Javier Antich Tobaruela

Dr. Javier Antich Tobaruela is a full-time Professor at the Department of Computer Architecture and Technology within the College of Engineering at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). He has over 14 years of teaching and research experience (as of 2015) and serves as Deputy Director of his department. His teaching spans undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Industrial Electronics, Automation Engineering, and Intelligent Systems.

• Education:
  • Systems Engineering (1998)
  • Management Engineering (1999)
  • Computer Science (2001) - All from UIB
  • PhD in Computer Science (2012) from UIB with thesis on mobile robot navigation
• Research Focus:
  • Robotics and autonomous systems
  • Reactive navigation algorithms
  • Mobile robot path planning
  • Obstacle avoidance techniques
  • Embedded systems integration
• Academic Contributions:
  • 7 international journal articles
  • 5 book chapters
  • Over 20 international conference papers
• R&D Groups:
  • Member of MOTIBO (Topological Models for Fuzzy Information Processing)
  • Member of SRV-INTER (Intelligent Embedded Systems and Robotics)