Internal project
RED-KN
Robotics for Empowerment, Democratisation and the Generation of Knowledge Networks.
research group
ROBITA-LAB Research Group. Robotics Design, Interactive Technologies and Artificial Intelligence
Robotics Design, Interactive Technologies and Artificial Intelligence
Objectives
Bringing the use and enjoyment of social robots to the non-expert public from a multidisciplinary perspective in applications linked to the fields of health, care robotics, education and entertainment .
Interactive, intelligent and connected product design .
Research on natural interaction, its application to social robots, as well as to other fields that use interactive technologies including contemporary artistic expression.
Lines of Research
Design and Social Robotics as a main field of research in interactive systems and natural interaction .
Interactive Systems and Multidisciplinary. Translation of robotic technologies to other technological fields: intelligent footwear, control systems for the creation of biomaterials, AI applied to medical studies, Interactive Art .
Applied AI. Computer Vision. Application to the field of medical research. Application in Hybrid Sensor Systems, application to Transmedia environments .
Real Time Systems Engineering for distributed systems. Implementation of solutions for interactive robotics and other multisensory systems.
highlighted projects
Competitive project
La Isla de los Sonidos (The Island of Sounds): Bringing children and young people closer to sound art through a multisensory interactive installation (LISA.24).
File number: FCT-24-22005
Budget: 9700 €.
Coordinator: UDIT
PI: Dr.Francisco Javier Fernández de Gorostiza
Dates: 2025-2026
Competitive project
Singular Core: System-on-Module for AIoT with 100% NATO components, electro-optical interfaces and military- and aerospace-grade fortification with transfer to civilian ecosystems
File number: CPP2024-011956
Budget: 344.001,00 €.
Coordinator: SINGULAR THINGS (TIERRA Audio, S.L.)
PI: Dr. José Luis Olazagoitia
Dates: 2025-2028
other projects
project
IBERIA. Cleaning Robots
Integral design of an aircraft lavatory for cleaning. Camouflaged mobile robot for automatic floor cleaning.
project
MYCELIUM GROWTH CHAMBER
Design and implementation of a mycelium growth monitoring chamber.
project
PHOTONEU
Detection, identification and tracking of laboratory mice. Artificial Vision System capable of automating the tracking process of these small animals in the medical research environment.
researchers
Dr. Luis Peña
PhD in Computer Engineering from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Founder of a Technology Startup, awarded by A
