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Jorge Sales is a leading researcher in assistive and underwater robotics, with a career defined by bridging autonomous systems and real-world applications. His work spans two primary domains: developing robots that interact safely with humans in everyday environments, and advancing autonomous underwater intervention systems. In assistive robotics, Sales contributed to the CompaRob project, creating a shopping cart assistance robot (37 citations) that aids elderly individuals, and pioneered multi-sensor person-following techniques for low-visibility scenarios (29 citations), enabling robots to navigate smoky or dark environments. His underwater research is equally impactful, notably through the GRASPER system (29 citations), which integrates multisensory manipulation for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) performing panel interventions. Sales also developed innovative wireless image compression and transmission methods for underwater robotics (17 citations), addressing critical bandwidth challenges. His work on the UJI Industrial Robotics Telelaboratory (27 citations) has enabled remote programming and FPGA vision experiments for students worldwide. With over 200 cumulative citations across his top papers, Sales has demonstrated a consistent ability to solve practical problems—from squad navigation of human-robot teams to benchmarking 3D reconstruction tools—making him a versatile and influential figure in modern robotics.