Jose Maria Sabater-Navarro
who am I?
Jose María Sabater-Navarro is Industrial Engineer (specializing in energy techniques) by the Polytechnic University of Valencia in 1998. Doctor of Engineering from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche in 2003. He is currently Full Professor of the Universidad Miguel Hernández of Elche in the field of Systems Engineering and Automatics and he is coordinator of medical robotics in the research group in Biomedical Neuroengineering of the same university. He has held positions of Deputy Director of Polytechnic School (2009-2023) Director of the Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering (2012-2023 and Director of Polytechnic School of Elche since 2023.
Passionate about robotics, technology for improving the quality of life and robopsychologist.
Blood father of two champions and concerned caregiver of doctoral students.
teaching experience
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ORCID number: 0000-0002-3890-6225
ResearcherID number: A-5583-2008
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My research interests are on:
- Surgical robotics; computer-aided-surgery; surgery simulation; augmented reality; surgical navigation; medical image applications; computer applications to neurosurgery, orthopedics and MIS robotic surgery.
- Medical informatics; applications and apps for diagnosis, control and medical visualization. Diabetes control.
- Medical Robotics; assistive technology, rehabilitation technologies, soft and compliance robotics.
- Haptics; applications to telerobotics and service robotics
- Robot design; kinematic analysis of parallel service robots; control of parallel robots.
“Disce quasi semper victurus, vive quasi cras moriturus.”
What I have done?
(my expertise)
After my brief tenure as a contractor at the ITQ-CSIC of the UPV , where I worked as a mass spectrometer technician, I began my career in robotics studying parallel robots and analyzing them with multibody dynamics and screw theory, gaining valuable experience in the design of robotic systems. In the field of haptics, I delved into the world of human-machine physical interaction and applied this knowledge to the design of rehabilitation robots. It was in this area of robotic rehabilitation that I specialized in biosignals and human-in-the-loop in cyber-physical systems.
I am particularly satisfied with my work on noninvasive sensors for glucose measurement and monitoring of various chronic pathologies, such as diabetes, autism spectrum disorder, and epilepsy. This background has allowed me to explore the fascinating field of surgical robot autonomy, applying learning techniques and evaluating the quality of that learning. I am particularly dedicated to analyzing the forces of interaction between the robot and the patient and increasing the autonomy of the surgical robots I design.
Other experiences:
Coordinator of cooperation international networks
- Iberoamerican networks; Opensurg, Ritadiab
Organisation of scientific events and commissions of trust
- 2023 Healthnology; 2012 and 2014: Publication chair at IEEE Biorob 2012 and Editor at IEEE Biorob 2014; 2006, 2007 and 2008. General chair of Euron Winter Schools on robotics on telesurgery, parallel robots and rehabilitation robotics; Organizer of workshops at several international conferences: biorob 2010, biorob2012, caos 2007; Organizer of several international simposium: opensurg 2012, hisarob 2011, hisarob 2010, XXVI Jornadas automatica; Program committee at: Iasted-Asci 2005, Eurohaptics 2008, CARS 2008, Eurohaptics 2009, ACHI 2009, CIAM 2011, Biorob 2012.
Editorial boards Guest Editor for Special Issues
- “Trends in rehabilitation robotics” of Medical Biological Engineering and Computing; “Computer assisted tools for medical robotics” of Computer methods and programs in biomedicine. …
Intelectual property
- 12 registered industrial properties
