Alvaro Castro media gallery
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Updated: 2017-01-30
Joined: 2012-12-14
Hi all!
Welcome to my web site where you can find a short bio and my professional details.
Everything started in León on Jun 13th, 1982, in a sunny Sunday, during the inaugural ceremony of 1982 FIFA Football World Cup. The rest of the story comes next.
Grade
I studied Computer Engineering at University of León (2000-2005). Last year of my higher degree, I obtained an Erasmus grant for studying at Engineer School of Copenhagen, Denmark. Back at my home university, I realized my final degree project about robot navigation and I discovered the amazing world of robots.
Master
On September 2008, I got my Master Degree in Robotics and Automation from Carlos III University of Madrid. My final project was titled "From teleoperation to tactil control on social robots".
PhD
My doctoral thesis was defended on the 4th of December, 2012. It is titled Bio-inspired Decision Making System for an Autonomous Social Robot. The role of fear. My supervisors were Prof. Miguel Ángel Salichs and PhD. María Malfaz. I got the maximum mark Cum Lauden
Positions
In 2005, I started to work at Indra, the premier Information Technology company in Spain and a leading IT multinational. One a half years later, I got a grant from Spanish government to do my PhD Degree at Department of Systems Engineering and Automation of the Carlos III University of Madrid
In February 2009, I started to work as Teaching Assistant and, since 2013, I am an Assistant Professor. During these years, I've been involved on several courses, such as Computing Systems, Real Time Systems, Intelligent Control, Production Systems and Manufacturing, Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Industrial Automation, or Home and Building Automation.
Visiting Researcher
In 2009 I spent 3 months in the Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Japan, collaborating with Takayuki Kanda and Mashahiro Shiomi. We researched on the prediction of the trajectories of people while crossing each other for its application to social robots. This work was published in IROS 2010.
Next year my destination was the Adaptive Systems Research Group in the School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, where I stayed for 4 months. My advisors during my stay were Farshid Amirabdolahian and Daniel Polani. We researched on robot's behavior adaptation to user's preferences and the results were published in IEEE-ROBIO 2011.
In 2013 I visited the Social Robotics Lab at Yale University, USA, during 4 months. In this period, I collaborated with Prof. Brian Scassellati and we investigated on the effects of form and motion on judgments of social robots’ animacy, likability, trustworthiness and unpleasantness. The results were published on the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.
Research Interest
My research fields are social robotics, human-robot interaction, decision making systems, emotions and motivations on robots, robot expressiveness, and other related issues.
Currently I'm mainly involved in two main projects:
- RobAlz is a project born from the collaboration between the Spanish Alzheimer Foundation and the RoboticsLab. The aim is to develop robots that assist in the daily tasks of caregiver to the Alzheimer's sufferers.
- MOnarCH (Multi-Robot Cognitive Systems Operating in Hospitals) is a European Union FP7 project that aims the development of a network of heterogeneous robots and sensors, in the pediatric area of an oncological hospital.
