Research and Projects
Current research
Old research
Virtual Reality & Haptics
List of projects
1999-2002: Participation in REVIMA project (Development of a virtual reality tool for the simulation of assembly and maintainability processes). Participant companies: ITP and SENER. Supported in part by the Government of the Basque Country (UET-CI01TP03). Development of an interactive collision module for massive scenes (subject of the PhD).
2000-2001: Participation in the project “Manipulación Virtual para la Simulación de Procesos con Máquina Herramienta”. Participant companies: IMH. Supported by the Industry and and Energy Ministry (PROFIT).
2002-2003: Participation in TARVITEK Project (Virtual Reality Technologies). Participant companies: Ceit, Labein, Euve, VicomTech. Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Etortek).
2004-2005: Participant of VIVECO Project (Cooperative visualization and verification tool of models). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Intek).
2004-2005: Director of MASIRA Project (Maintainability of systems aided for augmented reality techniques). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Saiotek).
2004-2005: Director of SISCOM Project (Accesibility and maintainability system of mechanical designs by means of 6-DOF haptic devices). Supported by the MCYT.
2004-2006: Participant of SIVIMPAC Project (Augmented video system for environment impact studies). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Intek).
2005-2007: Participation in AmIGUNE Project (Ambient Intelligent for Intelligent Transport and Information and Communications Advanced Services). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Etortek).
2005-2008: Director of MAXIPLAN Project (Integrated system for bone, dental and facial planning and simulation). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Intek – Gaitek).
2006-2010: Participation in SKILLS Project (Multimodal Interfaces for Capturing and Transfer of Skill). Supported by the IST European Union (IP).
2006-2007: Director of DEFORMEK Project (Applications of deformable elements for surgery simulators). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Saiotek).
2006-2009: Director of RASMAP Project (Markerless-based Augmented Reality for Wearable Personal Assistant). Supported by the Science and Technology Ministry (Cicyt).
2007-2008: Director of SUN Project (Assembly guided system based on augmented reality). Supported by EADS-CASA.
2008-2011: Participation in DHERGO (Digital Humans for Ergonomic Design of Products). Supported by the IST European Union (IP).
2009-2011: Director of HASISTEC Project (Assistance tools for surgery). Supported by Centro de Bioingeniería, University of Navarra.
2011-2012: Director of NEMESIS Project (Efficient Data Mining in a supercomputing system). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Gaitek).
2011-2012: Director of BRAINWAVE Project (Supercomputing system based on GPGPU Technology (General Purpose computation on Graphics Processing Units)). Supported by the Bizkaia Statutory Deputation.
2011-2014: Director of the project “Depression prevention in elderly people”. Supported by Asociación QPEA and Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FIS grant PI11/00966).
2012: Participation in the Project “X-ray digital portable detector”. Supported by Elytt Energy/Neureus Technologies.
2012-2013: Director of Elderbask Project (Creating value for the development of industry and services that respond to the challenge of aging). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Etortek).
2012-2013: Director of ELARA project (Generalization to assembly oriented authoring augmented reality). Supported by Airbus Military.
2012-2014: Director of HACIRA Project (Authoring tool for interactive communication using Augmented Reality). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Gaitek).
2012-2015: Director of ELCANO Project (Robotic and integrated solution for minimal invasive spine surgeries). Supported by Economy and Competitiveness Ministry (INNPACTO).
2013-2014: Director of EYESMAP Project (3D capture, navigation and topographic stake system). Supported by CDTI (Interconnecta).
2013-2015: Director of iHear Project (Telemedicine and hearing: remote care of patients with cochlear implants, hearing aids and other hearing systems). Supported by University of Navarra.
2013-2015: Director of the project “Evaluation of the efficiency of tolcapona as schizophrenia cognitive enhancer, based on the genotype for the polymorphism rs 4680”. Supported by the University of Navarra (PIUNA).
