Hernansanz Prats, Albert

Albert Hernansanz Prats is a Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, within the SIMBIOsys research group. He co-founded Surgitrainer, a spin-off company focused on hybrid minimally invasive surgical training and assessment platforms, which has secured multiple EU grants. His academic background includes a computer engineering degree from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2003) and a Ph.D. from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2016).

His research focuses on advanced teleoperation systems, cognitive and cooperative control architectures for robotic systems, and multimodal user interfaces integrating virtual fixtures and augmented reality. He has contributed to numerous national and European research projects in medical robotics and intelligent systems (RMIS).

As co-author of international patents and active in industry-academia collaboration, he bridges research innovation with practical applications in surgical training and robotics. His work emphasizes human-robot interaction and next-generation surgical technologies.

Current affiliations include leading roles at Surgitrainer as CTO and academic contributions at UPF through teaching and research.