**Meet the editor**

Dr. Eng Efren Gorrostieta is a Professor at the Engineering Faculty of the Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico. He studied Electronics Engineering, received a master of Science in Control and Automation and a PhD in Mechatronics. He was a co-founder of the Mechatronics Mexican Association, President of the IEEE Querétaro Section and the Chair of the IEEE Queretaro Compu-

tational Intelligence Chapter; he has given lectures in Control Systems and Robotics at different universities and has been a chair, reviewer and editor in several national/international congresses related to robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. He has several publications in conferences and journals in the field.

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#### **Preface XI**


Chapter 6 **Watch Your Step! Terrain Traversability for Robot Control 111** Mauro Bellone
