José Augusto Afonso - mailto:jaa@dei.uminho.pt

Auxiliary Professor

Manuel João - mailto:mjf@dei.uminho.pt - skype:mjofdei

He graduates from University of Aveiro, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications in 1992. He received his MSc? in Industrial Informatics in the University of Minho in 1996. He received a PhD? degree in Industrial Electronics from the same University in 2004. The thesis entitles Development of an industrial prototype for identification, classification and quantification of defects in industrial environments. He is currently working as Professor at the University of Minho, Industrial Electronics Department mainly teaching in the fields of image and signal processing. The main research interests lie on computer vision, image processing and image analysis. He has been working mainly in the development of computer vision technologies based on advanced algorithms, applied to industrial applications, motion analysis and human-robot interface. He is a member of IEEE Society.

Paulo Carvalhal - mailto:p.carvalhal@ieee.org

Was born in 1961 in Coimbra, Portugal. In 1987 he obtains his Engineering degree in Systems Engineering, in Minho University, Braga Portugal. Since then he worked in electronics industry, as staff member of a major systems integrator and electronic weighing systems manufacturer, where he headed the Software development team from 1986 to 1988, and then headed the Engineering Department until 2000. From 2000 to 2003 he worked as MIS on a Textile Industry, implementing from scratch the voice/data communication structure of a geographically distributed company of 1.200 employees, using latest VoIP technologies for traffic aggregation. At the same time and since 1988, he works as an invited professor at Minho University, where he heads Integrated Laboratories I team, a 2nd year course in practical electronics, from Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering degree. He has also given lectures at Circuit Analysis I (same degree), and Car Electronics, a 5th year course from Mechanical Engineering degree. He is actually an MSc? student for a Mobile Systems graduation, developing a wireless communications platform for an UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle), third prize winner of Portuguese association ANIMEE Innovation contest 2005.

Miguel Oliveira - mailto:miglobito@gmail.com

Has a B.S. in Industrial Electronics from the University of Minho (2005). Since 2006 belongs to ASBG (asbg.dei.uminho.pt) working as Invited Researcher in nonlinear dynamical systems.

Patricia Corral Ricalde

Has a diploma of Higher Education in Telecomunication Engineering (especiality in Electronic Systems) from University of Cantabria (Spain). She starts to work in ASBG group on March 2008 with a Leonardo Da Vinci grant. She is developing a timing and dynamic controller for an autonomous robot and the coordination between two autonomous robots.

A Spanish Telecommunications Eng. hired by the group ASBG to work on the AIVA project on the basis of the Leonardo da Vinci european program. The mission is to create an application to get information from a bluetooth network like the one present on the airplane and submit control instructions by any kind of personal device with bluetooth (PDA, laptop, etc.). Another task is to improve the performance of the network of communication among the bluetooth sensors/actuators

Vítor Matos – hazard ‘at’ msn ‘dot’ com – http://hazard.dynip.sapo.pt

Currently finishing his degree on Electronics Engineering at University of Minho.

He is working in the ASBGroup? since 2008 on robotic locomotion inspired on biological concepts and based on Non-Linear Dynamical systems.

Current works include: Generation of locomotion for a quadruped robot; Locomotion adaptation; Goal-oriented locomotion.

José Afonso Pires- mailto:bite@portugalmail.pt

Is finishing an Integrated Master Engineering degree in Industrial Electronics and Computers inserted in the Bolonha agreement from the University of Minho, Guimarães Portugal. He joined the ASBG group (Adaptive System Behaviour Group) in October of 2006, where he is pursuing an MSC.After being involved on the organization of most of the robotic shows organized in Portugal he developed a special interest by robot vision. Now he is involved in the Project Online choreography generation for a quadruped robot using dynamical systems and is responsible for the most work done related to vision.

Luiz Castro - mailto:luizcastro@gmail.com

Concluding Systems Engineering Graduation at University of Minho and working on quadruped locomotion based on Non-Linear Dynamical Systems since 2006 at ASBG as an apprentice.

João Faria - mailto:jbravofaria@gmail.com

Is now concluding his Msc in Electronics Engineering and Computers at University of Minho, Guimarães, having special interest in the area of automation and robotics. At this time his project relies in “A Computer Vision System for Color Grading Wood Boards Using Fuzzy Logic”.

Msc Student - Detection of Defects in Automotive Metal Components Through Computer Vision

mailto:mario_campos@portugalmail.pt

Is finishing his Msc in Industrial Electronics and Computers at the University of Minho, Guimarães. Now he is involved in the Project “Detection of Defects in Automotive Metal Components Through Computer Vision”.

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