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AKA Antonio Mandow Andaluz

Profesor Titular de Universidad
Tel:  (+34)951952250     E-mail: amandow@uma.es
Despacho: 3.107-D (Escuela de Ingenierías), Universidad de Málaga
29071 Málaga, Spain

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SHORT BIO:

Anthony Mandow (AKA Antonio Mandow Andaluz) received the M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in computer systems from Universidad de Málaga (UMA), Málaga, Spain, in 1992 and 1998, respectively. He is currently Profesor Titular de Universidad in the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, UMA, and is a member of the UMA Lab for Robotics and Mechatronics. His doctoral dissertation was mainly derived from achievements in autonomous navigation in the AURORA greenhouse robot, featured at the cover of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (Dec-1996). Since then, his research efforts have been driven by practical application of field robotic systems. He has been engaged in several robotics and automation projects and is currently co-heading a Spanish project on robotic teams for search and rescue operations. He has authored 100 publications, including more than 20 indexed journal papers, and has been the supervisor for two Ph.D. Theses. His current research interests include intelligent control, robot learning, multi-robot teams, 3‐D perception, vehicle motion control, and validation of robotic mission planning. Dr. Mandow serves in national and international scientific committees and societies. He was the Organizing Chair of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics. He has served in journal editorial boards, including as a Guest Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and is a member of Comité Español de Automática (CEA-IFAC), Sociedad Española para la Investigación y Desarrollo en Robótica (SEIDROB), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Since 2021 he serves the director of the UMA Mechatronics & Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering University Research Institute (I3MSC). As a teacher, he is committed to training new researchers; he led an educational innovation project (UMA 2013-2015) to improve scientific communication and technology transfer skills in post-graduate students. Besides, he coordinated the 2013 BUT-TUD-UMA Summer School on Mechatronics (ERASMUS-IP).  Since 2016, Dr. Mandow is the Academic Coordinator for the UMA Doctoral Program on Mechatronics Engineering. For the future, his major goal is contributing to the development of reliable robotic systems that can be accepted, used, and appreciated by first response teams in actual emergency situations. 

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COURSES CURRENTLY TAUGHT:

  • Diseño de Controladores Industriales (Grado en Ingeniería en Tecnologías Industriales).
  • Automatización y Control (Máster en Ingeniería Industrial).
  • Sistemas de Documentación y Elaboración de textos científicos (Máster en Ingeniería Mecatrónica).
  • Tecnologías del Siglo XXI (Extensión Universitaria, Aula de Mayores +55).

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RECENT RESERARCH PROJECTS:

  • PID2021-122944OB-I00.  "SAR 4.0:  Leapfrogging to a New Paradigm in Cooperative Human-Robot Cyber-physical Systems for Search and Rescue".  Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Proyectos de Generación del Conocimiento 2021. PIs: Alfonso José García Cerezo y Antonio Mandow Andaluz. January 2021-December 2024.
  • Co-Principal Investigator. P18-RT-991. Sensor multimodal inteligente para identificación de características terramecánicas en vehículos autónomos rurales. Intelligent multimodal sensor for identification of terramechanic characteristics in off-road vehicles (IMSITER) Funded by Junta de Andalucía. Plan Andaluz de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (PAIDI 2020). Retos de la sociedad andaluza. PIs: Carlos J. Pérez del Pulgar Mancebo, Antonio Mandow Andaluz. Enero 2020-Diciembre 2022.
  • Co-Principal Investigator. RTI2018-093421-B-I00. "TRUST-ROB: Towards Resilient UGV and UAV Manipulator Teams for Robotic Search and Rescue Tasks". Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Programa Estatal de I+D+i 2018, IPs: Alfonso José García Cerezo y Antonio Mandow Andaluz, Enero 2019-Diciembre 2021.

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • Editor Machines Special Issue: "Reliable Control of Mechatronic Systems". SS Editors: Anthony Mandow (UMA), Raffaele Iervolino (University of Naples Federico II), Dariusz Horla (Poznan University of Technology).

