Jorge Sales

Short biography

Jorge Sales received a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science engineering (2006), a M.Sc degree in Intelligent Systems (2007) and a PhD degree (2011) from the Jaume I University of Castellon (Spain). He is currently a researcher at Interactive and Robotic Systems group within the Computer Science and Engineering department at the Jaume I University. His research interests rely mainly on the field of robotics, including underwater robotics, manipulation, mobile robotics, telerobotics, wireless networks, object recognition, autonomous navigation, etc.

Higher Education and Qualifications

• 2006 B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, University Jaume I, Spain, Awarded degree

• 2007 M.Sc. in Intelligent Systems, University Jaume I, Spain

• 2011 Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, University Jaume I, Spain, Ph.D. Cum Laude

Languages

• • Spanish: mother tongue

  • Catalan: mother tongue (C2)

  • English (Fluent, spoken and written) (C1)

  • French (Basic user) (A1)

Positions Held

• • Undergraduate Research Fellowship at the Robotic Intelligence Lab (Spanish Ministry of Education),  November 2005 - June 2006.

  • Researcher Position at the Robotic Intelligence Lab (University Jaume I),  October 2006 - December 2006.

  • Postgraduate Research Fellowship at the Robotic Intelligence Lab (University Jaume I),  April 2007 -  August 2007.

  • Predoctoral Research Fellowship at the Robotic Intelligence Lab (Spanish Ministry of Education),  September 2007 -  August 2011.

  • Researcher Position at the Robotic Intelligence Lab (University Jaume I),  September 2011 - December 2011.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher Assistant at Interactive and Robotic Systems group (University Jaume I),  December 2011 - December 2015.

Research

Currently researcher at Interactive and Robotic Systems group.

Participation in Funded Research Projects

• 2005-2008 - Arquitectura distribuida confiable para el control por visión de equipos de robots cooperativos.
  Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. DPI2005-08203-C02-01

• 2006 - Equipo de robots para vigilancia y supervisión de instalaciones industriales y de servicios. IMPIVA (Instituto de la Mediana i Pequeña Industria Valenciana). IMCOIC/2006/48

• 2007-2010 - FP6 GUARDIANS - Group of unmanned assistant robots deployed in aggregative navigation supported by scent detection (GUARDIANS). EU, IST Programme of the Framework VI. IST-045269

• 2009-2010 - Manipulación bimanual por un robot humanoide. Generalitat Valenciana (GV). PROMETEO/2009/052

• 2008-2011 - Un robot que aprende como un niño. Fundació Caixa Castelló Bancaixa. P1·1B2008-51

• 2010-2012 - Arquitecturas de servidores, aplicaciones y servicios. Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. TIN2009-14475-C04-04

• 2010-2011 - Localización selectiva de malas hierbas para un desbroce ecológico. Generalitat Valenciana (GV). GV/2010/087

• 2010-2013 - FP7 TRIDENT - Marine robots and dexterous manipulation for enabling autonomous underwater multipurpose intervention missions. Comisión Europea. ICT-248497

• 2012-2014 - Un robot asistente para tareas de manipulación en PYMES. Universitat Jaume I. P1·1B2011-54

• 2012-2014 - Sistema de manipulación basado en información multisensorial para operaciones submarinas (GRASPER). Ministerio de ciencia e innovación. DPI2011-27977-C03-01

• 2012-2014 - Mecanismos de coordinación visuomotora y aprendizaje en un torso robótico humanoide. Ministerio de ciencia e innovación. DPI2011-27846

• 2012-2014 - Hacia una interfaz predictiva en el contexto de la robótica submarina. Fundació Caixa Castelló Bancaixa. P1·1B2011-17

• 2015 - 2018 - Robots cooperativos marinos multifuncionales para dominios de intervención (MERBOTS). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. DPI2014-57746-C3-1-R

• 2024 - 2027 - Robótica autónoma cooperativa en red para mantenimiento y manipulación mejorada. Agencia estatal de investigación. PID2023-149910OB-C32 

International Research Stays

• • System and Circuit Technology Group, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn. Paderborn. Germany.
    July-Setember 2009 (2 months)

  • Centre for Automation and Robotics Research (CARR), Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, U.K.
    May-July 2010 (3 months)

  • Mobile & Marine Robotics Research Centre (MMRRC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
    June-July 2012 (2 months)

  • Mobile Robotics Laboratory (MRL), Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR-Coimbra), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
    July-September 2013 (3 months)

  • Underwater Robotics Research Center (CIRS), University of Girona (UdG), Girona, Spain
    June-August 2014 (3 months)

  • Systems, Robotics & Vision (SRV), University of Balearic Islands (UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
    June-August 2015 (3 months).

Organizing committee member for academic conferences

• • 2015 International Summer School on Mobile Manipulators. Castellón, Spain, 13-07-2015, 2015. Comité organitzador.

  • IV Jornadas sobre Mayores y Nuevas Tecnologías: Tecnología en Movimiento. Castellón, Spain. 13-05-2015, 2015.

  • 3rd International Conference on the Elderly and New Technologies. Castellón, Spain, 18-04-2012, 2012.

  • 8th International UJI Robotics School on Rescue Robotics (IURS-2008). Benicàssim, Spain, 15-09-2008, 2008.

  • 7th International UJI Robotics School on Assistive Robots (IURS-2007). Benicàssim, Spain,  24-09-2007, 2007.

  • JENUI 2013 XIX Jornadas sobre la Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática. Castellón, Spain, 10-07-2013, 2013.

  • Simposio-Taller sobre estrategias y herramientas para el aprendizaje y la evaluación. Castellón, Spain, 09-07-2013, 2013.

Program committee member for academic conferences

• • ICINCO 2025 (International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics), Marbella, Spain, 20-22-oct-2025, 2025.

  • ICINCO 2024 (21st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics), Porto, Portugal, 18-20-nov-2024, 2024.

  • ROBOT 2023 (6th Iberian Robotics Conference), Coimbra, Portugal, nov-2023, 2023.

  • ROBOT 2022 (5th Iberian Robotics Conference), Zaragoza, Spain, nov-2022, 2022.

  • CEDI 2016 (V Congreso Español de Informática), Salamanca, Spain, 14-16-sep-2016, 2016.

  • CAEPIA 2015 (Congreso de la Asociación Española de Inteligencia Artificial), Albacete, Spain, 9-12-nov-2015, 2015.

Reviewer for international journals

• • Reviewer for 13 MDPI journals between 2011 and 2018 (Electronics, Technologies, Applied Sciences, Inventions, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Robotics, Sensors, Machines).

  • IEEE Systems Journal, 2014-2017

  • Industrial Robot: The international journal of robotics research and application, Emerald, 2012

  • Artificial Life and Robotics Journal (AROB Journal), 2015-2017

Areas of Interest

• • Underwater robotics.

  • Telerobotics.

  • Wireless networks.

  • Object recognition.

  • Mobile robots.

  • Autonomous navigation.

  • Manipulation.

Courses

• List of Courses

Publications

• List of publications