Dr. Narcís Palomeras (MSc 2004, PhD 2011) is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Girona (UdG), and Member of the Computer Vision and Robotics Group (VICOROB). He has participated in several research projects, all related to underwater robotics, both national and European (TRIDENT, PANDORA, MORPH, MERBOTS, LOONDOCK, TWINBOT, 3DAUV, ATLANTIS...) as well as in different European competitions for AUVs such as SAUC-E and ERL. His research activity focuses mainly on underwater robotics in topics like planning, exploration, intelligent control architectures, mission control and localization. Currently is the coordinator of a Joint Degree Erasmus Mundus about Intelligent Field Robotic Systems (IFROS).