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PUBLICATIONS: 

   Journal Publications

  • Castilla-Arquillo, R.  Mandow, A., Pérez-del-Pulgar C.J., Álvarez-Llamas, C. Vadillo, J.M., Laserna, J. (2024), Thermal Imagery for Rover Soil Assessment using a Multipurpose Environmental Chamber under Simulated Mars Conditions, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2023.3346528.
  • Toscano-Moreno M., Mandow A., Martínez M.A., García-Cerezo A., DEM-AIA: Asymmetric inclination-aware trajectory planner for off-road vehicles with digital elevation models (2023) Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 121, art. no. 105976,  DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2023.105976
  • Vera-Ortega, P.; Vázquez-Martín, R.; Fernandez-Lozano, J.J.; García-Cerezo, A.; Mandow, A. Enabling Remote Responder Bio-Signal Monitoring in a Cooperative Human–Robot Architecture for Search and Rescue. Sensors 2023, 23, 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23010049.
  • J. Cantizani-Estepa, J. Bravo-Arrabal, J.J. Fernández-Lozano, S. Fortes, Sergio and R. Barco, A. García-Cerezo, and A. Mandow, "Bluetooth Low Energy for Close Detection in Search and Rescue Missions with Robotic Platforms: an experimental evaluation,"  IEEE Access, 2022, https://doir.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3204272.
  • Bravo-Arrabal, J.; Toscano-Moreno, M.; Fernandez-Lozano, J.J.; Mandow, A.; Gomez-Ruiz, J.A.; García-Cerezo, A. The Internet of Cooperative Agents Architecture (X-IoCA) for Robots, Hybrid Sensor Networks, and MEC Centers in Complex Environments: A Search and Rescue Case Study. Sensors, 2021, 21, 7843. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21237843
  • Morales, J., Vázquez-Martín, R., Mandow, A., Morilla-Cabello, D., García-Cerezo, A., The UMA-SAR Dataset: Multimodal data collection from a ground vehicle during outdoor disaster response training exercises (2021) The International Journal of Robotics Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/02783649211004959
  • Morales, J., Plaza-Leiva, V., Mandow, A., Gomez-Ruiz, J.A., Serón, J., García-Cerezo, A.
    Analysis of 3D scan measurement distribution with application to a multi-beam lidar on a rotating platform
    (2018) Sensors, 18 (2), art. no. 395, .
    DOI: 10.3390/s18020395
  • Plaza-Leiva, V.; Gomez-Ruiz, J.A.; Mandow, A.; Garcia-Cerezo, A. Voxel-Based Neighborhood for Spatial Shape Pattern Classification of Lidar Point Clouds with Supervised Learning. Sensors 2017, 17, 594. Doi: 10.3390/s17030594
  • Jesús M. García, Jorge L. Martínez, Anthony Mandow, Alfonso García-Cerezo. Caster-leg aided maneuver for negotiating surface discontinuities with a wheeled skid-steer mobile robot. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 91, May 2017, Pages 25-37, ISSN 0921-8890, doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2016.12.007.

 

