C.J. Pérez del Pulgar received an M.S. degree and PhD in Computer Science at the University of Málaga (UMA). In 2000 he received a research internship in the System Engineering and Automation Department at the University of Malaga. After that, in 2004, he was given a permanent position as research support staff at the same university until 2017. Since 2010 he has been part-time assistant lecturer in the Electrical Engineering Faculty where he was responsible for different subjects related to automation and robotics. Currently, he is associate lecturer at the same university. In 2014 he performed a research stay in the Automation and Robotics section at ESA-ESTEC. His research interests include machine learning, surgical robotics, space robotics and autonomous astronomy. He has more than 50 publications in these topics and he has been involved in more than 10 different Spanish and European projects. Finally, he participates as researcher in the Andalucía Respira project, which consists in the development of a ventilator for COVID-19 therapy.