Martin J.‑D. Otis received an MSc. in Electrical Engineering from University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, in 2004, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Robotics from Laval University, Ville de Québec, QC, Canada, in 2009. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montréal,QC, Canada, in 2010. He is a full professor at University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (2010) and is the LAR.i Head (2013). He is a member of the ReSMIQ and CURAL strategic networks (FRQ-NT), the CISD Research Center, and the RISUQ network. His research activities focus on the design of high-performance cyber-physical and interactive systems, robotic systems, and technologies for the next industrial revolution.