Telephone:
+34 916246014
e-mail:
acgonzal@ing.uc3m.es
Name:
Álvaro
Surname:
Castro González
Journal Publications
Conference Publications
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Using Deep Learning for Implementing Paraphrasing in a Social Robot
International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, Sunday, 1 January, 2023, L´Aquila, Italy Laura Martín Galván, E. Fernandez, J. Sevilla, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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User-Adapted Semantic Description Generation Using Natural Language Models
International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, Sunday, 1 January, 2023, L´Aquila, Italy J. Sevilla, Laura Martín Galván, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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El robot social Mini como plataforma de información y ocio
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Jornadas Nacionales de Robótica 2019, Thursday, 13 June, 2019, Alicante, Spain S. González-Díaz, E. Velázquez, F. Alonso, A. Castro-Gonzalez, J.C. Castillo, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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A Social Robot Assisting in Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
PAAMS 2018, Wednesday, 20 June, 2018, Toledo, Spain E. Salichs, Enrique Fernández-Rodicio, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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Dynamic Gesture Recognition for Social Robots
The Ninth International Conference on Social Robotics, Wednesday, 22 November, 2017, Tsukuba, Japan J.C. Castillo, David Cáceres-Domínguez, F. Alonso, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Autonomy in Human-Robot Interaction Scenarios for Entertainment
2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Monday, 6 March, 2017, Vienna, Austria R. Pérula-Martínez, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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Interacción humano-robot en el proyecto ROBSEN
Jornadas Nacionales de Robótica 2017, Thursday, 11 May, 2017, Valencia, Spain M.A. Salichs, F. Alonso, M. Malfaz, J.C. Castillo, E. Salichs, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Maroto-Gomez, J. Alcocer, E. Fernandez |
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Interacción humano robot en el proyecto MOnarCH
Jornadas Nacionales de Robótica 2017, Thursday, 8 June, 2017, Valencia, Spain M.A. Salichs, João Sequeira, V. Gonzalez Pacheco, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz |
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The Effects of an Impolite vs. a Polite Robot Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors
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The 8th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2016), Tuesday, 1 November, 2016, Kansas City, USA A. Castro-Gonzalez, J.C. Castillo, F. Alonso, Olmer V. Olortegui-Ortega, V. Gonzalez Pacheco, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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The effects of an impolite vs. a polite robot playing rock-paper-scissors
8th International Conference on Social Robotics, Tuesday, 1 November, 2016, Kansas City, USA A. Castro-Gonzalez, J.C. Castillo, F. Alonso, Olmer V. Olortegui-Ortega, V. Gonzalez Pacheco, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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Vowel recognition from RGB-D facial information
7th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2016) , Wednesday, 1 June, 2016, Sevilla, Spain J.C. Castillo, Alfonso Conti-Morera, I. P. Encinar, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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How Much Should a Robot Trust the User Feedback? Analyzing the Impact of Verbal Answers in Active Learning
8th International Conference on Social Robotics, Tuesday, 1 November, 2016, Kansas City, USA V. Gonzalez Pacheco, M. Malfaz, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, F. Alonso, M.A. Salichs |
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Mini: A Social Assistive Robot For People With Mild Cognitive Impairment
New Friends 2016. The 2nd international conference on social robots in therapy and education., Wednesday, 2 November, 2016, Barcelona, Spain E. Salichs, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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A DESIGN OF CHILD-ROBOT INTERACTION IN HOSPITALS
New Friends 2016, Thursday, 3 November, 2016, Barcelona, V. Gonzalez Pacheco, A. Castro-Gonzalez, J.C. Castillo, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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How Much Should a Robot Trust the User Feedback? Analyzing the Impact of Verbal Answers in Active Learning
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The 8th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2016), Tuesday, 1 November, 2016, Kansas City, USA V. Gonzalez Pacheco, M. Malfaz, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, F. Alonso, M.A. Salichs |
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Improving the Expressiveness of a Social Robot through Luminous Devices
10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Tuesday, 3 March, 2015, Portland, USA R. Pérula-Martínez, E. Salichs, I. P. Encinar, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Human Robot Interaction in the MOnarCH Project
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Robocity2030 13th Workshop EU Robotic Projects Results, Friday, 11 December, 2015, Leganés, Spain V. Gonzalez Pacheco, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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Mini: A social robot for interaction with elders. Preliminary results
Workshop on "Improving the quality of life in the elderly using robotic assistive technology: benefits, limitations, and challenges”, ICSR 2015, Friday, 30 October, 2015, Paris, France M.A. Salichs, E. Salichs, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz |
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Estudio de escenarios de uso para un robot social asistencial para enfermos de Alzheimer
Jornadas Nacionales de Automática 2014, Wednesday, 3 September, 2014, Valencia, España M.A. Salichs, E. Salichs, I. P. Encinar, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz |
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A Framework for Recognizing and Regulating Emotions in the Elderly
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6th International Work-Conference, IWAAL 2014, Tuesday, 2 December, 2014, Belfast, United Kingdom J.C. Castillo, Antonio Fernández-Caballero, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs, María T. López |
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Multidomain Voice Activity Detection during Human-Robot Interaction.
