The Professor of Robotics at the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville has received the most important award in Spain in the field of Scientific research, the Leonardo Torres Quevedo National Prize, awarded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. 

 

Aníbal Ollero Baturone, an engineer and professor of Robotics at the University of Seville, has won the Leonardo Torres Quevedo National Prize in the field of Engineering for "the excellence of his research activity," primarily in "the development of autonomous systems.".

 

The Ministry of Science and Innovation has awarded the ten categories of the 2021 National Research Prizes to Aníbal Ollero Baturone, Francisco José García Vidal, Hermenegildo García Gómez, Montserrat Vilà Planella, Luis Vega González, María José Alonso Fernández, Jesús Fernando San Miguel Izquierdo, Purificación Muñoz Cánoves, Jordi Galí Garreta, and Margarita Díaz-Andreu. The Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, informed the winners of the jury's decision and congratulated them on behalf of the Government.

 

Established in 1982, these awards are Spain's most prestigious recognition in the field of scientific research. Their aim is to acknowledge the merit of Spanish researchers who are carrying out outstanding professional work of international significance in their respective research areas and scientific fields, and who make exceptional contributions to the advancement of science, a better understanding of humankind and its coexistence, technology transfer, and the progress of humanity. The total prize money amounts to €300,000, with €30,000 awarded in each category.

 

This is the second time that all ten categories of these awards have been offered in the same year. This year, a total of 119 applications were received. Of the 115 accepted, 27 were from women and 88 from men.

 

The awards process, conducted through a competitive process, adhered to the principles of publicity, transparency, equality, and non-discrimination. The decision of the ten juries was unanimous, and all of them highlighted the exceptional quality of the submitted entries.

 

Official statement from the Ministry of Science and Innovation: https://www.ciencia.gob.es/va/Noticias/2021/Noviembre/El-Ministerio-de-C...