Jesús Capitán Fernández

Jesús Capitán Fernández is a Full Professor at the University of Seville, leading the Multi-robot & Control Systems group. He holds a Telecommunication Engineering degree (2006) and a Ph.D. in Robotics (2011) from the University of Seville. His research focuses on cooperative multi-robot systems, particularly aerial robots, emphasizing decentralized decision-making and collision avoidance in uncertain environments.

• Education:
  • Bachelor's in Telecommunication Engineering, University of Seville (2006)
  • Ph.D. in Robotics, University of Seville (2011)

His academic career includes visiting fellowships at Carnegie Mellon University (USA) and the Institute for Systems and Robotics (Portugal, 2005-2011), followed by senior researcher roles at Instituto Superior Técnico (2011-2012) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (2012-2013). Since 2023, he heads the Multi-robot & Control Systems group at the University of Seville.

Professional activities include roles as Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2021–2025), participant in the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (2017, 2020; winning Challenge 3 in 2020), and member of conference organizing committees (e.g., ROBOT 2017, ICRA 2021–2024). He has served on program committees for AAMAS, IJCAI, and IROS, and reviews for journals like IEEE Transactions on Robotics and International Journal of Robotics Research.

Labs/Teams: Founder and leader of the Multi-robot & Control Systems group at the University of Seville.