sample of publications

• articles 

  • 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
  • Active learning based on computer vision and human-robot interaction for the user profiling and behavior personalization of an autonomous social robot.  ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.  117:1-16. 2023
  • Canting heliostats with computer vision and theoretical imaging.  Renewable Energy.  200:957-969. 2022
  • A bio-inspired endogenous attention-based architecture for a social robot.  Sensors.  22:1-25. 2022
  • Applications and Trends in Social Robotics.  Electronics.  11:1-3. 2022
  • Mini: A New Social Robot for the Elderly.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  12:1231-1249. 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
  • Semantic information for robot navigation: a survey.  Applied Sciences.  10:1-28. 2020
  • 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
  • Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys and image analysis in the study of large surface-associated marine species: a case study on reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus shoaling behaviour.  JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY.  93:119-127. 2018
  • Analyzing the impact of different feature queries in active learning for social robots.  International Journal of Social Robotics.  10:251-264. 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
  • Autonomous surveillance robots: a decision-making framework for networked multiagent systems.  IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE.  24:52-64. 2017
  • Projection surfaces detection and image correction for mobile robots in HRI.  Journal of Sensors.  1-16. 2017
  • A review on intelligent monitoring and activity interpretation.  Inteligencia Artificial (Inteligencia Artificial).  20:53-69. 2017
  • Decision making in dynamic information environments.  Inteligencia Artificial (Inteligencia Artificial).  20:5-7. 2017
  • Detecting and Classifying Human Touches in a Social Robot Through Acoustic Sensing and Machine Learning.  Sensors.  17:1-19. 2017
  • Smart environment architecture for robust people detection by infrared and visible video fusion.  Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing.  8:223-237. 2017
  • Smart environment architecture for emotion detection and regulation.  JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS.  64:55-73. 2016
  • Collective responses of a large mackerel school depend on the size and speed of a robotic fish but not on tail motion.  Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.  11:056020. 2016
  • School level structural and dynamic adjustments to risk promote information transfer and collective evasion in herring.  ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR.  117:69-78. 2016
  • Software architecture for smart emotion recognition and regulation of the ageing adult.  Cognitive Computation.  8:357-367. 2016
  • Color video segmentation by lateral inhibition in accumulative computation.  Signal Image and Video Processing.  1179-1188. 2014
  • INT3-Horus framework for multispectrum activity interpretation in intelligent environments.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  40:6715-6727. 2013
  • Indoor Overhead Video Camera for Efficient People Counting.  Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering).  63:17-22. 2013
  • A MULTI-MODAL APPROACH FOR ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION AND FALL DETECTION.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE.  45:810-824. 2013
  • ENGINEERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS FOR MULTISENSORY MONITORING AND ACTIVITY INTERPRETATION.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE.  45:728-740. 2013
  • ON REACTIVE ROUTING PROTOCOLS IN ZIGBEE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS.  EXPERT SYSTEMS.  2013
  • MULTIMODAL BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS FOR NON-INVASIVE STRESS DETECTION.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  39:13376-13389. 2012
  • SENSOR-DRIVEN AGENDA FOR INTELLIGENT HOME CARE OF THE ELDERLY.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  39:12192-12204. 2012
  • A FUZZY MODEL FOR HUMAN FALL DETECTION IN INFRARED VIDEO.  JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS.  24:215-228. 2012
  • Mobile robot map building from time-of-flight camera.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  39:8835-8843. 2012
  • HUMAN ACTIVITY MONITORING BY LOCAL AND GLOBAL FINITE STATE MACHINES.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  39:6982-6993. 2012
  • Display text segmentation after learning best-fitted OCR binarization parameters.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  39:4032-4043. 2011
  • FUZZY-LOGIC BASED ROUTING FOR DENSE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS.  TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.  2687-2697. 2011
  • REAL-TIME HUMAN SEGMENTATION IN INFRARED VIDEOS.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  38:2577-2584. 2011
  • OPTICAL FLOW OR IMAGE SUBTRACTION IN HUMAN DETECTION FROM INFRARED CAMERA ON MOBILE ROBOT.  ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS.  58:1273-1281. 2010
  • REAL-TIME ACCUMULATIVE COMPUTATION MOTION DETECTORS.  Sensors.  9:10044-10065. 2009

