Born in Córdoba (Spain), 1970, I started my academic career at the University of Málaga in 1996, which was after obtaining my MSc degree in Computer Science (1994) and holding a short position as a real-state developer. I got a pre-doctoral grant by the Spanish government for the time interval [1996,1999], during which I worked on my thesis. In the summer of 1998, I did a stay under the supervision of Prof. Ben J. Kuipers in the Computer Science Dpt. of the University of Texas at Austin (US). I obtained the PhD degree in Computer Science in 2000, an assistant professor position a few months after that, and a tenure as associate professor three years later. In october 2016, I got a full professor position at the University of Málaga. During those years, I taught Real-Time Robotics and Control Systems Engineering, developing robotic software and exploring a number of lines of research mostly related to intelligent robotics (lately resuming my previous Cognitive Robotics work thanks to a stay in the CRNS, UK). I have supervised several PhD theses on Robotics; have participated in regional, national, and European research projects; and have a bunch of patents. I have at present around 110 scientific papers, three international books, and have acted as the principal researcher in some projects. My current personal interests include writing (10 sci-fi books and more than 100 short stories published in Spanish), programming, drawing, and building robots.