David Blanco-Mulero

Hi there! I’m David Blanco Mulero, currently a Post-doc at Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI, CSIC-UPC).
I received my Ph.D. in Robotics from Aalto University in 2024, advised by Prof. Ville Kyrki head of the Intelligent Robotics group.
My research focuses on learning and representation for manipulation, with a special focus on manipulation of deformable objects.
news
Oct 11, 2025 | Our work Scene Understanding in Deformable Object Manipulation via Taxonomy-Guided Vision-Language Models was accepted to the 5th Workshop on RObotic MAnipulation of Deformable Objects at IROS 2025. Check the project website for more information! |
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Sep 30, 2025 | Great news, I have been awarded the José Castillejo grant! I will be doing a research stay at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, DLR during 2026! |
Jun 18, 2025 | Our work Efficient End-effector Co-Design by Demonstration for Deformable Fragile Object Manipulation was accepted to the 1st Workshop on Robot Hardware-Aware Intelligence at RSS 2025. |
Jun 16, 2025 | Our work Evaluating the Pre-Dressing Step: Unfolding Medical Garments via Imitation Learning was accepted to IROS 2025! I will be attending the conference so don’t miss out! Check out the project website for more information. |
Aug 01, 2024 | Our review paper on cloth manipulation: Unfolding the Literature is accepted to Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems. |
selected publications
- Evaluating the Pre-Dressing Step: Unfolding Medical Garments Via Imitation LearningIn 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025
- Rapid Improvement of Fiber Tensile Properties via In Situ Biomimetic Robotic Pulling and Bayesian OptimizationAdvanced Intelligent Systems, 2024