Jose Martinez-Carranza received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Bristol, Faculty of Engineering, Bristol, UK. In 2007, he received the M.Sc. degree in Computer Science with highest honors, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica, Computer Science Department. Puebla, Mexico. In 2004, he received the B. Eng. degree in computer science with highest honors, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Puebla, México. His research interests are robotics, computer vision for robotics, micro air vehicles, and intelligent unmanned systems