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Dr Luis Figueredo

<figueredo AT ieee.org>

Main Office

School of Computer Science Building

Jubilee Campus - Wollaton Road

Nottingham - NG8 1BB UK

Room: B92


Additional Contact

 

Munich Inst. of Robotics and Machine Intelligence

Georg-Brauchle-Ring 62

80992 Munich
 

Main areas of interest

  • Geometric Methods for Manipulation Planning and Control; 

  • Manipulation of Complex Objects; 

  • Cooperative (and bimanual) Manipulation;

  • Safe/Constrained Real-time Manipulation; 

  • Safe Human-Robot Interaction;

  • Implicit and Explicit Human-Robot Communication/Collaboration; 

  • Biomechanics-Aware Assistive Robotics; 

  • Task exploration/understanding and Failure Recognition; 

  • Control Theory with emphasis in Optimal Control, Robust Control, Time-delayed systems and Control in Lie Groups and Riemannian Manifolds. 

Education

2011-2016

PhD in Robotics

University of Brasilia - UnB - Brazil

Thesis: Kinematic control based on dual quaternion algebra & its application to robot manipulators

Advisors:  João Y. Ishihara (Control Theory - University of Brasilia)

Co-advisor:   Bruno V. Adorno (Geometric Methods for Robotics - University of Manchester)

                       Brian Williams (Planning - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Awards: Biennial Award for Best PhD Thesis at the University of Brasilia (Years 2015-16)

2013-2014

Visiting PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT  - Cambridge US

Integration of Planning-Control-Robotics at the Model-Based Embedded & Robotic Systems group

2008-2011

MS Thesis

University of Brasilia - UnB - Brazil

Thesis: Stability & H∞ Control of Uncertain Networked Control Systems with Time-Varying Delays;

Advisors:  Adolfo Bauchspiess and  João Y. Ishihara 

2003-2008

BS Thesis

University of Brasilia - UnB - Brazil

Thesis: Individual Mobile Measurement of Thermal Comfort in an Ambient Intelligence;

Advisors:  Adolfo Bauchspiess 

Awards

2022

IEEE Humanoids - 22

Best Interactive Paper Award Finalist - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS - 2022)

Title: Integrated Bi-Manual Motion Generation & Control shaped for Probabilistic Movement Primitive

Authors:  Jonathan Vorndamme, João Carvalho, Riddhiman Laha, Dorothea Koert, Luis Figueredo, Jan Peters, Sami Haddadin

2022

IEEE ICRA -22 

ICRA 2022 CEB Award - Conference Editorial Board Outstanding Reviewer

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

2018-20

MSCA - Horizon

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action - Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) 

Title: Integrating robotic control & planning w/ human activity prediction for efficient HRC;

2017

Teaching Award

Honorary Lecturer Guest Speaker (Student’s Selection)

Mechatronics Engineering Degree Graduation - University of Brasilia;

2016

Best Thesis Award

Best PhD Thesis Award in Engineering (University of Brasilia)

Biennial Award for Best PhD Thesis  (Years 2015-16)

2014

Demo Award

Winner of Rethink Robotics Contest - Individual Award (IROS 2014 - OnSite Demo)

Title: Cooperative Manipulation using Cooperative Dual Task Space;

Code available at: https://sdk.rethinkrobotics.com/wiki/IROS_2014

2014

Group Demo Award

Outstanding System Demonstration – Honorable Mention (ICAPS 2014 - OnSite Demo)

Title: Best Intent Recognition and Temporal Relaxation in Human Robot Assembly;

Authors: S Burke, E Fernandez, LFC Figueredo, A Hofmann, C Hofmann, E Karpas, S Levine, P Santana, P Yu, B Williams;

2023

Geriatronics Summit

[Student  Award]  GARMI Best Paper Award Winner for my student Rafael I. Cabral Muchacho for CvP-C: Not a QP-based approach for Safe Robot Control during Physical Interaction / Authors: Rafael I. Cabral, Luis Figueredo, Sami Haddadin 

2024

ICRA-2024

[ICRA-24 New Generation Star Project]  Selected to career achievements as an early career researcher. 

 Also, selected for the debate during the Star Talks with a few selected awardees. [Link for the talk]

Grants / Fellowships

2023 - 2025

Co-PI (TUM)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action - Doctoral Training Network - EU Funded - Horizon-MSCA-2021-DN-01

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Critical Asset Monitoring - RAICAM (link) 

2022

Individual Fellowship

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action - Individual Fellowship - EU Funded - MSCA-IF - Horizon2020

Project: Integrating robotic control & planning w/ human activity prediction for efficient human-robot collaboration (link)

2017-20

Co-PI (UnB)

Universal MCTI/CNPq: Call 2016 (Brazil)

Experimental platform for the development and validation of new concepts in advanced robotics: multi-agent, multi-robot cooperation and human-robot interaction.

