Francisco J. Rodrı́guez Lera received his Ph.D. degree in intelligent systems for engineering in 2015 from the School of Industrial Engineering and Information Technology at University of León (Spain). He is working as a researcher in the Mobile Robotics Group at University of León after two years as postdoctoral research associate in the AI Robolab at the University of Luxembourg. Much of his research interest lies in developing technologies for social robots. Targeting human–robot interaction scenarios, he has been working on the development of cognitive architectures, cybersecurity issues associated with robot middleware, and new trends in explainable and accountable robotics.