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General Information

Full Name Joao Bimbo

Education

  • 2016
    PhD in Robotics
    King's College London
    • Touch based object pose estimation for robotic grasping
      • Supervisors - Hongbin Liu, Kaspar Althoefer
  • 2011
    MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Universidade de Coimbra
    • Specialization in Automation and Control

Experience

  • 2023 -
    Professor Auxiliar Convidado
    Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon PT
    • Courses taught
      • Mobile Robots (Labs/Tutorials)
      • Programming II (Labs/Tutorials)
      • Data Mining (Labs/Tutorials)
  • 2021 - 2023
    Professor Auxiliar
    Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon PT
    • Courses taught
      • Programming in C (Lectures)
      • Electrical Circuits (Lectures)
      • Signals and Systems (Labs/Tutorials)
      • Automatic Control I and II (Labs/Tutorials)
  • 2019-2021
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    GrabLab, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA
    • Development of a VR tool for upper limb rehabilitation.
    • Methods for manipulation in clutter
  • 2016-2019
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, IT
    • Worked in the EU project "SoMa", developing methods to grasp and manipulate objects using soft underactuated robot hands

Academic Interests

  • Robotics
    • Manipulation
    • Tactile Sensing
    • Mobile robotics
  • Teleoperation.
    • Haptics
    • Control

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Hiking, Soccer, Film.