I am currently the Technical Leader of a team of 30-50 members in an industry-funded project at the University of Sao Paulo.

Co-supervision — PhD

Thiago Segreto
Thiago Segreto
Embodied vision-language learning for navigation and mobile manipulation
University of Sao Paulo · 2024–2026
Juliano Negri
Juliano Negri
Development of learning-based approaches for robust locomanipulation tasks
University of Sao Paulo · 2024–2026
Pedro Leon Fontes Cardoso Bazan
Pedro Leon Fontes Cardoso Bazan
Contact estimation and sensing for contact-rich robotic manipulation
University of Sao Paulo · 2026–

Co-supervision — MSc

Victor Van Halst
Victor Van Halst
Towards dexterous manipulation using quadruped robots: from data collection to real-time deployment
University of Sao Paulo · 2026

Co-supervision — Undergraduate

Dilermando Alexandre
Dilermando Alexandre
Viewpoint-agnostic grasping using VLMs and partial observations for locomanipulation
Universidade Federal de Uberlandia · 2025–2026
Guilherme Lazzarini
Guilherme Lazzarini
Development and evaluation of grasping frameworks and sim-to-real transfer for locomanipulation
Universidade Federal de Uberlandia · 2025–2026
Ana Luiza
Ana Luiza
Real-time anomaly detection for predictive shared control in human-robot collaboration
Universidade Federal de Uberlandia · 2025–2026
Enzo Ferreira
Enzo Ferreira
Design and integration of modular, accessible manipulation test boards for evaluating grasping capabilities
University of Sao Paulo · 2025–2026
Matheus Hipolito
Matheus Hipolito
Deployment of shared-control schemes for robust locomanipulation
University of Sao Paulo · 2024–2026
Murilo Vinicius
Murilo Vinicius
Deployment of shared-control schemes for robust locomanipulation
University of Sao Paulo · 2024–2026