video by Antonio Caballero, Beatriz Page and Joaku de Sotavento, featuring Alfredo Miralles and the i_mBODY lab team
What we do
At i_mBODY Lab we conduct multidisciplinary research at the intersection of the areas of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Cognitive Neuroscience and Engineering. We investigate how to design novel sensorial and body-centred paradigms and technologies that change people’s perceptions of their own body and the world, their interactions and emotions. We aim to inform solutions to support people’s needs and for behaviour change in real life contexts.
i_mBODY Lab is part of the DEI Interactive Systems Group at UC3M.
we design sensorial, interactive and wearable prototypes. Our user-centred design methodology involves embodied design explorations with stakeholders and designers, fast-prototyping techniques and user tests in the lab and in real-life.
BODYinTRANSIT
Sensory-driven Body Transformation Experiences On-the-move.
2022-2026
BODYinTRANSIT is a research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101002711). It was selected as 1 of the 8 ERC Consolidator Grant project examples 2020.
TEMBAI
Towards an Embodied Artificial Intelligence through Sensory Substitution (TEMBAI).
2025-2029
Towards an Embodied Artificial Intelligence Through Sensory Substitution: Research through Embodied Design, Body-Driven Experimentation, and Multimodal Data for Sensorimotor AI (TEMBAI-HCI)
TEMBAI-HCI is part of a coordinated project whose aim is to develop a new approach to AI based on embodied and ecological principles applied to natural cognitive processes such as perception and action through a groundbreaking design of sensory substitution devices...
SENSEBEAT
SENsory and Body perception EvAluaTion in Depressive Symptomatology
2024-2027
The SENSEBEAT project investigates sensory patterns and body perception in depressive disorders. Sensory and body perception alterations significantly impact how individuals interact with their surroundings. In the context of depressive disorders, disruptions in signaling across sensory domains influence symptomatology, sensory-motor integration, and treatment responses...
We are a multidisciplinary research team with members and collaborators with a broad variety of backgrounds in computer science, psychology, neuroscience, interaction design, philosophy, ethics and the arts. We collaborate with medical centers, dance and music centers, creative studios and arts and technology projects. We welcome visiting researchers, designers and artists who are interested in multisensory bodily experiences and interactive technologies.
Grants PID2023-150259OB-C21, AIA2025-164319-C3