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Gonzalo J. Paz-Delgado is a leading researcher in autonomous robotics for planetary exploration, with a focus on cooperative multi-agent systems and motion planning for extreme environments. His work addresses the critical challenge of exploring hard-to-reach planetary features, such as lunar skylights and lava caves, which are of high scientific interest for their potential to preserve exobiological signatures and provide natural shielding from radiation. Paz-Delgado’s most cited paper, “Cooperative robotic exploration of a planetary skylight surface and lava cave” (2025, 12 citations), demonstrates his pioneering approach to deploying robot teams for such complex tasks. He has also made significant contributions to motion planning for over-actuated and workspace-restricted mobile manipulators, as seen in his 2023 papers on combined path and motion planning (7 citations) and multi-stage warm-started optimal motion planning (3 citations). As a key contributor to the CoRob-X project, Paz-Delgado is advancing enabling technologies for multi-agent robotic teams to explore lunar skylights, showcasing his impact on the future of autonomous space exploration.