International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2013). , Sunday, 27 October, 2013, Bristol, UK F. Alonso, A. Castro-Gonzalez, Javi F. Gorostiza, M.A. Salichs |
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Using a Social Robot as a Gaming Platform
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International Conference on Social Robotics 2010, Tuesday, 23 November, 2010, Singapore, Singapore A. Ramey, V. Gonzalez Pacheco, F. Alonso, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Robot self-preservation and adaptation to user preferences in game play, a preliminary study
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE-ROBIO 2011), Saturday, 10 December, 2011, Phuket Island, Thailand A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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MDL: A Module Description Language for Chained Heterogeneous Modular Robots
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Saturday, 10 December, 2011, Phuket Island, Thailand A. Brunete, M. Hernando, A. Castro-Gonzalez, E. Gambao, J. E. Torres |
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Use of Genetic Algorithms for Target Distribution and Sequencing inMultiple Robot Operations
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Saturday, 10 December, 2011, Phuket Island, Thailand A. Castro-Gonzalez, Julio Valero-Gomez, L. Moreno |
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Position Prediction in Crossing Behaviors
The 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems(http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2010.5651144), Monday, 18 October, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Selection of Actions for an Autonomous Social Robot
International Conference on Social Robotics. Best Student Paper Finalist (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17248-9_12), Tuesday, 23 November, 2010, Singapore, Singapore A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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Infrared Remote Control with a Social Robot
FIRA RoboWorld Congress 2009. International Conference on Social Robotics (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03986-7_10), Sunday, 16 August, 2009, Incheon, Korea A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Gestión de estados básicos para el robot Maggie
4º Workshop RoboCity2030. Robots personales y asistenciales., Thursday, 1 May, 2008, Leganés, Spain A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Habilidad de carga de batería Automática para un robot personal
Jornadas Nacionales de Automática, Monday, 1 October, 2007, Huelva, Spain E. Delgado, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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A Framework for Recognizing and Regulating Emotions in the Elderly
Workshop On User and Ambient Adaptive Gerontechnologies (WAGER), Tuesday, 2 December, 2014, Belfast, J.C. Castillo, Antonio Fernández-Caballero, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for the Autonomous Adaptive Behavior of Social Robots
International Conference on Social Robotics, Wednesday, 14 December, 2022, Florence, Italy M. Maroto-Gomez, M. Malfaz, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Programming a Humanoid Robot with the Scratch Language
Robotics in Education 2019, Wednesday, 10 April, 2019, Vienna, Austria Sílvia Moros, Luke Wood, Ben Robbins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, A. Castro-Gonzalez |
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A Preference Learning System for the Autonomous Selection and Personalization of Entertainment Activities during Human-Robot Interaction
International Conference on Development and Learning, Monday, 20 February, 2023, London, England M. Maroto-Gomez, S. Marqués, M. Malfaz, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Gesture Management in the Robot Mini
HRI19ws-exp: Human-Robot Interaction 2019 Workshop on Expressivity, Monday, 11 March, 2019, Daegu, South Korea Enrique Fernández-Rodicio, A. Castro-Gonzalez, Sara Marqués-Villarroya, M.A. Salichs |
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El robot social Mini como plataforma para el desarrollo de juegos de interacción multimodales
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Jornadas Nacionales de Robótica 2019, Thursday, 13 June, 2019, Alicante, Spain E. Velázquez, S. González-Díaz, F. Alonso, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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Percibiendo el entorno en los robots sociales del RoboticsLab
