Víctor H. Andaluz received his degree in Electronic and Control Engineering from the National Polytechnic School, Ecuador, and his Ph.D. in Control Systems Engineering through academic research at the National University of San Juan, Argentina, and Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, where he was a DAAD scholar. He is currently a Professor and Researcher at Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador, and leads the Automation, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory (LabARSI). His research interests include robotics, automatic control, mathematical modeling of robotic systems, robotic manipulators, mobile robotics, aerial manipulation, and cooperative robotic systems. His research focuses on developing and experimentally validating advanced control strategies for autonomous and coordinated robotic platforms.