Sandro Magalhães
Professor Adjunto Convidado at INESC Technology and Science - Associate Laboratory
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Top SchoolSandro Magalhães is a robotics and automation researcher and lecturer with nine years of experience bridging academic teaching and applied research at INESC TEC and ISEP, now serving as Professor Adjunto Convidado. He is completing doctoral studies in Mechatronics, Robotics and Control at FEUP while leading projects in high-performance mobile robot trajectory control and agronomic robotics for precision viticulture, combining AI-driven vision and self-learning techniques. His background includes FPGA-accelerated deep learning work during an Erasmus placement at Nottingham Trent and long-standing involvement in robot soccer development, reflecting hands-on hardware and software expertise. Beyond research he has led student engineering teams and scouting initiatives, bringing mentorship and team leadership into technical settings.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Automation and Control Engineering, Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Automation and Control Engineering at Faculty of Engineering of University of PortoInitial Pedagogical Training Course for Trainers, Education, Initial Pedagogical Training Course for Trainers, Education at ENA - Administration and Business SchoolHigh School, Science and technologies, High School, Science and technologies at High School of Almeida Garrett
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (42)
simulation10
gazebosim10
transport10
ignition10
robotics-simulation10
gazebo-simulator10
robotics9
pubsub9
robot-simulator9
ros9
cpp9
planning8
robot8
moveit7
motion-planning7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
samagalhaes/ros_gz
Aug 2022 - Oct 2023
Integration between ROS (1 and 2) and Gazebo simulation
Contributions:5 PRs, 20 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
gazeboignitionroboticsrobotics-simulationros2
samagalhaes/open_manipulator_p
May 2021 - Oct 2023
OpenManipulator-P for controlling in Gazebo and Moveit with ROS
Contributions:3 pushes in 2 years 5 months
gazeboroboticsros2controllingros
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