University of Burgos welcomed Robotics students for a hands‑on MANiBOT session

On Monday, 10 November 2025, the Robotics Laboratory at the University of Burgos welcomed students from the Robotics course of the Double Degree in Electronics and Mechanics for an on-campus visit focused on real research robotics and its connection to European innovation.

During the visit, the UBU Robotics Laboratory team, together with Mario Peñacoba Yagüe and Eduardo Quevedo Dueñas, and with the participation of Prof. Jesús Enrique Sierra García, introduced students to the different robots available in the lab and how they are used in day-to-day research work. The group placed special emphasis on connecting classroom concepts with practice: students had the opportunity to operate several of the robots themselves and gain hands-on experience with their capabilities, bringing key ideas in robotics, control, and programming closer to a real research environment.

The visit was designed as a MANiBOT-focused session, using the Robotics Laboratory as a live setting to present the project and its ongoing work at the University of Burgos. Alongside the lab tour, the team linked key course concepts, robotics, control, and programming, to the kinds of challenges MANiBOT is tackling, and used demonstrations and hands-on interaction with selected robots to illustrate how research is developed, tested, and iterated in practice. Students were also shown concrete examples of work currently underway in the laboratory that directly supports MANiBOT’s technical activities and upcoming demonstrations.