Publications

European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

• Carlos Prados, Luca Rosario Buonocore, and Mario Di Castro. “Omnidirectional Robotic Platform for Surveillance of Particle Accelerator Environments with Limited Space Areas”. In: Applied Sciences 11.14 (2021), p. 6631. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146631. [bibtex] 

• Carlos Prados, Sergio Villanueva Lorente, and Mario Di Castro. “Graph SLAM Built over Point Clouds Matching for Robot Localization in Tunnels”. In: Sensors 21.16 (2021), p. 5340. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fs21165340. [bibtex] 

PhD at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)

• Miguel Hernando, Mercedes Alonso, Carlos Prados, and Ernesto Gambao. “Behavior-Based Control Architecture for Legged-and-Climber Robots”. In: Applied Sciences 11.20 (2021). URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11209547. [bibtex] 

• Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao, Carlos Prados, Daniel Brito, and Alberto Brunete. “ROMERIN: A new concept of a modular autonomous climbing robot”. In: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems 19.5 (2022), p. 17298806221123416. URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/172988062211234. [bibtex] 

• Carlos Prados, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao, and Alberto Brunete. “ROMERIN: Organismo robótico escalador basado en patas modulares con ventosas activas”. In: Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática industrial (2022). URL: https://doi.org/10.4995/riai.2022.18749 [bibtex] 

• Carlos Prados, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao, and Alberto Brunete. “MoCLORA - An Architecture for Legged-and-Climbing Bio-Inspired Modular Robotic Organism”. In: Biomimetics 8.1 (2023), p. 11. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010011 [bibtex] 

• Carlos Prados, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao, and Alberto Brunete. “Torque-based control of a bio-inspired modular climbing robot”. In: Machines 11.7 (2023), p. 757. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/machines11070757   [bibtex] 

• Carlos Prados, Miguel Hernando, and Ernesto Gambao. “Path and footfall planning for a modular legged and climbing robot - A model predictive control approach”. In: To be determined. IN PROCESS

• Carlos Prados, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao, and Alberto Brunete. “A review of control architectures for modular legged and climbing robots”. In: To be determined. IN PROCESS

Official conferences

• Carlos Prados, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao, and Alberto Brunete. “ROMERIN: Organismo robótico escalador basado en patas modulares con ventosas activas”. In: Jornadas de Robótica, Educación y Bioingeniería. Ed. by Comité Español de Automática. Málaga, Spain, May 2022, pp. 40–49.

• Carlos Prados, and Miguel Hernando. “ROMERIN: Organismo robótico escalador basado en patas modulares con ventosas activas”. In: I Jornada de Investigación de la ETSIDI. Ed. by ETSIDI. Madrid, Spain, Nov. 2022.

My bachelor and master's theses

• Carlos Prados Sesmero. “Control de dispositivos externos, desde una FPGA, vıa bluetooth”. In 2018. Bachelor's thesis. Universidad de Valladolid (ES). URL: https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31888.

• Carlos Prados Sesmero. “Mechatronic design of an omnidirectional robotic platform and its navigation based on graphSLAM implementation”. In 2020. Master's thesis. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (ES). URL: https://cds.cern.ch/record/2715275.

• Carlos Prados Sesmero. “Model-based control of a modular legged-and-climbing robotic organism with gravity compensation”. In 2023. Ph.D. thesis. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ES). URL: Not available until October 2024

Tutored bachelor and master's theses

• Irene Mengual Mahave. “Control remoto del robot hexápodo escalador ROMHEX“.  In 2021. Bachelor's thesis. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (ES). URL: http://138.100.100.141:8080/share.cgi?ssid=0EHVpsd.

• José Llavona Alonso. “Control mediante gamepad del robot hexápodo escalador ROMHEX“.  In 2022. Bachelor's thesis. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (ES). URL: https://138.100.100.141/share.cgi?ssid=0RJumRg.

• Fernando de las Heras Crespo. “Modelado y simulación de infraestructuras en GAZEBO para la validación de estrategias de escalado del robot ROMERIN“.  In 2023. Bachelor's thesis. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (ES). URL: https://138.100.100.141/share.cgi?ssid=0XRSsFe 

• Enrique Rebollo. “Estudio y desarrollo de un sistema domótico para vivienda privada con Home Assistant“.  In 2023. Master's thesis. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (ES). URL: https://138.100.100.141/share.cgi?ssid=0y4r9uQ