Welcome to the ITAP Medical Robotics Research Group


ITAP (Institute of Advanced Production Technologies) is an university research institute of the University of Valladolid, formed by more than 28 research professors from different areas of knowledge of the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Valladolid. We are one of the groups of this institute and focus our research in medical robotics. More specifically, we study rehabilitation robotics and collaborative and autonomous surgery. You can learn more about our Research lines here.

Our group is composed of professor from the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Valladolid who have been working in the area of robotics since 1990, as well as PhD and Master students. Additionally, we closely collaborate with other research groups, such as the Biomedical Engineering Group of the University of Valladolid, the Medical Robotics Group of the University of Malaga, and the Neuroengineering Biomedical Group from the Miguel Hernandez University of Elche. We also collaborate with different clinical facilities including the Hospital Center Benito Menni (Valladolid, Spain), La Fuenfria Hospital (Madrid, Spain), Club de Leones Cruz del Sur Rehabilitation Corporation (Chile), the University Clinical Hospital (Valladolid, Spain) and Instituto de Rehabilitación Funcional (IRF) La Salle (Madrid, Spain).

We are located in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Valladolid (Mergelina building). Full contact info is available in the contact page.


News

26 June 2025

Our resident computer scientist, Tomás de la Cal, attended the 2025 SARTECO congress (XXXV Jornadas de Paralelismo, JP2025) in Seville, Spain from the 24th to the 27th of June. He defended his work 'Reestructurando dinámicamente la partición de datos para equilibrar la carga en sistemas heterogéneos distribuidos' in collaboration with the TRASGO research group.

19 June 2025

Ana Cisnal attended the 2025 IEEE CBMS (International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems) in Madrid, Spain from the 18th to the 20th of June. She defended two works: 'Are PAT-based Models Suitable for Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring in Ambulatory Settings?' in collaboration with the Spinal Cord Injury & Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) lab in ETH Zurich and Swiss Paraplegic Research, and 'Impact of Immersive and Non-Immersive Displays on User Performance in a Haptic-Enabled Virtual Reality Platform'

11 December 2024

Dr. Juan Carlos Fraile has successfully defended his accomplishments and has been promoted to the esteemed rank of Full Professor. This recognition comes after a rigorous evaluation of his contributions to the field, including research publications, innovative teaching methods, active involvement in academic committees and knowledge transfer in line with the productive sector.

13 November 2024

The student Diego Almendro, who was making his bachelor's thesis with us with the title 'Development and validation of haptic control of a finger rehabilitation device using EMG signals' has won the first prize of the University of Valladolid's poster contest

8 November 2024

We have attended the 6th International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2024) held in La Granja de San Ildefonso from the 5th to the 8th of November with the paper entitled 'Enhancing Robotic Rehabilitation with Bilateral Therapy using Leap Motion'

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