Avelino Forechi
Senior Perception Engineer at Good Friday Robotics Ltd
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolAvelino Forechi is a Senior Perception Engineer with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and over 15 years focused on computer vision, autonomous vehicles, and applied robotics within a 25-year software engineering career. He designs and ships production-grade multimodal SLAM and sensor-fusion pipelines (LiDAR, visual odometry, IMU) for GPS-denied, subterranean, and hazardous environments, currently enabling UAVs at Good Friday Robotics to create sub-centimeter volumetric maps. Skilled in C++, Python, CUDA, ROS and embedded Linux, he bridges cutting-edge research with pragmatic SWaP-constrained system integration and rigorous field validation. His background spans agricultural perception, AMR fleet platforms, and Level 4 vehicle localisation, with publications and competitive benchmark placements (e.g., DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge) evidencing both research impact and hands-on performance. Based in Lisbon, he is driven to replace hazardous man-entry inspections with AI-guided aerial analytics, combining deep academic rigour with end-to-end delivery experience.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de ViçosaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Project Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Project Management at Fundação Getúlio VargasDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (28)
robotics9
depthai9
robotframework9
ros-driver8
jupyter-kernels8
camera8
ros7
computer-vision5
webots5
cpp4
backend4
programming-language3
plugin2
docker-image2
simulator2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aforechi/ifes-cpp-2018-2
Aug 2018 - Jun 2024
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
LCAD-UFES/WNN-CNN-GL
Feb 2018 - Nov 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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