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Nicolás García Aracil







Associate Professor


Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Avda. Universidad s/n, Edif. Quórum V, 03202 Elche (Alicante), Spain

Research
Biomedical Neuroengineering Group

ACADEMIC STUDIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • (2004) PhD on Robotics: Summa Cum Laude (Best Thesis in Roboticsˇ, National Research Prize, from the Spanish Federation of Automatic control-1º Accesit). Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain
  • (1997) Master in Design, Robotics and Industrial Automation from University of Murcia, Spain
  • (1996)  M.Sc. in Control Engineering by the University of Murcia, Spain
  • (1992) B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering by the Technical University of Valencia, Spain

BIOSKETCH

Nicolas Garcia-Aracil, PhD is Associate Professor of Control and Systems Engineering at Miguel Hernandez University (Spain) and head of the Virtual Reality and Robotics Lab. He holds a M.Sc. in Control Engineering by the University of Murcia (1996, Spain), Master in Design, Robotics and Industrial Automation from University of Murcia (Spain) 1996-1997 and a PhD in Control Engineering by the Miguel Hernandez University of Elche (Spain). He has been appointed as Visiting Scientist at INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique), Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE), in 2003 and at Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling, Germany, in 2006. His current research interests are medical and surgical robotics, rehabilitation robotics, medical image, computer vision, human-robot Interaction and design and control of new robotic devices. Dr. Nicolas Garcia was a 2004 recipient of the Best Thesis in Roboticsˇ, National Research Prize, from the Spanish Federation of Automatic control. He is author or co-author of a broad range of research publications. He served as Program Chair of the 2012 IEEE RAS\\EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB, Roma, Italy) and the General Chair of EURON Winter School on Rehabilitation Robotics (Elche, Spain).

CURRENT PROJECTS AS MAIN RESEARCHER

Feb 2012 – Sep 2013: Hyper-flexible bimanual robot manipulation and packing of deformable parts in footwear industry. Role: Main Researcher. Funding agency: European Union (Framework Programme 7) project ECHORD (European clearing house for open robotics development)

Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2014: Interpretation of the human intention and performance through biomedical signals and analysis of kinematic and dynamic motion. Role: Principal Researcher.  Funding agency: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain).

Oct. 2010 – Jun. 2012: Multimodal interfaces to improve therApeutic outcomes in robot-Assisted rehabiliTation (MAAT). Role: Main Researcher. Funding agency: European Union (Framework Programme 7) project ECHORD (European clearing house for open robotics development)

EDITORIAL BOARDS AND JOURNAL REVIEWER

(2012) Editorial Board – Springer BIOSYSTEMS & BIOROBOTICS (BioSysRob)

(2011) Guest Editor of Special Issue on “Trends in Rehabilitation Robotics” of Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Reviewer for the following international journals

  1. IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  2. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
  3. RSJ Int. Journal Advanced Robotics
  4. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  5. Robotic and Autonomous Systems
  6. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
  7. Industrial Robot

Puedes consultar mis publicaciones en revistas en Google Scholar. Google cites

JCR RECENT PUBLICACIONS

New concept of Multimodal Assistive Robotic Device, Francisco Javier Badesa, Ricardo Morales Vidal, Nicolas Garcia, Carlos Perez, Jose M. Sabater Navarro, Eugenia Papaleo, Antonino Salerno, Loredana Zollo, Eugenio Guglielmelli, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (conditionally accepted)

Multimodal interfaces to improve therapeutic outcomes in robot-assisted rehabilitation Badesa, Francisco; Morales, Ricardo; Garcia-Aracil, Nicolas; Sabater, Jose M.; Perez-Vidal, Carlos; Fernandez, Eduardo, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics–Part C (Accepted to be published)

Steps in the development of a robotic scrub nurse, C. Perez-Vidal, E. Carpintero, N. Garcia-Aracil, J.M. Sabater-Navarro, J.M. Azorin, A. Candela, E. Fernandez, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 60, Issue 6, June 2012, Pages 901-911

Distributed Smart Device for Monitoring, Control and Management of Electric Loads in Domotic Environments. Morales R., Badesa F.J., García-Aracil N., Perez-Vidal C., Sabater J.M. Sensors. 2012; 12(5):5212-5224.

Robust and Cooperative Image-Based Visual Servoing System Using a Redundant Architecture Nicolas Garcia-Aracil, Carlos Perez-Vidal, Jose Maria Sabater, Ricardo Morales and Francisco J. Badesa Sensors 2011, 11(12), 11885-11900

Pneumatic robotic systems for upper limb rehabilitation Ricardo Morales, Francisco Javier Badesa, Nicolás García-Aracil, José María Sabater, Carlos Pérez-Vidal, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, Vol. 49, Nr. 10 (2011) , p. 1145-1156.

Trends in rehabilitation robotics Nicolas Garcia, Jose M Sabater-Navarro, E Gugliemeli, A Casals, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, Vol. 49, Nr. 10 (2011) , p. 1089-1091

The on-line teaching of robot visual servoing Perez C., García N., Enric Cervera, Luis Gracia, Sabater J.M. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 48, pp. 198-212, 2011.

PATENTS

  • Brazo telerobótico de configuración paralela para aplicaciones de cirugía mínima invasiva. P201001008
  • Robotic arm for controlling arm movement. ES 200802340 – WO 2010/018283
  • iProstate. Software para visualización intraglandular  y predicción del cáncer de próstata. V-159-11
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