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| Centro de Automática y Robótica | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centro de Automática y Robótica |
| Established | 1974 |
| Type | Research institute |
| Affiliation | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid |
| Location | Madrid, Spain |
Centro de Automática y Robótica is an interdisciplinary research institute located in Madrid associated with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and Spanish national research networks; it focuses on robotics, control systems, and automation and interacts with institutions such as Instituto de Física Teórica, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
The institute was founded during the 1970s amid Spanish scientific expansion involving the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Industrial Technological Development initiatives, and the European Space Agency, and it evolved through projects with the Comunidad de Madrid, the Fundación Ramón Areces, the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, and collaborations with the Instituto de Automática Industrial (CSIC), the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, and the Consejo Económico y Social. Over decades the centre expanded under directors connected to networks including the European Research Council, the Horizon 2020 framework, the Euratom community, the Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, and bilateral agreements with institutions such as the Politecnico di Milano, the Technische Universität München, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Imperial College London.
The governance structure integrates the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with administrative units modeled on the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona, the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, and the Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas, with research groups organized similarly to departments at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the Delft University of Technology, and the University of Oxford. Management units coordinate finance and outreach aligned with practices at the European Space Agency, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, the Instituto Cervantes, and the Fundación Marcelino Botín, while ethics and safety protocols reference standards from the European Commission, the International Organization for Standardization, and the IEEE.
Research themes span robotics and control theory influenced by work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, ETH Zurich, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; cognitive robotics intersecting with groups at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the Institut de Robotique de Paris, and the Riken institute; autonomous vehicles with partners akin to Toyota Research Institute, Volkswagen, NVIDIA, and the European Commission projects; biomedical robotics linked to Hospital La Paz, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, and clinical trials frameworks like those at the National Institutes of Health and the European Medicines Agency; mechatronics drawing from collaborations with the Fraunhofer Society, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica.
Laboratory infrastructure includes experimental robotics halls reminiscent of facilities at ETH Zurich, motion capture systems comparable to those at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, biomedical prototyping workshops akin to the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering, electronics labs referencing the Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica, simulation clusters interoperable with supercomputers at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, cleanrooms similar to those at the IMB-CNM, and specialized platforms for aerial robotics like those used by the European Space Agency and the Delft University of Technology.
The centre contributes to graduate education through joint programs with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, doctoral training in cooperation with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and the Comunidad de Madrid scholarship schemes, summer schools modeled after those at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, professional courses similar to offerings from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and continuing education partnerships resembling those of the Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias and the Banco Santander academic sponsorships.
Collaborative networks encompass European consortia under Horizon 2020, bilateral projects with the Politecnico di Milano, the Technical University of Munich, the Imperial College London, transatlantic ties to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University, industry partnerships with Siemens, ABB, Indra Sistemas, Thales Group, and Airbus, and regional cooperation with the Comunidad de Madrid, the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and international research infrastructures such as the European Research Council and the CERN user community.
Researchers at the centre have received national and international awards linked to institutions like the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, prizes associated with the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, fellowships from the European Research Council, distinctions from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, industry recognitions from Siemens Stiftung and the IEEE, and collaborative honors in consortia funded by Horizon 2020 and the European Commission.
Category:Research institutes in Spain Category:Robotics organizations