Carlos is currently an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K. He is the Head of the Robot Motor Intelligence (RoMI) Lab affiliated with the National Robotarium and Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. He is also appointed as Research Scientist at IHMC, USA.

The central topic of Carlos’ research career is how to build general motor intelligence that enables athletic behaviours, dexterous manipulation and sensory-driven motor control. To build such capabilities, his research focuses on both top-down (principles, abstractions) and bottom-down (stimuli, data) approaches.