Francisco Martín Rico, Doctor Engineer in Robotics, is an Associate Professor at the Rey Juan Carlos University, where he leads the Intelligent Robotics Lab and teaches courses on software architectures and middleware for robots, mobile robotics, planning, and cognitive systems. He is a reputed member of the ROS community, authoring and contributing to reference packages like the ROS2 Planning System (Plansys2) and Nav2. He recently received the Best ROS Developer 2022 award.