2015-2016: Director of LANA Project (Lantegi Adimendua - TICs para la Fábrica Inteligente - Smart Factory. Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Elkartek).
2015-2018: Director of MANBUS Project (System for assistance Bus Maintainance). Supported by Economy and Competitiveness Ministry (RETOS COLABORACIÓN).
2016-2017: Director at Ceit of VISION4RACKS Project (System for efficient measurement of complex geometry racks based on artificial vision). Supported by CDTI.
2016-2017: Director of LANA II Project (Lantegi Adimendua - TICs para la Fábrica Inteligente 2 - Smart Factory. Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Elkartek).
2017-2020: Director of SIMFAL project (Assembly Planning and SIMulation of an Aircraft Final Assembly Line). Supported by CleanSky-JU (JTI-CS2-2016-CfP03-LPA-02-14).
2018-2019: Participation in ADDISEND Project (Scientific cooperation in Additive Manufacturing for robust control of the value chain). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Elkartek).
2018-2020: Participation in HIPERMARE Project (Manufacture of a high-performance, recyclable, magnetocaloric regenerator for refrigeration applications). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Hazitek).
2018-2020: Director of VARMAT project (Virtual/Augmented reality system for assistance in high voltage electrical maneuvers). Supported by Science, Education and Universities Ministry (RETOS COLABORACIÓN).
2018-2021: Director of MADEIRA project (Machine and Deep Learning in Industrial Environment using Augmented Reality). Supported by Science, Education and Universities Ministry (RETOS COLABORACIÓN).
2019-2020: Director of STEPbySTEP project (Systematic Test of Exoskeleton Products by a Stairs-based Testbed Evaluation Protocol). Supported by H2020-779963 EUROBENCH (FSTP-1).
2019-2020: Director of CODITEM Project (Development and commercialization of Vision Technology for dimensional control of high temperature parts). Supported by CEIT.
2019-2021: Participation in ROTADUR Project (New hard metal tools based on high entropy alloys for rotary cutting applications). Supported by CDTI.
2019-2021: Participation in UPEL4.0 Project (Premium barrels in the 4.0 era). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Hazitek).
2020-2021: Director of AINSPECTION Project (AI-based automated vehicle damage inspection system). Supported by Northgate.
2020-2021: Director of INSPECTA Project (A robust and automated approach to critical joint and defect inspections). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Elkartek).
2020-2022: Director of IAIOA-STT Project (Artificial Intelligence applied to the Auxiliary Services Industry - Thermography applied to process monitoring). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Strategic Hazitek).
2020-2022: Director of IAIOA-IKANKRONITEK Project (Artificial Intelligence applied to the Auxiliary Services Industry - Inspection of defects in chrome parts). Supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Strategic Hazitek).
2021-2024: Participation in CIDER Project (Robotic cell for the disassembly of lithium batteries and value-added components in new WEEE streams). Supported by Industry, Commerce and Tourism Ministry (AEI).
2022-2026: Director of REEPRODUCE Project (Dismantling and recovery of Rare Earth Elements from End-of-life products for the European Green Transition). Supported by Horizon Europe (RESILENCE-01-04).
2022-2023: Director of RAEELAB (Automated laboratory for the revaluation of waste electrical and electronic equipment). Equipment call supported by the Government of the Basque Country (Azpitek).
2022-2023: Director of CORMAR Project (Position correction of wooden boards). Supported by Biele.
2022-2023: Director of CLASSPLETI Project (Classification of defects in conductive plates). Supported by Ederfil Becker.
2023: Director of RELU Project (Recognition of crops from geotagged photographs). Supported by Hazi.
2024-2027: Director of RecAL project (Recycling technologies for circular Aluminium). Supported by Horizon Europe (TWIN-TRANSITION-01-42).
2024-2027: Participation in RESQTOOL project (Recycling of High Quality CRM Resources from Machining Tools for Re-use Applications). Supported by Horizon Europe (RESILIENCE-01-05).