Helio Filho
Senior Robotics Engineer at Elder Laboratory
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolHelio Filho is a Senior Robotics Engineer with 13 years of experience bridging academic research and production robotics, currently designing robotics software and conducting computer vision experiments at Elder Laboratory. He holds a PhD in Computer Vision and Mobile Robotics and has a track record of turning research into deployable systems—from visual localization optimizations at Nissan to ROS-based autonomy at CrossWing. Proficient in C/C++, Python, ROS, OpenCV and sensor fusion with LiDAR and stereo cameras, he routinely implements Kalman and particle filter solutions for real-world navigation problems. Helio has mentored and reviewed students in Udacity’s self-driving car programs, demonstrating an aptitude for translating complex concepts into teachable steps. He combines systems-level engineering (ARM, microcontrollers, production deployments) with Bayesian and deep learning methods, often optimizing algorithms for embedded performance. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic researcher who consistently moves ideas from papers to working robot platforms.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Customer Experiences with Contact Center AI - Dialogflow CX, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experiences with Contact Center AI - Dialogflow CX, Artificial Intelligence at CourseraSelf-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree at UdacityMSc, Computer Vision, Computational Intelligence, MSc, Computer Vision, Computational Intelligence at Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Vision, Mobile Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Vision, Mobile Robotics at University of Tsukuba
English, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese
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Github Skills (69)
cross-domain10
robotics9
sdk9
wrapping9
html9
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metric-learning9
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Github contributions (5)
xperroni/env
Nov 2017 - Dec 2023
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
xperroni/Yamabiko
Feb 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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