 Conference Papers  

  • Mandow, A., Seron, J., Pastor, F., Garcia-Cerezo, A. "Experimental Validation of a Robotic Stretcher for Casualty Evacuation in a Man-Made Disaster Exercise" (2020) 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, SSRR 2020, art. no. 9292633, pp. 241-245. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR50563.2020.9292633 
  • Bañuls, A., Mandow, A., Vazquez-Martin, R., Morales, J., Garcia-Cerezo, A. "Object Detection from Thermal Infrared and Visible Light Cameras in Search and Rescue Scenes" (2020) 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, SSRR 2020, art. no. 9292593, pp. 380-386. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR50563.2020.9292593 
  • Toscano-Moreno, M., Mandow, A., Martínez, M.A., García-Cerezo, A. "Velocity-Based Heuristic Evaluation for Path Planning and Vehicle Routing for Victim Assistance in Disaster Scenarios" (2020) Robot 2019: Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference. ROBOT 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1093 AISC, pp. 109-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36150-1_10 
  • Mandow, A., Morales, J.,  Gomez-Ruiz,  J.A., García-Cerezo, A.
    Optimizing Scan Homogeneity for Building Full-3D Lidars based on Rotating a Multi-Beam Velodyne Rangefinder
    (2018) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Madrid, Spain.
    DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2018.8593916
  • Fernández-Lozano, J.J., Mandow, A., Martín-Guzmán, M., Martín-Ávila, J., Serón, J. Martínez,  J.L., Gomez-Ruiz, J.A., Socarras-Bertiz, C., Miranda-Páez, J., García-Cerezo, A.
    Integration of a Canine Agent in a Wireless Sensor Network for Information Gathering in Search and Rescue Missions
    (2018) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Madrid, Spain.
    DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2018.8593849
  • Herrera, I.E., Mandow, A., García-Cerezo, A.
    Using particle swarm optimization for fuzzy antecedent parameter identification in active suspension control 
    (2018) 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Zadar, Croatia, June 2018, pp. 320-325.
    DOI: 10.1109/MED.2018.8442790
  • Pomares, A., Martínez, J.L., Mandow, A., Martínez, M.A., Morán, M., Morales, J.
    Ground extraction from 3D lidar point clouds with the Classification Learner App
    (2018) 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Zadar, Croatia, June 2018, pp.400-405.
    DOI: 10.1109/MED.2018.8442569
  • Martinez, J.L., Morales, J., Mandow, A., Pedraza, S., Garcia-Cerezo, A.
    Inertia-based ICR kinematic model for tracked skid-steer robots
    (2017)  SSRR 2017 - 15th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, Conference, art. no. 8088158, pp. 166-171.
    DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2017.8088158
  • García, J.M., Martínez, J.L., Mandow, A., García-Cerezo, A.
    Caster-leg aided maneuver for negotiating surface discontinuities with a wheeled skid-steer mobile robot
    (2017) Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 91, pp. 25-37.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2016.12.007
  • Muñoz-Ramírez, A.J., Luque Bedmar, J.M., Gómez-de-Gabriel, J.M., Mandow, A., Serón, J., García-Cerezo, A.
    Control a Baja Velocidad de una Rueda con Motor de Accionamiento Directo mediante Ingeniería Basada en Modelos
    (2017) XXXVIII Jornadas de Automática, pp. 799-805.
  • Martínez, Jorge L.; Mandow, Anthony; García-Cerezo, Alfonso; García, Jesús M.  
    Slide-Down Prevention for Wheeled Mobile Robots on Slopes. 
    (2017) International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering, pp. 63-68, Paris, France, February 8-12, 2017. 
    Doi: 10.1145/3068796.3068820
  • Mandow, A., Cantador, T.J., Reina, A.J., Martínez, J.L., Morales, J., García-Cerezo, A.
    Building fuzzy elevation maps from a ground-based 3D laser scan for outdoor mobile robots
    (2016) Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 417, pp. 29-41.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27146-0_3
  • Martín-Guzmán, Miguel; Martín-Ávila, Juan; Martinez-Rodriguez, Jorge Luis; Fernandez-Lozano, Juan Jesus; García-hernández, José Manuel; Miranda-Paez, Jesus; Mandow-Andaluz, Antonio; Garcia-Cerezo, Alfonso Jose. 
    Coordinación de un perro de rescate sensorizado y UAV para búsqueda de víctimas - Ejercicio piloto. 
    XXXVI Jornadas de Automática. Septiembre/2015. Bilbao, España
  • Plaza-Leiva, V., Gomez-Ruiz, J.A., Mandow, A., Garcia-Cerezo, A.J.
    Multi-layer Perceptrons for Voxel-Based Classification of Point Clouds from Natural Enviroments. 
    (2015) Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9095, pp. 250-261.
    W    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19222-2_21
  • Plaza-Leiva, Victoria; Gomez-Ruiz, Jose Antonio; Mandow, Antonio; Morales-Rodriguez, Jesús; Garcia-Cerezo, Alfonso Jose. 
    Occupancy Grids Generation based on Geometric-Featured Voxel Maps. 
    (2015) 23rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation. Torremolinos – Spain. 
    BDoi: 10.1109/MED.2015.7158838.
  • García-Caicedo, Jesús Marcey; Martinez-Rodriguez, Jorge Luis; Mandow, Antonio; Garcia-Cerezo, Alfonso Jose. 
    Steerability analysis on slopes of a mobile robot with a ground contact arm.  
    (2015) 23rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation. Torremolinos, España. 
    Doi: 10.1109/MED.2015.7158761
  • “Forward Path Tracking for Mobile Robots with Serveral Trailers” (2004). 
    Martínez, J.L., Morales, J., Mandow, A.,, 
    5th IFAC/EURON Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles IAV2004, July 5-7, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • “Recognition of Contexts with Scanner-Laser for Mobile Robot Navigation” (2001) 
    Fernández, R., Mandow, A., López-Baldán, M. J., García Cerezo, A. 
    Proc. of the 9th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems (SIRS'2001) 
    ISBN: 2-907801-01-0, pp 507-515. LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France.
  • “Scanner-Laser Local Navigation in Dynamic worlds” (1999) 
    Fernández, R., Muñoz, V.F., Mandow, A., García-Cerezo, A., Martínez, J.L. 
    Proc. of the 14th IFAC Triennial Congress, pp 463-468. Beijing, China.
  • “Using Driving Behavior Models for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation”  (1999) 
    Mandow, A., López-Baldán, M. J., García-Cerezo, A.,
    Proc. of the Eusflat-Estylf Joint Conference. pp. 63-66. Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
  • “Real time Motion Control for Safe Navigation” (1998) 
    Fernández, R., Mandow, Muñoz, V.F.,García Cerezo, A.  
    Proc of the 3rd IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAV), pp. 526-531. Madrid.
  • “Fuzzy Modelling Operator Navigation Behaviors”  (1997) 
    García-Cerezo, A., Mandow, A., López-Baldán, M. J.,
    Sixth IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE’97. Barcelona, España, Julio 1997. 
    doi:10.1109/FUZZY.1997.619739
  • “Dynamic Speed Planning for Safe Navigation” (1997) 
    Mandow, A., Muñoz, V. F., Fernández, R., García-Cerezo, A. 
    Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS’97, Grenoble. pp. 231-237. 
    doi:10.1109/IROS.1997.649059
  • “Autonomous and Teleoperated Control of the AURORA Mobile Robot” (1996) 
    Gómez de Gabriel, J. M., Martínez, J. L., Ollero, A., Mandow, A., Muñoz, V. F. 
    Proceedings of the 13th World Congress of IFAC, San Francisco, pp. 181-186.
  • “An Efficient Least-Squares Fuzzy Modelling Method for Dynamic Systems” (1996) 
    García-Cerezo, A., López-Baldán, M. J., Mandow, A 
    CESA’96 IMACS Multiconference, Symposium on Modelling, Analysis and Simulation, Lille, Francia, Julio 1996.
  • "Navigation with reactive behaviours for the Aurora mobile robot”. 
    Mandow, A., Muñoz, V. F., Gómez-de-Gabriel, J., Martínez, J. L., Ollero, A. (1995) 
    IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Components for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles (ICASAV’95). Toulouse, Francia.
  • "Control de Bajo Nivel en el Robot Móvil AURORA" 
    Martínez, J.L., Gómez de Gabriel, J., Mandow, A., Muñoz, V. F., Ollero, A., (1995). 
    Actas del 4º Congreso de la Asosciación Española de Robótica y Automatización Tecnonogías de la Producción (AER-ATP), Zaragoza, España.´

