Currently, I am a Postdoc Researcher in the Service Robotics Lab at the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville. My research is focused on Social Navigation of Mobile Robots. I am studying the different robot navigation algorithms and trying to extend them by adding social skills. To do that I employ machine learning techniques in order to learn navigation behaviors from data of real people as well as their movement patterns.

After receiving the Computing Engineering Degree I was working and collaborating with the Automatics, Robotics and Mecatronics research group of the University of Almeria (my hometown) for almost 3 years.
Then, I had the chance to work in the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville where I developed my thesis and I obtained my PhD while working in exciting European robotics projects (2012-2017).
After that, I was collaborating with the Robotics Lab of the University Carlos III of Madrid in another European project for 2 years and a half (2018-2020).
Looking for new adventures, I moved to Barcelona to work in the company PAL Robotics in which I learnt a lot and enjoyed the experience, despite the short time I was with them (6 months). In January 2021 I came back to the SRL in Seville with a Postdoc contract.

Apart from the Robotics field, I am interested in Rock music (live music is a plus), doing sport enjoying the nature (trial running), drawing in my spare time, and I am always willing to grab a beer with friends.