• 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
  • Real-time detection of pedestrians: a comparison of three segmentation. In: Interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary conflict resolution.  IGI GLOBAL. 225-244. 2016
  • Efficient People Counting from Indoor Overhead Video Camera. In: Trends in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems.  Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. 129-137. 2013
  • A meta-model-based tool for developing monitoring and activity interpretation systems. In: Highlights on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems.  113-120. 2012
  • Sensor-driven intelligent ambient agenda. In: Ambient Intelligence - Software and Applications.  Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. 19-26. 2012
  • Stress monitoring in conflict resolution situations. In: Ambient Intelligence - Software and Applications.  Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. 137-144. 2012

• conference contributions 

  • A Testbed for Heliostat Facets Alignment by Target Reflection 2023
  • Affect display recognition through tactile and visual stimuli in a social robot.  130-140. 2023
  • Detecting the Reflection of Heliostat Facets Through Computer Vision 2023
  • Quantification of Canting Errors: Technique Combining Camera Vision with Theoretical Imaging 2023
  • Modelos de lenguaje natural para robots sociales=Natural language models for social robots.  828-834. 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
  • El robot social Mini como plataforma de información y ocio.  92-97. 2019
  • A social robot assisting in cognitive stimulation therapy.  344-347. 2018
  • Localización de eventos táctiles en interacción humano-robot 2018
  • Acoustic sensing for touch recognition in a social robot.  65-66. 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
  • Hierarchical architecture for robust people detection by fusion of infrared and visible video.  343-351. 2016
  • How much should a robot trust the user feedback? analyzing the impact of verbal answers in active learning.  190-199. 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
  • Flying depth camera for indoor mapping and localization.  243-251. 2015
  • A framework for recognizing and regulating emotions in the elderly.  320-327. 2014
  • Computer stress monitoring through fusion of thermal-infrared-based facial emotion detection and activity recognition 2014
  • Robot Planning under Uncertainty with Unpredictable Events.  1-20. 2014
  • ACCUMULATIVE COMPUTATION AND FUZZY SETS FOR ROBUST FALL DETECTION IN COLOR VIDEO.  960-969. 2012
  • HOLDS: EFFICIENT ELDERLY FALL DETECTION THROUGH ACCELEROMETERS AND COMPUTER VISION 2012
  • INTELLIGENT MONITORING AND ACTIVITY INTERPRETATION FRAMEWORK - INT3-HORUS GENERAL DESCRIPTION.  970-979. 2012
  • INTELLIGENT MONITORING AND ACTIVITY INTERPRETATION FRAMEWORK - INT3-HORUS ONTOLOGICAL MODEL.  980-989. 2012
  • MULTISPECTRUM VIDEO FOR PROACTIVE RESPONSE IN INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS.  178-185. 2012
  • A FRAMEWORK FOR MULTISENSORY INTELLIGENT MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION OF BEHAVIORS THROUGH INFORMATION FUSION.  334-337. 2011
  • A MULTISENSORY MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION FRAMEWORK BASED ON THE MODEL-VIEW-CONTROLLER PARADIGM.  441-450. 2011
  • MULTISENSORY ARCHITECTURE FOR INTELLIGENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - INTEGRATION OF SEGMENTATION, TRACKING AND ACTIVITY ANALYSIS 2011
  • Mobile Robot Localization through Identifying Spatial Relations from Detected Corners.  371-380. 2011
  • Protocol Integration for Intelligent Monitoring Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks.  511-520. 2011
  • A Proposal for Local and Global Human Activities Identification.  78-87. 2010
  • INTELLIGENT ROLE-BASED ROUTING FOR DENSE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS 2010
  • Robust People Segmentation by Static Infrared Surveillance Camera.  348-357. 2010
  • UNA ARQUITECTURA PARA VIGILANCIA MULTISENSORIAL INTELIGENTE 2010
  • Segmenting Humans from Mobile Thermal Infrared Imagery.  334-343. 2009
  • Vision-Based Text Segmentation System for Generic Display Units.  225-234. 2009