
Armando Sousa
Investigador Sénior
Armando Jorge Miranda de Sousa received his PhD in 2004, in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), Portugal. His thesis work was in the subarea of Robotics and Automation.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the ECE department of FEUP and an integrated senior researcher at Centre for Intelligent and Industrial Systems (CRIIS) at the INESC TEC interface institute. He earned in 2014 the international pedagogical certification "ING.PAED.IGIP" from the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy and is currently an active member for the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI).
His main research areas include Higher Education and Robotics, but most recently focusing on Robot Learning and Learning for Cyber Physical Systems. Application areas include not only intelligent robots for agriculture and forest but also robotic manipulation of flexible objects. As a frequent participant in robotic contests, some of which used AI in real world robotics, he has earned several national and international merits (examples: vice champion of RoboCup Robotic Soccer in 2006, winner of Autonomous Driving of Portuguese Robotics Open of 2022).
He has also earned educational awards such as the University of Porto (UP) excellence award in 2015 and 10 best at ECEL 2015 excellence e-learning awards. He has published over 80 indexed peer reviewed articles both in pedagogical issues and more technical areas. Also, he has a patent entitled "Device and method for identifying a cork stopper and respective kit". He is also involved in educational and technical funded projects such as "IntelWheels 2" and "blockchain.pt".
He currently (co-)supervises 7 PhD students.
More details in https://www.cienciavitae.pt/en/1C17-7D93-4CF3 and https://fe.up.pt/asousa.
Projetos
ColRobot
O principal objetivo do projeto ColRobot é combinar tecnologia robótica de ponta a nível europeu com requisitos dos utilizadores ao nível dos processos de montagem por forma a criar um sistema integrado de robótica colaborativa onde um manipulador móvel funciona como uma "terceira mão" que entrega kits, ferramentas, peças, e segura peças enquanto o operador trabalha nelas. Os humanos irão interagir, cognitiva e fisicamente, com os robôs ColRobot utilizando gestos, comandos por toque e demonstrações. O robô será capaz de navegar autonomamente pelo chão de fábrica para recolher as peças e ferramentas necessárias, e preparar os kits para montagem. O processo será supervisionado por um sistema de segurança que desafia os limites da estandardização em robótica colaborativa. Os resultados do projeto serão validados em 2 demonstradores em ambiente operacional real nas instalações dos utilizadores, um na indústria automóvel - Renault SAS -, e outro na indústria aeroespacial - Thales Alenia Space France.

SAFER
O projeto SAFER pretende desenvolver técnicas no contexto de ROS. Para facilitar a integração e adoção pela comunidade robótica, o projeto vai desenvolver técnicas que funcionarão a partir do código fonte e serão apoiadas por ferramentas de verificação automatizada.
Publicações
ETHICAL COMPETENCES THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ACKNOWLEDGED IN PROFESSIONAL DEONTOLOGICAL CODE
Monteiro, F;Sousa, A;
2022
INTED2022 Proceedings - INTED Proceedings
EVOLUTION OF THE PRESENCE OF ETHICAL EDUCATION IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN PORTUGAL
Monteiro, F;Sousa, A;
2022
INTED2022 Proceedings - INTED Proceedings
The underlying potential of NLP for microcontroller programming education
Rocha, A;Sousa, L;Alves, M;Sousa, A;
2024
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
CO2 Emissions Resulting from Large-Scale Integration of Electric Vehicles Using a Macro Perspective
Monteiro, F;Sousa, A;
2024
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL