Dr. Raúl Rivera Blas received a B.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz (ITV); an M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Robotic and Mechatronic Systems Engineering from Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN). He is a Research Professor at the Graduate Studies and Research Section of the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica (ESIME AZCAPOTZALCO). His areas of interest are robotics, control, embedded systems programming, and vision.