**About the Editors**

**Carlos A. Jara** received the title of Industrial Engineer in 2005 by the Miguel Hernandez ´ University of Elche and received the title of Doctor in 2010 by the University of Alicante. His PhD thesis received the CESEI Award (best Spanish PhD on research in technological applications in the field of education in the areas of Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology, Telecommunication Engineering and Computer Engineering) in 2011. He is currently an Assistant Professor and researcher at the University of Alicante, and he is member and founder of the Human Robotics group (www.huro.ua.es). He is focused on assistive and rehabilitation robotics, human–robot interaction and design, and the control of robotic platforms for disabled people. He has participated as researcher in several national projects and has coordinated regional projects on the topic of robotic platforms for disabled people (GV/2018/050). He has 29 publications in international journals, among which 25 publications have an impact within the JCR, and 4 of them in journals that are indexed in prestigious databases.

**Juan A. Corrales** studied Computer Engineering (2005) and completed a a PhD in robotics (2011) at the UA (Spain) based on two lines of study: human–robot interaction for assembly tasks and the planning of robotic hands for dexterous manipulation. Afterwards, he moved to France (UPMC, Paris) to continue his research on robotic manipulation in the FP7 HANDLE project. In 2014, he moved to Clermont-Ferrand where he worked as an Associate Professor at the 'SIGMA Clermont' graduate school and at the 'Institut Pascal' laboratory. He participated in an industrial project (FUI Aerostrip, 2015–18) about human–robot interaction for stripping airplanes and a H2020 project (Bots2Rec, 2016–19) about the multi-modal control of mobile manipulators for asbestos removal. He coordinated (as the technical manager) two European projects: H2020 SoftManBot (2019–21) and SUDOE Commandia (2018–21), both of which were about controlling mobile manipulators for handling deformable objects. In 2021, he began participating in a the H2020 ACROBA project and joined USC (Spain).
