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Rafael Cisneros Limón

Researcher

Extracurricular activities
Research stays
  • Institute of Industrial Automation (IAI-CSIC), Madrid, Spain, July - August, 2008
    • Development of the kinematic model of the SILO2 biped robot.
International competitions
  • RoboCup 2009 - Graz, Austria and RoboCup 2010 - Singapore
    • RoboCup Humanoid League - Kid Size.
    • Participated as member of the team Cyberlords La Salle - Cinvestav.

  • DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) - Finals, 2015
    • Participated as member of the team AIST-NEDO.

  • ANA Avatar XPRIZE, 2022
    • Participated as technical manager of the team Janus.
Domestic competitions
  • CEABOT competition - XXIX Conference of Automation, Tarragona, Spain, 2008
    • Participated as member of the humanoid's team of the Carlos III University.

  • Japan Virtual Robotics Challenge (JVRC), 2015
    • Participated as member of the team AIST-NEDO.
Organized workshops
  • D. Kourosh, J. Ramos, R. Cisneros, L. Penco, S. Ivaldi, E. Yoshida, D. Pucci. Workshop on Teleoperation of Dynamic Legged Robots in Real Scenarios - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi'an, China (Online), 2021. [VIDEO]
Editorial activities
  • Associate Editor for the Robotics and Automation - Letters (RA-L). 2020 - Present.
  • Associate Editor for the International Journal of Humanoid Robots (IJHR). 2022 - Present.

  • S. Ivaldi, S. Behnke, R. Cisneros, L. Penco, K. Darvish, D. Kim, J. Morie. Guest Editor of the special issue "Robot Avatars for Telepresence and Social Interaction" for the International Journal of Social Robotics (SORO). 2022 - 2023.

  • Associate Editor for the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids). 2023 - 2024.
  • Associate Editor for the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2024.
Invited Talks
Keynote speech
  • R. Cisneros. "Robótica y Realidad Virtual" ("Robotics and Virtual Reality") [in spanish]. 10th. AMRob Mexican Congress on Robotics (CoMRob), Mazatlán, Mexico, 2010.
  • R. Cisneros. "Towards the use of humanoid robots in disaster response scenarios". 26th. International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Computers (CONIELECOMP), Cholula, Mexico, 2016.
Invited speaker (international workshops)
  • R. Cisneros, M. Benallegue. "HRP-5P: Toward robust whole-body motion control for locomotion in unstructured environments". 3rd. Full-Day Workshop on Towards Real-World Deployment of Legged Robots - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada, 2019.
  • R. Cisneros. "Teleoperated manipulation and locomotion for humanoid robots in partially unknown real environments by using task sequences". Workshop on Teleoperation of Humanoid Robots - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Toronto, Canada, 2019. [VIDEO]
  • R. Cisneros. "Development of a cybernetic avatar to embody human telepresence". Advances in Close Proximity Human-Robot Collaboration Workshop - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Okinawa, Japan, 2022.
Invited speaker (domestic conferences)
  • R. Cisneros. "Towards the Industrialization of Humanoid Robots". VIII International Congress Biobío Energía (CIBBE), Concepción, Chile (Online), 2019.
  • R. Cisneros. "Towards a safe use of humanoid robots in real environments". Congress of Engineering and Technological Enterpreneurship (CREATE), Cholula, Mexico (Online), 2021.
  • R. Cisneros. "Towards the Industrialization of Humanoid Robots". International Congress of Mechanics and Mechatronics Engineering (INGeniuMM), Saltillo, Mexico (Online), 2021.
  • R. Cisneros. "Keeping social proximity despite physical distancing: using avatar systems to transport human presence to remote locations". Congress of Engineering and Technological Enterpreneurship (CREATE), Cholula, Mexico (Online), 2022.
  • R. Cisneros. "Keeping social proximity despite physical distancing: using avatar systems to transport human presence to remote locations". 2nd. International Meeting of Robotics Corhuila, Corhuila, Colombia (Online), 2022.
  • R. Cisneros. "Keeping social proximity despite physical distancing: using avatar systems to transport human presence to remote locations". XI International Congress Biobío Energía (CIBBE), Concepción, Chile (Online), 2022.
  • R. Cisneros. "Development of a cybernetic avatar to embody human telepresence". The 28th Annual Conference of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan - Organized Session (Telexistence Research Committee) - Avatar XPRIZE history, results and future, Tokyo, Japan, 2023.
  • R. Cisneros. "Towards the realization of seamless telepresence through a cybernetic avatar". 1st. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence International Congress and 4th. International Meeting of Robotics Corhuila, Corhuila, Colombia (Online), 2024.
Invited speaker (academic events)
  • R. Cisneros. "Estrategias de modelado cinemático y simulación en robots humanoides" ("Strategies of kinematic modeling and simulation of humanoid robots") [in spanish]. Research Symposium of the Graduate School of Cybernetics of La Salle University (ULSA), Mexico City, 2009.
  • R. Cisneros. "Robots humanoides" ("Humanoid Robots") [in spanish]. BUAP-IEEE Conference Cycle, Puebla, Mexico, 2009.
  • R. Cisneros. "Robótica del Siglo XXI" ("XXI Century Robotics") [in spanish]. 3rd. Forum for the Students of Electrical Engineering of the Technological Institute of Tlalnepantla, Mexico City, 2010.
  • R. Cisneros. "Cinemática directa e inversa: Aplicación en la simulación y el control de caminado parametrizado" ("Forward and Inverse Kinematics: Application to the simulation and control of a parameterized gait") [in spanish]. Campus Party: CampusBot, Mexico City, 2010.
  • R. Cisneros. "Humanoid robots: from walking to working". IEEE Student Branch UDLA-P - Mind Hunters, Cholula, Mexico (Online), 2020.
  • R. Cisneros. "Choreonoid tutorial". IEEE Student Branch UDLA-P - Mind Builders: Advanced Engineering Workshops, Mexico (Online), 2021.
Awards
Conferences
  • J.M. Ibarra, R. Cisneros, L. García, J. E. Lavín, I. Yáñez. "Best Paper Award in the Automatic Control Area of the Congress". International Congress of Innovation and Technological Development (CIINDET), Cuernavaca, 2008.
  • R. Cisneros, K. Yokoi, E. Yoshida. "Best Student Paper Award". IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), Tianjin, 2014.
Assorted
  • R. Cisneros. "Dean's Honor List". University of the Americas - Puebla (UDLA-P), Cholula, 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005.
  • R. Cisneros. "Summa Cum Laude". University of the Americas - Puebla (UDLA-P), Cholula, 2006.
  • R. Cisneros. "Diploma and medal for obtaining the highest grade-point average". University of the Americas - Puebla (UDLA-P), Cholula, 2006.
  • R. Cisneros. "Indivisa Manent" (one of the best lecturers of the University). La Salle University, Mexico City, 2010.