Rafael Arrais
Senior Researcher at INESC Technology and Science - Associate Laboratory
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolRafael Arrais is a Senior Researcher and project manager with 11 years of experience at INESC TEC’s Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems, specializing in Digital Manufacturing, Cyber-Physical Systems, and collaborative robotics. He holds an MSc and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Porto and combines deep academic grounding with hands-on coordination of H2020 experiments like HORSE FLEXCoating, ROS-Industrial ROBIN, and COVR SAFECoating. Rafael focuses on vertical and horizontal interoperability, skill-based robot programming, and software-based safety assurance, turning research into deployable architectures and task orchestration for industrial settings. As an invited lecturer at FEUP, he bridges teaching and applied research, and his background in 3D perception and service-oriented architectures underpins practical solutions for automated manufacturing. Notably, he has repeatedly led cross-disciplinary European projects, demonstrating an ability to align research objectives with industrial integration and standards.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoHigh School Graduate, Science and Tecnology, 17 (of 20), High School Graduate, Science and Tecnology, 17 (of 20) at Escola Secundária Alves Martins
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Github Skills (79)
catkin10
ubuntu10
ansible-role10
intel10
camera10
sensor10
codesys10
calibration10
iec61131-310
robotics9
3d-reconstruction9
python9
travis9
realsense9
ros9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
rarrais/STAMINA-WorldModelConsistencyChecker
Sep 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:1 release, 239 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
rarrais/ansible-role-ros2
Dec 2019 - Jul 2020
An Ansible Role that installs ROS 2 (Robot Operating System) on Ubuntu 🤖
Contributions:23 commits, 2 PRs, 20 pushes in 7 months
robot-operating-systemros2operating-systemansiblerobot
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