PEDRO J SANZ

Prof. PEDRO J SANZ

Full Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Universitat Jaume I (UJI, Spain)
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Biography

Pedro J. Sanz is Full Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Universitat Jaume I (UJI, Spain), and head of CIRTESU (Research Centre for Robotics and Underwater Technologies). He holds a B.Sc. in Physics by the University of Valencia (UV), M.Sc in Engineering (CAD/CAM) from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV) and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering by UJI. Sanz has been appointed as Visiting Scientist at different Universities, like TUM (GERMANY, 2000 and 2016), Blaise Pascal (FRANCE, 2002), Bologna (ITALY, 2008). He was a Member of the Advisory Committee of the IEEE Systems Council (2008-12) and the Humanoids Competition Chair during “2014 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots” (Madrid, 2014). Chair of several Tutorials and Workshops within outstanding International Conferences on Robotics (IROS, IFAC, ICMA). Sanz has served as Associate Editor of some outstanding Journals (IEEE RAM, IEEE SMC Part C). He has been the Coordinator of the Spanish Robotics Network (CEA-IFAC, 2012-16), and his main research interests are devoted to Multisensory based Grasping and Dexterous Manipulation, Telerobotics and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), all of them applied to real life scenarios, including assistive and underwater robotics.

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