 

Contributions in Books

  • "Superhéroes al margen del cómic" (film essay, in Spanish), (2011)
    A. Mandow Andaluz
    Capítulo 7 del libro Les Damos un Repaso a los Superhéroes. Un Estudio Multidisciplinar. 
     Sara Robles Ávila (coord.). Comunicación Social Ediciones y Publicaciones, España. ISBN: 978-84-92860-65-4. 
     [Web editorial]
  • “Multi-Objective Path Planning for Autonomous Sensor-based Navigation” (1998) 
    Mandow, A., Mandow, L. Muñoz, V.F., García-Cerezo, A. 
    Intelligent Components for Vehicles. pp. 377-381. A. Ollero, ed. IFAC, Pergamon. (ISBN 0-08-043232 8).
  • "Fuzzy Tracking Methods for Mobile Robots" PDF, (1997)
    Ollero, A., García-Cerezo, A., Martínez, J. L., Mandow, A. 
    Chapter 17 in Applications of Fuzzy Logic: Towards High Machine Intelligence Quotient Systems, M. Jamshidi, L. Zadeh, A. Titli, S Boverie, Eds., Volume 7. Prentice Hall Series on Environmental and Intelligent Manufacturing. Prentice Hall, New Jersey (ISBN: 0-13-362831-0)
  • "Distributed Control Architecture for Mobile Robot Operations in Uncertain Environments" (1995) 
    A. Mandow, J. Gómez de Gabriel, V. F. Muñoz, A. Ollero, 
    Distributed Computer Control Systems 1994, J.A. de la Puente, M.G. Rodd, Eds, Pergamon.
  • "Autonomous Mobile Robot for Greenhouse Operation" (1994), 
    A. Ollero, A. García-Cerezo, A. Mandow, A. Simón. 
    Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Production Engineering, pp.447-455. 
    F . Juste, ed. Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria. Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (INIA), Madrid. (ISBN: 84-7498-435-1).

 

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