**Short Biography of Authors**

**Daniel Reyes-Uquillas** obtained his bachelor's in mechatronic engineering from the Armed Forces University (ESPE), Ecuador, in 2013, and his master's degree in mechatronic engineering from the National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech), Taiwan, in 2015. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the field of robotics at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He is working as a part-time researcher of service robot navigation with the Mechanic and Mechatronic Systems Lab at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan. His research interests include compliance control for robotic systems and physical human-robot interaction, as well as autonomous mobile robots and SLAM.

**Tesheng Hsiao** (M'05) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in control engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2005. He is currently an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. His research interests include advanced vehicle control systems, robot motion and compliance control, and CNC precision motion control.
