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Vidal Moreno is a versatile robotics researcher whose work spans robot motion planning, educational robotics, and human-robot collaboration. With over 150 citations across a decade-spanning career, Moreno has made lasting contributions to both theoretical and applied robotics. His earliest and most technically rigorous work, published in 2002, introduced a robust mathematical formalism for evaluating configuration space (C-space) in articulated robots — a foundational challenge in motion planning. These paired papers, each garnering 20 citations, provided efficient computational methods for obstacle representation that remain referenced in robotics literature today. Moreno later broadened his focus toward practical domestic and industrial applications, contributing a real-time door detection system for robotic navigation (2013) and, more recently, an interaction strategy for safe human-robot co-working within Industry 4.0 frameworks (2021), reflecting his engagement with contemporary collaborative robotics challenges. Perhaps his most socially impactful work lies in educational robotics. His most-cited paper, "Robotics in Education" (2015, 32 citations), alongside studies examining teacher perceptions and learning environments across Spain and Latin America, positions Moreno as a prominent advocate for robotics as a transformative pedagogical tool at the preuniversity level. His career exemplifies a rare blend of mathematical rigor and educational outreach.