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Paulo Rebelo concluiu o mestrado integrado em Engenharia Electrotécnica e Computadores, no ramo de automação industrial em março de 2017, com especialização em robótica industrial na FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Durante o ano de 2016, desenvolveu a sua tese de mestrado na Continental Mabor, em Lousado, onde o principal objectivo era a automatização de um sistema de corte de rolos calandrados numa máquina específica da empresa.

Desde março de 2017 que é investigador no INESC TEC, no Porto, e tem trabalhado em projetos de diferentes áreas: robótica móvel, manipuladores colaborativos, sistemas de visão artificial, sistemas de automação e sistemas IoT (Industry 4.0), estas são as suas áreas de especialização.
Até hoje, trabalhou nos seguintes projetos de investigação: FASTEN, ScalabLE4.0, MANUFACTUR4.0, PRECISIONcork, MTEX-Multi e PRODUTECH. Conciliando com o desenvolvimento, também faz um pouco de gestão de projetos.

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    Paulo Miranda Rebelo
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  • Desde

    19 abril 2017
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Publicações

2025

Integrated RFID System for Intralogistics Operations with Industrial Mobile Robots

Autores
Pacheco, FD; Rebelo, PM; Sousa, RB; Silva, MF; Mendonça, HS;

Publicação
2025 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEMS AND COMPETITIONS, ICARSC

Abstract
Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) technologies automate the identification of objects and persons, having several applications in retail, manufacturing, and intralogistics sectors. Several works explore the application of RFID systems in robotics and intralogistics, focusing on locating robots, tags, and inventory management. This paper addresses the challenge of intralogistics cargo trolleys communicating their characteristics to an autonomous mobile robot through an RFID system. The robot must know the trolley's relative pose to avoid collisions with the surroundings. As a result, the passive tag on the cargo communicates information to the robot, including the base footprint of the trolley. The proposed RFID system includes the development of a controller board to interact with the frontend integrated circuit of an external antenna onboard the industrial mobile robot. Experimental results assess the system's readability distance in two distinct environments and with two different antenna modules. All the code and documentation are available in a public repository.

2024

Pallet and Pocket Detection Based on Deep Learning Techniques

Autores
Caldana, D; Cordeiro, A; Sousa, JP; Sousa, RB; Rebello, PM; Silva, AJ; Silva, MF;

Publicação
2024 7TH IBERIAN ROBOTICS CONFERENCE, ROBOT 2024

Abstract
The high level of precision and consistency required for pallet detection in industrial environments and logistics tasks is a critical challenge that has been the subject of extensive research. This paper proposes a system for detecting pallets and its pockets using the You Only Look Once (YOLO) v8 Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) model, followed by the segmentation of the pallet surface. On the basis of the system a pipeline built on the ROS Action Server whose structure promotes modularity and ease of implementation of heuristics. Additionally, is presented a comparison between the YOLOv5 and YOLOv8 models in the detection task, trained with a customised dataset from a factory environment. The results demonstrate that the pipeline can consistently perform pallet and pocket detection, even when tested in the laboratory and with successive 3D pallet segmentation. When comparing the models, YOLOv8 achieved higher average metric values, with YOLOv8m providing better detection performance in the laboratory setting.

2024

Integration of a Free Navigation Autonomous Mobile Robot into a Graph and ROS-Based Robot Fleet Manager

Autores
Rebelo, PM; Féliz, MC; Oliveira, PM; Sobreira, H; Costa, P;

Publicação
ROBOT 2023: SIXTH IBERIAN ROBOTICS CONFERENCE ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS, VOL 1

Abstract
The need for interoperability between robots of different brands and navigation typologies, graph-based and free navigation, is increasing and this has led to the development of a new approach to empower a graph and ROS-based robot fleet manager for the management of free navigation mobile robots. For this implementation and validation, in real tests, the OMRON LD-90 was the mobile robot platform chosen, which has the particularity of not allowing the execution of a waypoints sequence. A software module was developed to exchange data between a non-ROS-based mobile robot and a specific ROS-based robot fleet manager. This is an approach applicable to any free navigation Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) with the necessary adaptations regarding the information provided by the different robot brands.

2024

Hybrid Localization Solution for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Complex Environments

Autores
Rebelo, PM; Valente, A; Oliveira, PM; Sobreira, H; Costa, P;

Publicação
ROBOT 2023: SIXTH IBERIAN ROBOTICS CONFERENCE ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS, VOL 1

Abstract
Mobile robot platforms capable of operating safely and accurately in dynamic environments can have a multitude of applications, ranging from simple delivery tasks to advanced assembly operations. These abilities rely heavily on a robust navigation stack, which requires stable and accurate pose estimations within the environment. The wide range of AMR's applications and the characteristics of multiple industrial environments (indoor and outdoor) have led to the development of a flexible and robust robot software architecture that allows the fusion of different data sensors in real time. In this way, and in terms of localization, AMRs have greater precision when it comes to uncontrolled and unstructured environments. These complex environments feature a variety of dynamic and unpredictable elements, such as variable layouts, limited visibility, unstructured spaces, and uncertain terrain. This paper presents a multi-localization system for industrial mobile robots in complex and dynamic industrial scenarios, based on different localization technologies and methods that can interact together and simultaneously.

2024

Control of a Mobile Robot Through VDA5050 Standard

Autores
Brilhante, M; Rebelo, PM; Oliveira, PM; Sobreira, H; Costa, P;

Publicação
ROBOT 2023: SIXTH IBERIAN ROBOTICS CONFERENCE ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS, VOL 1

Abstract
Since creating universally capable robots is challenging for a single manufacturer, a diverse fleet of robots from various manufacturers is utilized. However, these heterogeneous fleets encounter communication and interoperability issues. As a result, there is a growing need for a standardized interface that is capable of communicating, controlling and managing a diverse fleet without these interoperability issues. This paper presents a translation software module capable of controlling an autonomous mobile robot and communicating with a ROS-based robot fleet manager using the VDA5050 Standard and exchanging information via the MQTT communication protocol, aiming at flexibility and control across different robot brands. The effectiveness of the software in controlling a mobile robot via the VDA5050 standard was demonstrated by the results. It accurately analysed data from the Robot Fleet Manager, converted it into VDA 5050 JSON messages and skilfully translated it back into ROS messages. The robot's behavior remained consistent before and after the VDA5050 implementation.