He has participated in several national and international research projects. He was principal investigator of national projects BIOLOOK and HDA and technical manager of EU project HANDLE. He published more than 100 research papers on top journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings in robotics, vision and cognitive systems. He has been associate editor in large robotics conferences and reviewer for multiple journals and conferences. His interests focus on the application of computer vision, machine learning, cognitive science and control theory to advanced robotics and automation systems.