal emotion detection system during human-robot interaction.  SENSORS.  13:15549-15581. 2013
  • Teaching human poses interactively to a social robot.  SENSORS.  13:12406-12430. 2013
  • An autonomous social robot in fear.  IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development.  5:135-151. 2013
  • Fast 3D cluster tracking for a mobile robot using 2D techniques on depth images.  CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS.  44:325-350. 2013
  • User Localization During Human-Robot Interaction.  SENSORS.  12:9913-9935. 2012
  • A new approach to modelling emotions and their use on a decision-making system for artificial agent.  IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing.  3:56-68. 2012
  • End-user programming of a social robot by dialog.  ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS.  59:1102-1114. 2011
  • Learning to Avoid Risky Actions.  CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS.  42:636-658. 2011
  • Learning the selection of actions for an autonomous social robot by reinforcement learning based on motivations.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  3:427-441. 2011
  • Maggie: A Social Robot as a Gaming Platform.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  3:371-381. 2011
  • A Biologically Inspired Architecture for an Autonomous and Social Robot.  IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development.  3:232-246. 2011
  • Integration of a voice recognition system in a social robot.  CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS.  42:215-245. 2011
  • Toma de decisiones en robótica.  Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informatica Industrial.  7:5-16. 2010
  • Using MUDs as an Experimental Platform for testing a Decision making System for Self-Motivated Autonomous Agents.  Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour Journal.  2:21-44. 2010

• book chapters 

  • Emotion detection and regulation from personal assistant robot in smart environment. In: Personal assistants: emerging computational technologies.  Springer International Publishing AG. 179-195. 2017
  • Mobile Robots. In: The Industrial Electronics Handbook. Control and Mechatronics.  CRC PRESS. 2011
  • Infrared Remote Control with a Social Robot. In: Progress in Robotics.  SPRINGER. 86-95. 2009
  • Path Planning Inspired on Emotional Intelligence. In: Design and Control of Intelligent Robotic Systems.  Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany (SV). 119-132. 2009
  • Desarrollo de un sistema de detección de caras y gestos para el robot personal Maggie. In: Robots personales y asistenciales.  UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID. 77-96. 2008

• conference contributions 

  • Personalizing Multi-modal Human-Robot Interaction Using Adaptive Robot Behavior.  382-393. 2024
  • Affect display recognition through tactile and visual stimuli in a social robot.  130-140. 2023
  • GERT: Transformers for Co-Speech Gesture Prediction in Social Robots.  80-93. 2023
  • Introducing Psychology Strategies to increase Engagement on Social Robots.  378-387. 2023
  • La suerte del principiante: aplicando estrategias psicológicas para incrementar la interacción humano-robot.  545-550. 2023
  • Predicción de gestos no verbales para mejorar la interacción con un robot social = Non-verbal gesture prediction to enhance interactions with social robots.  99-106. 2023
  • Predicción de gestos no verbales usando aprendizaje profundo.  587-592. 2023
  • User-Adapted Semantic Description Generation Using Natural Language Models.  134-144. 2023
  • Using Deep Learning for Implementing Paraphrasing in a Social Robot.  219-228. 2023
  • Modelos de lenguaje natural para robots sociales=Natural language models for social robots.  828-834. 2022
  • Real-Time Acoustic Touch Localization in Human-Robot Interaction based on Steered Response Power.  101-106. 2022
  • Real-time Engagement Detection from Facial Features 2022
  • Dynamic semantic ontology generation: a proposal for social robots.  557-564. 2021
  • A Computer Vision-Based System for a Tangram Game in a Social Robot.  61-71. 2020
  • Perception of a Social Robot's Mood Based on Different Types of Motions and Coloured Heart.  182-193. 2020
  • El robot social Mini como plataforma de información y ocio.  92-97. 2019
  • A social robot assisting in cognitive stimulation therapy.  344-347. 2018
  • Composable Multimodal Dialogues based on Communicative Acts.  139-148. 2018
  • Diseño de la interacción multimodal basado en actos comunicativos modulares en robots sociales ----------------Multimodal Interaction Design Based on Modular Communicative Acts for Social Robots..  1-6. 2018
  • Localización de eventos táctiles en interacción humano-robot.  1-6. 2018
  • Acoustic sensing for touch recognition in a social robot.  65-66. 2017
  • Autonomy in human-robot interaction scenarios for entertainment.  259-260. 2017
  • Creating Lively Behaviors in Social Robots.  283-292. 2017
  • Definiendo los elementos que constituyen un robot social portable de bajo coste 2017
  • Dynamic Gesture Recognition for Social Robots.  495-505. 2017
  • Interacción humano robot en el proyecto MOnarCH 2017
  • Interacción humano-robot en el proyecto ROBSEN 2017
  • Interfaces táctiles para Interacción Humano-Robot.  787-792. 2017
  • Micrófonos de contacto: una alternativa para sensado tactil en robots sociales.  724-731. 2017
  • Percibiendo el entorno en los robots sociales del RoboticsLab.  657-663. 2017
  • A design of child-robot interaction in hospitals.  18-19. 2016
  • How much should a robot trust the user feedback? analyzing the impact of verbal answers in active learning.  190-199. 2016
  • Mini: a social assistive robot for people with mild cognitive impairment.  31-32. 2016
  • The effects of an impolite vs. a polite robot playing rock-paper-scissors.  306-316. 2016
  • Vowel recognition from RGB-D facial information.  225-232. 2016
  • Human-robot interaction in the MOnarCH pro.  31-38. 2015
  • Improving the expressiveness of a social robot through luminous devices.  5-6. 2015
  • Mini: a social robot for interaction with elders: preliminary results 2015
  • A framework for recognizing and regulating emotions in the elderly.  320-327. 2014
  • Design and development of a wireless emergency start and stop system for robots.  223-230. 2014
  • Active learning for pose recognition. Studying what and when to ask for feature queries.  46-47. 2013
  • Descripción general del sistema de interacción humano-robot Robotics Dialog System (RDS)..  23-34. 2013
  • Multidomain Voice Activity Detection during Human-Robot Interaction.  64-73. 2013
  • Preliminary Experiments on HRI for improvement the Robotic Dialog System (RDS). 2013
  • Real-Time Recognition of the Gender of Users around a Social Robot: Preliminary Results 2013
  • A Social Robot as an Aloud Reader: Putting together Recognition and Synthesis of Voice and Gestures for HRI Experimentation.  213-214. 2012
  • Boosting Mechanical Design with the C++ Object Oriented Mechanics Library.  1-7. 2012
  • Musical Expression in a Social Robot 2012
  • Printable Creativity in Plastic Valley UC3M.  1-9. 2012
  • A biologically inspires architecture for an autonomous and social robot 2011
  • Maggie: el robot traductor 2011
  • Playzones: A Robust Detector of Game Boards for Playing Visual Games with Robots.  626-633. 2011
  • Robot Self-Preservation and Adaptation to User Preferences in Game Play, a Preliminary Study.  2491-2498. 2011
  • Use of RFID Technology on a Mobile Robot for Topological Navigation Tasks.  408-414. 2011
  • Using a Social Robot as a Gaming Platform.  30-39. 2010
  • Gestión de estados básicos para el robot Maggie 2008