Rafael Aracil Santonja
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Centre for Automation and Robotics
Papers
7
Total Citations
128
H-Index
5
About
Rafael Aracil Santonja is a pioneering figure in robotics and automation, with key research contributions spanning multi-agent robotic systems, underwater robotics, and remote laboratory technologies. His work on cooperative multi-agent robotics systems, detailed in a highly cited 2013 paper (34 citations), established foundational design and modeling principles for collaborative robot teams. Aracil Santonja also made significant advances in underwater robotics, notably developing a 6-degree-of-freedom parallel robot for underwater applications (2010, 29 citations), demonstrating innovative solutions for challenging marine environments. His impact extends to education through the creation of virtual and remote laboratories for robot manipulator control (2006, 18 citations), enabling students worldwide to test control algorithms via the internet using Matlab-Simulink environments. This work, along with his teleoperation system research (2010), has been instrumental in making advanced robotics experimentation accessible. With over 128 citations across his most influential papers, Aracil Santonja’s contributions continue to shape both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of robotics, particularly in cooperative systems and remote experimentation.
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Top Papers
- 1A cooperative multi-agent robotics system: Design and modelling34 citations · 2013
- 2Robots y sistemas sensoriales34 citations · 2002
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- 4Virtual and Remote Laboratory for Robot Manipulator Control Study18 citations · 2006
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