Miguel Hernando

About

Miguel Hernando is a robotics researcher at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) whose work spans modular robotics, human-robot interaction, industrial automation, and assistive technologies. His most influential contribution, a 2017 review of reconfigurable modular robot design (125 citations), systematically mapped the evolution of this field, examining key features such as docking mechanisms, locomotion, and control architectures. This work has become an essential reference for researchers entering the field. Hernando has also made significant strides in industrial robotics, developing intuitive end-user programming interfaces—most notably the Android-based Hammer application (52 citations)—and contributing to hard material machining robots and collaborative systems for material handling. His research extends into healthcare, where his 2021 smart assistive architecture integrating IoT devices and service robots (60 citations) demonstrates a commitment to improving quality of life for patients with disabilities. Earlier work on telerobotics for live power-line maintenance (56 citations) highlights the practical, safety-critical applications of his research. Beyond the laboratory, Hernando has championed engineering education through the long-running Cybertech bullfighting robotics competition at UPM, fostering student engagement with robotics for over a decade.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Current trends in reconfigurable modular robots design

   125 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Smart Assistive Architecture for the Integration of IoT Devices, Robotic Systems, and Multimodal Interfaces in Healthcare Environments

   60 citations · 2021
3. 3
   Hard material small-batch industrial machining robot

   60 citations · 2017
4. 4
   Telerobotic system for live-power line maintenance: ROBTET

   56 citations · 2002
5. 5
   Hammer: An Android based application for end-user industrial robot programming

   52 citations · 2014
6. 6
   A behaviour-based control architecture for heterogeneous modular, multi-configurable, chained micro-robots

   34 citations · 2012
7. 7
   Urbano, an Interactive Mobile Tour-Guide Robot

   30 citations · 2008
8. 8
   Ten Years of Cybertech: The Educational Benefits of Bullfighting Robotics

   30 citations · 2010
9. 9
   A new generation of collaborative robots for material handling

   30 citations · 2012
10. 10
    A New Generation of Collaborative Robots for Material Handling

    29 citations · 2012

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