ALBERT HERNANSANZ received the degree in computer engineering from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, in 2016. He is the Co-Founder and the CTO of Surgitrainer, a spin-off that develops hybrid minimally invasive surgical training and assessment platforms. Surgitrainer has been awarded several EU calls. Currently, he is also a Post-Doctoral Researcher and lecturer at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona. He has participated in numerous national and European research projects oriented to complex RMIS. His research has been oriented to develop advanced teleoperation platforms with cognitive and cooperative control architectures for RMIS and advanced user interfaces including multi-modal feedback including virtual fixtures and augmented reality. He is the co-author of different international patents.