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26 - 28 October, 2026 - Angers, France

Within the 23rd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - ICINCO 2026

CO-CHAIRS

	Juan Antonio Corrales Ramón Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Spain
Short Bio Juan Corrales earned his PhD in 2011 from the University of Alicante, focusing on human-robot interaction (HRI) for collaborative assembly and robotic hand motion planning. His early research was validated through national research projects. Following his PhD, he joined the ISIR lab in Paris, contributing to the European FP7 HANDLE project on dexterous robotic manipulation. In 2014, he obtained an associate professor position at IFMA (now SIGMA Clermont) and the Institut Pascal lab. He continued to advance his core research in HRI strategies, particularly force-controlled robotic arms for human assistance, and multi-modal control (vision and tactile) of robot hands for handling deformable objects. His involvement extended to significant projects, including the industrial FUI Aerostrip project on stripping airplane components and the European H2020 Bots2Rec project, which focused on mobile manipulators for asbestos removal.

	Chedli Bouzgarrou Sigma-Clermont France
Short Bio Chedli Bouzgarrou studied Mechanical Engineering at the National Graduate School of “Arts et Métiers”-ParisTech (1995-1998). He obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering in 2001 at the University Clermont-Auvergne. His dissertation dealt with the design and modelling of a machine tool for UTGV (ultra-high-speed machining). In 2003 he obtained a permanent position as associate professor in the public Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering ‘Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée’ (IFMA, renamed as SIGMA Clermont in 2016) and to research in the ‘Institut Pascal’ lab. He became a full professor in 2019. He further developed his research in several fields of robotics: control of mobile manipulators, high-speed manipulators, cable-driven robtots and modelling of deformable objects for their robotic manipulation.

	Pedro Dinis Gaspar University of Beira Interior, Faculty of Engineering Portugal
Short Bio Pedro Dinis Gaspar holds a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is an Associate Professor with Habilitation in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering of the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal. He is an integrated researcher at the R&D Centre for Mechanics and Aerospace Science and Technologies (C-MAST). He is the coordinator of Laboratory of Innovation and Technologies in Sustainability (LITecS). He is the coordinator of the course of M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management. He is the professor in charge or assisted than more 15 curricular units of M.Sc. and undergraduate courses. Currently, he teaches curricular units such as Air Conditioning and Industrial Refrigeration, Industrial Robotics, Industrial Automation, and Decision-Support Methods. His main research interests are related to Heat Transfer (Refrigeration and Air conditioning); Energy Efficiency; Sustainability; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Industrial Engineering and Management; Automation; Robotics, Control Systems, and Embedded Systems applied to agricultural activities. He has participated/coordinated several national and international research projects as well as R&D&I contracts with industry, mostly related to energy efficiency and energy conservation systems, and automatic systems (robotics and automated systems) for agricultural and agroindustry tasks and activities.

	Daniel Sanchez Martínez Technological Institute for Children's Products & Leisure (AIJU) Spain
Short Bio Daniel Sánchez studied Robotics Engineering at the University of Alicante (2016-2020) and completed a Master’s in Robotics and Automation (2020-2021). He obtained his international and industrial PhD in the manipulation of soft and deformable objects at the Technological Institute of Children’s Products and Leisure (AIJU) in collaboration with the University of Alicante. Currently, Daniel works as a researcher at AIJU, specializing in the manipulation of deformable objects, with a focus on robot programming, computer vision, and AI-driven solutions for industrial automation. He has experience in sensor integration, force control, and deep learning techniques. AIJU conducts R&D activities across multiple sectors, including advanced manufacturing, robotics, and automation systems. Among its areas of expertise are the development of robotic systems and automation solutions for industries such as plastics, toys, and other manufacturing sectors, as well as collaborative robotics, advanced perception and control systems, and the automation of manual processes in production environments. Additionally, Daniel serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) for several European and national excellence project calls, having contributed to projects under programs such as Horizon and Interreg. In addition to his role at AIJU, Daniel is an assistant professor at the University of Alicante, where he teaches in the Robotics Engineering degree and the Automatics and Robotics Master’s program.

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