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Born at Porto, Portugal, April  6, 1973, received the M.Sc.in Electrical and Computer Engineering on Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal in 1999. He obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering on Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto in the area of Control and Robotics, with the thesis “Planning Cooperative tasks and trajectories in Multiple Robots” in 2011. Presently he is a Professor at Computers and Electrical Engineering Department of the Oporto University. He is also a researcher in Robotic and Intelligent Systems of the INESC-TEC (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto, Portugal). His research interests are in the ï¬�eld of robotics and automation: path planning, obstacle avoidance, simulation, navigation, manipulator, mobile manipulators. 

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2023

Modelling of a Vibration Robot Using Localization Ground Truth Assisted by ArUCo Markers

Authors
Matos, D; Lima, J; Rohrich, R; Oliveira, A; Valente, A; Costa, P; Costa, P;

Publication
ROBOTICS IN NATURAL SETTINGS, CLAWAR 2022

Abstract
Simulators have been increasingly used on development and tests on several areas. They allow to speed up the development without damage and no extra costs. On realistic simulators, where kinematics play an important role, the modelling process should be imported for each component to be accurately simulated. Some robots are not yet modelled, as for example the Monera. This paper presents a model of a small vibration robot (Monera) that is acquired in a developed test-bed. A localisation ground truth is used to acquire the position of the Monera with actuating it. Linear and angular speeds acquired from real experiments allow to validate the proposed methodology. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

2023

Multi-robot Coordination for a Heterogeneous Fleet of Robots

Authors
Pereira, D; Matos, D; Rebelo, P; Ribeiro, F; Costa, P; Lima, J;

Publication
ROBOT2022: FIFTH IBERIAN ROBOTICS CONFERENCE: ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS, VOL 2

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2023

Position Estimator for a Follow Line Robot: Comparison of Least Squares and Machine Learning Approaches

Authors
Matos, D; Mendes, J; Lima, J; Pereira, AI; Valente, A; Soares, S; Costa, P; Costa, P;

Publication
ROBOTICS IN NATURAL SETTINGS, CLAWAR 2022

Abstract
Navigation is one of the most important tasks for a mobile robot and the localisation is one of its main requirements. There are several types of localisation solutions such as LiDAR, Radio-frequency and acoustic among others. The well-known line follower has been a solution used for a long time ago and still remains its application, especially in competitions for young researchers that should be captivated to the scientific and technological areas. This paper describes two methodologies to estimate the position of a robot placed on a gradient line and compares them. The Least Squares and the Machine Learning methods are used and the results applied to a real robot allow to validate the proposed approach. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

2022

Path Planning with Hybrid Maps for processing and memory usage optimisation

Authors
Santos, LC; Santos, FN; Aguiar, AS; Valente, A; Costa, P;

Publication
2022 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEMS AND COMPETITIONS (ICARSC)

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2022

Bin Picking Approaches Based on Deep Learning Techniques: A State-of-the-Art Survey

Authors
Cordeiro, A; Rocha, LF; Costa, C; Costa, P; Silva, MF;

Publication
2022 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEMS AND COMPETITIONS (ICARSC)

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2022

An intelligent approach to fault tolerance in cyber physical systems

Author
Luis Fernando Piardi

Institution
UNL-FCTNOVA

2022

Multi-AGV Coordination for Heterogeneous Robots

Author
Diogo André Silva Pereira

Institution
UP-FEUP

2022

Integração do algoritmo TEA* com o simulador FlexSim

Author
Francisco João Neiva Araújo da Rocha Damas

Institution
UP-FEUP

2021

Human Operator Tracking System for Safe Industrial Collaborative Robotics

Author
Eduardo João Caldas da Fonseca

Institution
UP-FEUP

2021

Multi AGV Communication Failure Tolerant Industrial Supervisory System

Author
Ana Sofia Poças da Silva Cruz

Institution
UP-FEUP