Scholar
David Blanco-Mulero
Google Scholar ID: Qhyk2HcAAAAJ
Postdoctoral Researcher at Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC-UPC
Citations & Impact
Citations
193
H-index
7
i10-index
5
Publications
19
Co-authors
14
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Paper 'Scene Understanding in Deformable Object Manipulation via Taxonomy-Guided Vision-Language Models' accepted to the 5th Workshop on RObotic MAnipulation of Deformable Objects at IROS 2025.
- Paper 'Efficient End-effector Co-Design by Demonstration for Deformable Fragile Object Manipulation' accepted to the 1st Workshop on Robot Hardware-Aware Intelligence at RSS 2025.
- Paper 'Evaluating the Pre-Dressing Step: Unfolding Medical Garments via Imitation Learning' accepted to IROS 2025.
- Review paper 'Unfolding the Literature' accepted to Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems.
- Paper 'Benchmarking the Sim-to-Real Gap in Cloth Manipulation' published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024.
- Paper 'Rapid Improvement of Fiber Tensile Properties via In Situ Biomimetic Robotic Pulling and Bayesian Optimization' published in Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024.
- Paper 'QDP: Learning to Sequentially Optimise Quasi-Static and Dynamic Manipulation Primitives for Robotic Cloth Manipulation' presented at 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023.
- Paper 'Learning Visual Feedback Control for Dynamic Cloth Folding' presented at 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022.
- Paper 'Manipulation of Granular Materials by Learning Particle Interactions' published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022.
Research Experience
- Post-doc at Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI, CSIC-UPC); involved in multiple research projects on deformable object manipulation.
Education
- Received Ph.D. in Robotics from Aalto University in 2024, advised by Prof. Ville Kyrki, head of the Intelligent Robotics group.
Background
- Currently a Post-doc at Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI, CSIC-UPC). Research focuses on learning and representation, with a special focus on manipulation of deformable objects.
Miscellany
- Awarded the José Castillejo grant and will be doing a research stay at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, DLR during 2026.
