Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
Research Group Leader
Leibniz Universität Hannover
L3S Research Center
Appelstrasse 4
30167 Hannover, Germany
nicolas.navarro@l3s.de
https://www.l3s.de/
I am a robotics and artificial intelligence researcher with a passion for applied robotics and automation research. I am particularly interested in academic/industrial partnerships for the development of knowledge-intensive R&D solutions for socially relevant challenges including welfare, agriculture, disaster relief and humanitarian demining.
I have always advocated for a holistic development of robots, i.e. considering both hardware, software alike, which I believe perfectly aligns with the concepts of embodied and developmental robotics. Further, I also believe that robotic development should be human-centric fully embracing its impact on society and the environment. Taking all of this into consideration, I regard robotics a highly multidisciplinary endeavour which requires not only engineers from different disciplines but also natural sciences and humanities.
My list of research interests is diverse; however, I believe that they are well aligned towards this holistic view of robot development for socially relevant challenges. My most direct research interests include
- Cognitive Systems
- Bio-inspired Perceptual Systems & Signal Processing
- Neurorobotics
- Autonomous and Intelligent Systems
- Service Robots
Recent Projects
Latest Publications
View my publications sorted by category, chronologically*, or alternatively, in 
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Safe Continual Domain Adaptation After Sim2Real Transfer of Reinforcement Learning Policies in Robotics.
Under review in the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Hangzhou, China. Oct 2025. Josifovski, Josip; Gu, Shangding; Malmir, Mohammadhossein; Huang, Haoliang; Auddy, Sayantan; Navarro-Guerrero, Nicolás; Spanos, Costas; Knoll, Alois
DOI, PDF, URL, bib file. bibkey: Josifovski2025Safe Supplementary material ©2025 The Authors.
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Advances in Compliance Detection: Novel Frameworks Using Vision-Based Tactile Sensors.
IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL). pp. 1-8. Prague, Czech Republic. Sep 2025. Li, Ziteng; Kuhlmann, Malte; Nisky, Ilana; Navarro-Guerrero, Nicolás
bib file. bibkey: Li2025Advances ©2025 The Authors.
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ACROSS: A Deformation-Based Cross-Modal Representation for Robotic Tactile Perception.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). pp. 1-8. Atlanta, GA, USA. May 2025. Zai El Amri, Wadhah; Kuhlmann, Malte; Navarro-Guerrero, Nicolás
DOI, PDF, URL, bib file. bibkey: ZaiElAmri2025DeformationBased Supplementary material ©2025 IEEE The Authors.
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Latest News
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Co-organizer: Latin American Summer School on Cognitive Robotics (LACORO 2025)
08 Dec 2025 | COMMITTEE, SUMMER SCHOOL, ORGANIZATION,
Co-organizer of the Latin American Summer School on Robotics (LACORO 2025) to be held in Rancagua, Chile between the 8th and the 12th of December 2025.
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Participation: NII Shonan Meeting: Next Generation Cognitive Robotics
17 Nov 2025 | SEMINAR, OUTREACH, PARTICIPANT,
Participant in the NII Shonan Meeting NO.220: “Next Generation Cognitive Robotics: Nurturing Embodied Intelligence for a Symbiotic Future with Humans and AI.” The NII Shonan Meetings follow the style of the Dagstuhl Seminars and are managed by the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan.
The seminar will be held at the Shonan Village Center in Japan between the 17th to the 20th of November 2025. For more information on the workshop, click here.
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Participation: 15th Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology (BRAGFOST) Symposium
06 Nov 2025 | SEMINAR, OUTREACH, PARTICIPANT,
Participant in the 15th Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology (BRAGFOST) Symposium funded by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
The Symposium will be held at Mannheim, Germany between the 6th to the 9th of November 2025. For more information on the workshop, click here.
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Journal Track Chair: IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2025)
16 Sep 2025 | JOURNAL TRACK CHAIR, COMMITTEE, CONFERENCE, ORGANIZATION,
Journal Track Chair at the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2025) to be held in Prague, the Czech Republic, 16th to 19th Sep. 2025.
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Haptic Perception Robots
Springer Nature npj Robotics
30 Apr 2025 | SPECIAL ISSUE, JOURNAL, CALL FOR PAPERS,
Haptic perception robots are systems designed to sense, interpret, and respond to tactile information in a manner similar to human touch, enabling interaction with their physical environment. As the sense of touch becomes increasingly important for autonomous robots, haptic perception is evolving rapidly, enhancing capabilities in areas like object manipulation, human-robot interaction, and performing delicate tasks in unstructured settings. This collection aims to gather cutting-edge research on the technologies and applications driving advancements in haptic perception robots.
For more information on the Special Issue, click here.
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Co-organizer: Latin American Summer School on Cognitive Robotics (LACORO 2025)
08 Dec 2025 | COMMITTEE, SUMMER SCHOOL, ORGANIZATION,
Co-organizer of the Latin American Summer School on Robotics (LACORO 2025) to be held in Rancagua, Chile between the 8th and the 12th of December 2025.
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Participation: NII Shonan Meeting: Next Generation Cognitive Robotics
17 Nov 2025 | SEMINAR, OUTREACH, PARTICIPANT,
Participant in the NII Shonan Meeting NO.220: “Next Generation Cognitive Robotics: Nurturing Embodied Intelligence for a Symbiotic Future with Humans and AI.” The NII Shonan Meetings follow the style of the Dagstuhl Seminars and are managed by the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan.
The seminar will be held at the Shonan Village Center in Japan between the 17th to the 20th of November 2025. For more information on the workshop, click here.
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Participation: 15th Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology (BRAGFOST) Symposium
06 Nov 2025 | SEMINAR, OUTREACH, PARTICIPANT,
Participant in the 15th Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology (BRAGFOST) Symposium funded by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
The Symposium will be held at Mannheim, Germany between the 6th to the 9th of November 2025. For more information on the workshop, click here.
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Journal Track Chair: IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2025)
16 Sep 2025 | JOURNAL TRACK CHAIR, COMMITTEE, CONFERENCE, ORGANIZATION,
Journal Track Chair at the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2025) to be held in Prague, the Czech Republic, 16th to 19th Sep. 2025.
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Haptic Perception Robots
Springer Nature npj Robotics
30 Apr 2025 | SPECIAL ISSUE, JOURNAL, CALL FOR PAPERS,
Haptic perception robots are systems designed to sense, interpret, and respond to tactile information in a manner similar to human touch, enabling interaction with their physical environment. As the sense of touch becomes increasingly important for autonomous robots, haptic perception is evolving rapidly, enhancing capabilities in areas like object manipulation, human-robot interaction, and performing delicate tasks in unstructured settings. This collection aims to gather cutting-edge research on the technologies and applications driving advancements in haptic perception robots.
For more information on the Special Issue, click here.