I was born on 29th January, 1971 in Brazil. I received my B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer (ME) degree with emphasis on Mechatronics in 1993 at University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. I received my M.Sc. ME and D.Sc. ME degrees, respectively, in 1997 and 2000 at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil. During my D.Sc. studies I spent 8 months as a guest student at the Institute of Robotics (IfR) - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ). At that time I was involved in researches on obstacle avoidance and map building procedures for indoor mobile robots. From August 2005 until July 2006 I did a Sabbatical at the Autonomous System Lab (ASL) - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). There I was involved in researches on obstacle avoidance for indoor and outdoor mobile robots. From 2001 until 2008 I was an associate professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brazil. From 2002 to 2005 I was also the co-head of the Mechatronics Engineering Department and of the Robotics and Automation Group (GEAR) at PUC Minas. Since 2008 I am Professor at University of São Paulo (EESC-USP). Since 2021 I am the Co-President of the ETH Alumni Chapter in Sao Paulo (Brazil). I published more than 100 papers in the fields of mechanical design and mobile robotics in several conferences and journals. Although my research interests range broadly, my chief areas of interest are mobile robots for agriculture, inspection robots, design methodologies and tools, mechanical design applied on robots and mechatronics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Today, autonomous MAVs (Mini Aerial Vehicles) are well-known as one of the most important topics in the field of mobile robotics. They have interesting applications on search-and-rescue, aerial surveillance, etc. When a mission involves risk of human lives, the importance and usefulness of this kind of vehicle is highlighted, since it does not compromise human lives. In this scenario, thi…
The navigation of autonomous mobile robots can be based on the definition of "safe points" that define a complete path. However, this method called "WayPoint based" - has been shown to be ineffective, slow and dependent on human intervention mainly in unfamiliar and unstructured environments. This occurs because there may be several variables that must be detected such as fallen trees, ho…
Population growth disproportionate to the increase in agricultural production requires the modernization of technologies used in agriculture. In this field, terrestrial robotics stands out for its versatility of applications to increase the sector's productivity. Featuring versatility and accessibility in a single platform, the TerraSentia robot is a solution for under-canopy navigation, …
This project approaches the implementation of an algorithm in the TerraSentia robot to control its navigation in agricultural fields, which represent remote and challenging environments, owing to their irregular terrains with abundant plantations. For that, the LQR control developed by mathematician Rudolf Kalman was chosen, as it governs a minimum cost function, keeping the robot's purpo…
Autonomous robot navigation is typically considered a geometric problem, in which the robot must identify the geometry of the environment to plan a collision-free trajectory. However, a purely geometric view of the environment may be insufficient for many problems in robotic navigation. For example, geometry-based navigation methods may cause a robot to avoid an area blocked by plant leav…
The main objective of the Scientific Initiation project is to develop software in ROS (Robot Operating System) capable of using the information provided by a LiDAR 2D sensor (Hokuyo UST-10LX) and, by processing this information with computational vision, perform autonomous control of a robot inside a crop.(AU)
A field of research that has received a lot of funding in the last few years is the development of mobile robots, autonomous or remotely operated, to perform tasks in unstructured terrain or in places either inaccessible or too dangerous for humans. These robotic platforms have the potential to make inspection and monitoring tasks in farms and industrial sites far more efficient, reducing…
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The project goal is to develop a perceptive method to assess the terrain load-bearing limits for safe legged locomotion. Using torque and kinematic measurements from the robot's actuated joints, IMU data and visual feedback from onboard cameras, a traversability algorithm will assess the maximum force that can be applied to the terrain without risking collapse or tipover, and adjust the c…
The global population growth demands that the methods and technologies applied to food production must be even more efficient, making more with less space. Autonomous robotics is a trending research area to help with this problem. However, the development of an autonomous navigation system, capable of driving a robot inside a plantation by itself, is still a challenge. In this context, SL…
This research project will be developed in Distributed Autonomous Systems Laboratory (DASLab) in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as part of a partnership between Mobile Robotics Laboratory (LabRoM) and DASLab. The main goal of this research is to design, develop and test automatic systems for balancing sensors for precision agriculture. In this context, this project aims to dev…
This research project will be developed in Distributed Autonomous Systems Laboratory (DASLab) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as part of a partnershipbetween Mobile Robotics Laboratory (LabRoM) and DASLab. The main goal of this research is to evaluate algorithms for perception in agricultural fields. In particular,Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)-based navigation system w…
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