David Blanco-Mulero

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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

Dec 30, 2024 Our taxonomy for manipulation of deformable objects is now available as a pre-print: T-DOM: A Taxonomy for Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects.
Aug 01, 2024 Our review paper on cloth manipulation: Unfolding the Literature is accepted to Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems.
May 30, 2024 Our work Dynamic Manipulation of Deformable Objects using Imitation Learning with Adaptation to Hardware Constraints was accepted to IROS 2024! Check the website for more info!
Apr 19, 2024 I succesfully defended my Ph.D. Thesis! Big thanks to the opponent: Prof. Yiannis Demiris, to my supervisor Prof. Ville Kyrki and my advisor Prof. Gokhan Alcan.
Jan 08, 2024 Really exciting news! I just joined the Perception and Manipulation Group at Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI, CSIC-UPC) in Barcelona.

selected publications

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    T-DOM: A Taxonomy for Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects
    David Blanco-Mulero, Yifei Dong, Julia Borras, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.20998, 2024
    Website
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    Unfolding the Literature: A Review of Robotic Cloth Manipulation
    Alberta Longhini, Yufei Wang, Irene Garcia-Camacho, and 9 more authors
    Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2024
    DOI
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    Dynamic Manipulation of Deformable Objects using Imitation Learning with Adaptation to Hardware Constraints
    Eric Hannus, Tran Nguyen Le, David Blanco-Mulero, and 1 more author
    In 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024
    DOI Code Website
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    Benchmarking the Sim-to-Real Gap in Cloth Manipulation
    David Blanco-Mulero, Oriol Barbany, Gokhan Alcan, and 3 more authors
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024
    DOI Website
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    Rapid Improvement of Fiber Tensile Properties via In Situ Biomimetic Robotic Pulling and Bayesian Optimization
    Houari Bettahar, David Blanco-Mulero, Ville Kyrki, and 2 more authors
    Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024
    DOI
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    QDP: Learning to Sequentially Optimise Quasi-Static and Dynamic Manipulation Primitives for Robotic Cloth Manipulation
    David Blanco-Mulero, Gokhan Alcan, Fares J. Abu-Dakka, and 1 more author
    2023
    Abs DOI Website
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    Co-imitation: Learning Design and Behaviour by Imitation
    Chang Rajani, Karol Arndt, David Blanco-Mulero, and 2 more authors
    Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Jun 2023
    DOI Website
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    Learning Visual Feedback Control for Dynamic Cloth Folding
    Julius Hietala, David Blanco-Mulero, Gokhan Alcan, and 1 more author
    In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Jun 2022
    DOI Code Website
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    Manipulation of Granular Materials by Learning Particle Interactions
    Neea Tuomainen*, David Blanco-Mulero*, and Ville Kyrki
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Jun 2022
    DOI Code Website