Jornadas Nacionales de Automática 2017., Thursday, 20 July, 2017, Gijón, Spain F. Alonso, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Maroto-Gomez, M.A. Salichs, Antonio J. Pérez Vidal , Juan José Gamboa, Sara Marqués Villaroya |
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Percibiendo el entorno en los robots sociales del RoboticsLab
XXXVIII Jornadas de Automática, Wednesday, 6 September, 2017, Gijón, Spain F. Alonso, A. J. Pérez Vidal, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, Juan José Gamboa-Montero, M. Maroto-Gomez, S. Marqués |
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Evolución de la robótica social y nuevas tendencias
Jornadas Nacionales de Automática 2017., Tuesday, 5 September, 2017, Gijón, Spain Antonio J. Pérez Vidal, A. Castro-Gonzalez, F. Alonso, J.C. Castillo, M.A. Salichs |
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Perception of a Social Robot’s Mood Based on Different Types of Motions and Coloured Heart
ICSR 2020: Social Robotics, Saturday, 14 November, 2020, Golden, USA E. Fernandez, A. Castro-Gonzalez, Juan José Gamboa-Montero, M.A. Salichs |
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A social robot assisting in cognitive stimulation therapy
16th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Wednesday, 20 June, 2018, Toledo, Spain E. Salichs, E. Fernandez, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
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Diseño de la Interacción Multimodal Basado en Actos Comunicativos Modulares en Robots Sociales
Jornadas Nacionales de Robótica, Thursday, 14 June, 2018, Valladolid, España E. Fernandez, A. Castro-Gonzalez, J.C. Castillo, M.A. Salichs, E. Salichs |
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Modelos de lenguaje natural para robots sociales
XLIII Jornadas de Automática, Wednesday, 6 September, 2023, Logroño, Spain J. Sevilla, S. Carrasco, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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A First Study on Applications of Social Assistive Robots for Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Their Caregivers
Workshop Socially Assistive Robots for the Aging Population: Are we trapped in Stereotypes? - Human-Robot Interaction 2014, Monday, 3 March, 2014, Bielefeld, Germany M.A. Salichs, A. Castro-Gonzalez, I. P. Encinar, E. Salichs, M. Malfaz |
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Dynamic semantic ontology generation: a proposal for social robots
XLII Jornadas de Automática, Wednesday, 8 September, 2021, Castellón, Spain J. Sevilla, M. A. Quispe, S. Carrasco, J.C. Castillo, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M. Malfaz, M.A. Salichs |
Patents
Books
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Book
Personal Assistants: Emerging Computational Technologies
chapter: Emotion Detection and Regulation from Personal Assistant Robot in Smart Environment, pages: 179 - 195. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-62529-4, 2017, J.C. Castillo, Antonio Fernández-Caballero, A. Castro-Gonzalez, F. Alonso, M.A. Salichs |
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Ambient Intelligence- Software and Applications
chapter: Vowel Recognition from RGB-D Facial Information, pages: 225 - 232. Springer International Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-319-40113-3, 2016, J.C. Castillo, I. P. Encinar, Alfonso Conti-Morera, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
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Progress in Robotics. Communications in Computer and Information Science 44
chapter: Infrared Remote Control with a Social Robot, pages: 86 - 95. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-03985, 2009, J. Salichs, A. Castro-Gonzalez, M.A. Salichs |
Doctoral Thesis (supervisor)
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Thesis
Autonomous Decision-Making based on Biological Adaptive Processes for Intelligent Social Robots
Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, 2022 |
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Autonomous Decision-Making based on Biological Adaptive Processes for Intelligent Social Robots
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2022 M. Maroto-Gomez |
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Autonomous decision-making for socially interactive robots
University Carlos III of Madrid, 2017 R. Pérula-Martínez |
Doctoral Thesis (author)
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Bio-inspired Decision Making System for an Autonomous Social Robot. The role of fear.
UC3M, 2012 A. Castro-Gonzalez |