Juan Sandoval

Position

Associate Professor
Academic Advisor for International Relations with Latin America

Automatic Control and Robotics Department

Contact

Phone :: +330240371570
Email :: juan.sandoval0a49a6b5-e41f-40a0-9bc6-eb8206bcff93@ec-nantes.fr
Personal website address :: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-sebastian-sandoval-arevalo/

Profile

Research institute

Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N)

Research group

RoMaS

Research

Research Topics:
- Medical robotics: minimally invasive surgery, orthopedic surgery, percutaneous interventions, tele-echography
- Collaborative robotics: impedance and admittance control strategies, macro–mini robotic architectures
- Redundant robot control: exploitation of kinematic redundancy for safe physical human–robot interaction
Ongoing Projects:
- NExT Talent PercuCob (2024–2027): Development of a cobotic assistant for percutaneous interventions

Keywords

Automatic control, signals and embedded systems
- Automation and Robotics
- Robotics
Robotics
- Human Robot Interaction
- Robotics

BAckground: BAckground Juan Sandoval is Associate Professor (MCF) at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes since 2023, affiliated to the RoMaS team of the LS2N lab. Between 2018 and 2023, he was Associate Professor at the University of Poitiers, working with the CoBRA team of the Pprime Institute. He holds a degree in mechatronics engineering from the National University of Colombia, a master's degree from the École Nationale d'Ingénieurs ENIVL, and a Ph.D. from the Université d'Orléans. His research focuses on medical robotics, redundant robots, and safe physical human-robot interaction.
Teaching activities: Teaching activities Engineering Program – Robotics specialization:
- MOROB: Robot modeling and kinematic redundancy
- PASME: Medical robotics
- INTEG: Robotic integration – hybrid vision-force control
Bachelor of Science in Engineering:
- Introduction to robotics
Publications: Publications

Published on May 14, 2025 Updated on May 16, 2025

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