Dr. Lopez-Juarez earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from UNAM (1991), a master’s in Instrument Design and Application from UMIST, UK (1996), and a Ph.D. in Intelligent Robotics from Nottingham Trent University, UK (2000). His research spans Artificial Intelligence, foundational models, electronic instrumentation, adaptive industrial robots, neural networks, and computer vision. He has published over 200 scientific articles, 13 book chapters, holds two patents, and has supervised 13 Ph.D. dissertations, 23 master’s theses, and 8 undergraduate projects. He has led technology transfer projects with industry and co–led international projects with the U.S. and Germany. He is a Level II member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI) and a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. He founded the Mechatronics and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Group at CIATEQ (2000–2006) and established the Robotic Welding Lab at COMIMSA during a postdoctoral stay (2008–2010). His visiting appointments include Sheffield Hallam University (2015–2016), École Centrale de Lille (2019, 2022), and the Autonomous University of Yucatán (2024–2025). Since 2006, he has been Principal Investigator and head of the Intelligent Manufacturing Lab at Cinvestav. He also serves as peer reviewer, Guest Editor, and currently as Editorial Board member of Discover Robotics (Springer).