Biography

The research has focused mainly, on the application of new agile methodologies of a technical nature, so that the same methodology to develop mechatronic systems in the laboratory, will be the same methodology that allows them to be taken outside the laboratory scenario. Traditionally, quite efficient work methodologies are used in the laboratory, in terms of personnel and time requirements. In the laboratory, a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 4 is usually reached.

The usual software complexity requirements for laboratory testing rarely requires agile methodologies, based on model-based design (MBD) programming paradigm, that exceeds a single tasking with little to none internals hardware controls.

But when a project requires results far beyond a TRL 4, such TRL 5 to 9, the current commercially available MBD enabled systems can´t satisfy the project needs. These commercial systems do not provide text-based coding details, all details regarding hardware drivers and low level, numerical methods... remain hidden, making them useless to provide satisfactory TRL 5 to 9 project results in the common amount of research projects years duration.

Due to this my research is focused in provide these sorts of high-level programming functionalities, using components off the self (COTS), instead very expensive laboratory ones; capable to be used for prototyping and deployment / technology transfer purposes. These researched software and hardware systems have been used for exoskeletons and space qualified platforms due to the new agile methodology concept is multidisciplinary and generalist. Currently, this concept is being used at project Madrid Flight on Chip, to considerably decrease the amount of time and personnel needed to develop a flight qualified on board hardware and software platform.