Grupo de investigación NBIO

E-mail: j.sabater@umh.es Phone: + 34 96 665 8426 (ext. 8426) Fax: +34 96 665 8979 Address: Miguel Hernandez University Avda Universidad w/n 03202 Elche (Alicante) Office B-10 – 2nd floor. Quorum V building. Campus of Elche

(2003) PhD on Robotics. summa cum laude. Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain
(1998) Industrial Engineer degree, Universitat Politècnica València, Spain
(2003-) Associate Professor with Tenure at Dpto. de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática.
(2009-) Associate Dean of the Polytechnic School of Elche
(2012-) Director of the Master of Industrial Engineering

Teaching

• URL (teaching): webpage
• Teaching books:
  • “Robotica Aplicada. ” Ed. 2012. (in spanish)
  • “Robotica Médica. ” Ed. CYTED 2012. (in spanish)
  • “Prácticas de Robótica Utilizando MatLab” Ed. Limencop (UMH) 2000. (in spanish)
  • “Programación en C/C++. Ejercicios Resueltos” Ed. Limencop (UMH) 2002 (in spanish)

Research

• my academic interests are on:
  • Surgical robotics; computer-aided-surgery; surgery simulation; augmented reality; surgical navigation; medical image applications; computer applications to neurosurgery, orthopedics and MIS robotic surgery.
  • Medical Robotics; assistive technology, rehabilitation technologies, soft and compliance robotics.
  • Haptics; applications to telerobotics and service robotics
  • Robot design; kinematic analysis of parallel service robots; control of parallel robots.

Projects

current:

• 2011 – 2013: MATES. Robotized platform for assistance in NOTES/SILS. Role: Coordinator.
• 2012 – 2015: Iberoamerican network for the study and development of ICT applications based on interfaces adapted to people with disabilities Role: Researcher.
• 2010 – 2012: Multimodal interfaces to improve therApeutic outcomes in robot-Assisted rehabiliTation (MAAT) Role: Researcher.
• 2009 – 2012: OPENSURG. Teaching and research in medical robotics using open source resources. Iberoamerican project. Role: Coordinator.
• 2009-2012: iProstate. Role: Coordinator.

selected past projects: link

Publications

Journal publications

• You can find my journal publications on Google Scholar. Google Scholar.

Phd thesis

• Development of a parallel haptic device and experiments on control of tele operated systems.    Web

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
• Dispositivo de medida de la conductividad eléctrica en fluidos de pequeño caudal.ES 1 075 767 U
• Dispositivo joystick robótico de arquitectura paralela de 6 grados de libertad con  percepción  de fuerzas y posición P200302351