André Araújo is the CTO and co-founder of Ingeniarius, Lda., an R&D company specializing in robotics and AI. He completed his MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Automation and Robotics) in 2012 at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), where he is pursuing a PhD in Multi-Robot Systems. He has led and participated in projects across mobile, aerial, and aquatic robotics. Early in his career, he received a research fellowship at the Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR) at the University of Coimbra, focusing on mechatronics and robotics. He later joined the Robotics and Intelligent Systems Unit at INESCTEC, University of Porto, contributing to industrial automated guided vehicles with a focus on autonomous navigation, localization, security systems, and sensor integration. His expertise expanded through a fellowship at Instituto Superior Técnico for Research and Development (IST-ID), where he worked on aerial robotics systems. André’s work adheres to ISO 9001 for quality management, ISO 56000/NP4457 for innovation management, and ISO 3691-4 for AGVs, ensuring excellence in development and implementation. His interests include multi-robot systems, autonomous navigation, cooperative robotics, sensor systems, and intelligent robotics for industrial and scientific applications. As CTO of Ingeniarius, André advances cutting-edge technologies in robotics and AI, driving innovation through research, entrepreneurship, and education.

Carlos Pizzino obtained his PhD and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering, specializing in control, automation, and robotics, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ) in 2024 and 2008, respectively. He also holds a B.S. degree in electronics engineering from the Federal Center of Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro (CEFET/RJ), obtained in 2006. From 2020 to 2022, he served as a Research Engineer at the Brazilian Air Force, within the Institute of Airspace Control. He also worked as an Electronics Engineer at the Brazilian Air Force's Department of Airspace Control from 2009 to 2020. In 2020, he was a visiting researcher at the Robotics Laboratory of the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Currently, he is a Robotics Researcher at Ingeniarius in Porto, Portugal. Carlos's research interests include robot localization and mapping using neuroscience-inspired models.

Micael Couceiro obtained his BSc, Teaching Licensure and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering (Automation and Communications), at the Coimbra School of Engineering (ISEC), Coimbra Polytechnic Institute (IPC). He obtained his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Automation and Robotics) at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), under a PhD Grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. Over the past 6 years, he has been conducting scientific research on several areas, namely robotics, computer vision, sports engineering, and others, all at the Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR-FCTUC) and RoboCorp (IPC). This resulted in more than 25 scientific articles in international impact factor journals and more than 50 scientific articles at international conferences. Besides being currently a researcher at ISR, he has been invited to lecture, tutor, and organise events (e.g., professional courses, national and international conferences, among others), both in the public and private domains. He is a co-founder and currently the CEO of Ingeniarius.

Rui P. Rocha is a tenured Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Coimbra and a Permanent Researcher of the Institute of Systems and Robotics – University of Coimbra. He received the pre-Bologna Engineering, M.Sc., and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, in 1996, 1999 and 2006, respectively. His main research area is cooperative mobile robotics and his main research interests are multi-robot systems, cooperative perception, multi-robot coordination, service robotics, ambient assisted living (AAL) and autonomous robots. He has been involved in several FP6, FP7, and H2020 EU-funded R&D projects developed in consortium, was the PI of a research project on urban search and rescue robotics, and has been the local coordinator of technology transfer projects on multi-robot patrolling of infrastructures and on AAL. He is the co-author of about 100 papers published in ISI-indexed scientific journals, book chapters, and proceedings of peer-reviewed international conferences. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Multi-Robot Systems.