Projects

Selected R&D projects and technology developments related to robotics, UAVs, teleoperation, and digital twins.

International projects

Swarm technology and digital twinning to enable coordination and utilisation of high numbers of 100kg payload UAVs in aid delivery and firefighting applications

Period: 2020–2022

Role: Researcher

Funding: UK Research & Innovation – Innovate UK, Future Flight Challenge (Phase 2)

Amount: £391,781

Design of coordination strategies and digital twins for heavy-payload UAV systems.

Links: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=75392

National projects

Control de un manipulador aéreo para inspección de obras hidráulicas

Period: 2020–2022

Role: Principal Investigator / Director

Funding: SECITI y UNSJ, PDTS/2019

Amount: $300.000

Project focused on control and operation of aerial manipulators for hydraulic infrastructure inspection.

Desarrollo de un sistema robótico prototipo para la manipulación a distancia de explosivos, sustancias y dispositivos peligrosos

Period: 2017–2020

Role: Researcher

Funding: Ministerio de Defensa (PIDDEF Nº 35/2016)

Amount: $2.100.000

Development of the RAT20 system for teleoperation of a mobile dual-manipulator robot.

Control Avanzado de Robots en Agricultura Intensiva

Period: 2016–2019

Role: Researcher

Funding: MinCyT, PICT-2014-1650

Amount: $587.700

Research on advanced control applied to robotics for intensive agriculture.

TELEMETRÍA AGRÍCOLA, una herramienta tecnológica para la gestión eficiente del riego, supervisión de cultivos y generación de alertas

Period: 2016–2018

Role: Researcher

Funding: CONICET-SECITI, PIO 84 - PCTI 312

Amount: $650.000

Telemetry and sensing applied to precision agriculture and efficient irrigation.

Estrategias de control de robots para sistemas de producción agro-industrial y de servicios

Period: 2016–2018

Role: Researcher

Funding: CONICET, PIP15 Nº 11220150100

Amount: $1.122.000

Robot control for agro-industrial and service applications.

Technology transfer and developments

UAV swarm digital twin system II

Period: 2024

Partner: University of Bristol / Windracers

Role: Researcher / Developer

Digital twin of a multi-UAV system based on the ULTRA platform.

Video: https://youtu.be/paPoDEDVauM

UAV swarm digital twin system I

Period: 2022

Partner: University of Bristol / Distributed Avionics

Role: Researcher / Developer

Digital twin of a multi-UAV system based on the Believer UAV platform.

Video: https://youtu.be/t1m7ucuwEmM

RAT20 Robot Argentino Teleoperado

Period: 2020

Partner: Instituto de Automática (CONICET-UNSJ) / Ministerio de Defensa

Role: Researcher / Developer

Prototype teleoperation system for a mobile dual-manipulator robot.

Video: https://youtu.be/QEgu0GTS06M