**Luis Gracia**

Luis Gracia (Prof. Dr.) received his B.Sc. degree in electronic engineering, his M.Sc. degree in control systems engineering, and his Ph.D. degree in automation and industrial computer science from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV), Spain, in 1998, 2000, and 2006, respectively. He is currently Professor at the Department of Systems Engineering and Control (DISA) of the UPV, where he has worked since 2001. His research interests include mobile robots, robotic manipulators, sliding-mode control, collaborative robots and system modeling and control.