2017-20

Co-PI (UnB)

FAP-DF Demanda Espontanea: Call 2016 (Brazil)

Development of control, planning and navigation techniques for cooperative humanoid robotics and human-robot interaction.

Project Leader

2020 - Today

Geriatronics Lighthouse Initiative - Project X (Link to lighthouse Initiative)

Project and Scientific Coordinator: >40 Researchers from 5-TUM Chairs and 4 Industrial Partners (Franka -Emika, TQ-Systems, Reactive Robotics, & Deutsches Museum).

2023 - Today

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Critical Asset Monitoring - RAICAM (MSCA  - Doctoral Training Network)

Project and Scientific Coordinator at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

2020 - 2022

KoBo34 - Intuitive interaction with cooperative assistance robots for the 3rd and 4th age

Project and Scientific Coordinator at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). 

2018 - 2020

Project: Integrating robotic control & planning w/ human activity prediction for efficient human-robot collaboration

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action - Individual Fellowship

Public Outreach

Oct 2022

No Spill Demo - Interacting with your cell phone @ IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Live demo at Franka Emika's both at IROS - 2022 (Kyoto) 

June 2022

Spill-Free Robots @  Ai. Society Automatica / Munich _i 2022

Main Demonstrator with my students: Rafael I. Cabral Muchacho (MS) and Riddhiman Laha (PhD) 

Introducing GARMI and its Avatars (PARTI and MUCKI) @ Ai. Society Automatica / Munich _i 2022

5 Group Demonstration with Geriatronics' GARMI robot - Coordination with Abdeldjallil Naceri 

June 2021

Human Digital Twin meets GARMI for Rehabilitation @  Ai. Society Automatica / Munich _i 2021

Group Live/Virtual Demo of the Rehabilitation Robotics  - Coordination

Team: Luis Figueredo, Elisabeth Jensen, Djallil Naceri, Mario Tröbinger, Gunter Steinebach, Tingli Hu, Andrei Costinescu, Paul Thiel, Sami Haddadin

April 2019

Manipulation planning under changing external forces @  3rd  UK Robot Manipulation Workshop

Group Live/Virtual Demo during the event.   Team: Lipeng Chen, Luis Figueredo, and Mehmet Dogar

Oct 2014

Cooperative Manipulation with Baxter: Don't drop the ball (Interactive demo) @ IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intell. Robots & Systems (IROS)

Live demo at Rethink Robotics' both at IROS - 2022 (Kyoto)  - Winner of Rethink Robotics Contest

July 2014

Intent Recognition and Temporal Relaxation in Human Robot Assembly @ ICAPS - International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling

Live demo at at ICAPS - 2014

2022 - Today

Spillnot Free Robots (robots manipulating complex objects)  and Reflex Engines (post-collision safe reactions)

Running Demonstrator @ Munich Inst. of Robotics and Machine Intelligence AND @ Franka-Emika

June 2023

Interacting with Spill-Free Robots @  Ai. Society Automatica / Munich _i 2023

Main Demonstrator with my students: Rafael I. Cabral Muchacho (MS) and Riddhiman Laha (PhD) 

GARMI for Telemedicine and Service Robotics @  Ai. Society Automatica / Munich _i 2023

Group Demonstration with Geriatronics' GARMI robot - Coordination with Abdeldjallil Naceri 

Organization Events

Sept 2023

16th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2023) 

Main organizer together Cristina Piazza and Patricia Capsi @ Munich  - Sept. 20-21

July 2023

Symposium

Second Geriatronics Summit 

Main Organizer -  Symposium @ Garmisch-Partenkirchen - July 02 and 03, Full-Day Event

June 2022

Symposium

First Geriatronics Summit - Technology and Regulation for the Elderly Care

Main Organizer @ Garmisch-Partenkirchen 

June 2023

ICRA Workshop

May 2023

ICRA Workshop

Pretraining for Robotics (PT4R)  

Organizing Committee -  Workshop @ ICRA 2023 - May 29, Full-Day Event

April 2019

3rd UK Robot Manipulation Workshop @ Leeds

Main Organizer with Mehmet Dogar. 

Oct 2023

Geriatronics: AI and Robotics for Health & Well-Being in Older Age 

Main Organizer - Workshop @ IROS 2023 - Oct 1st, Full-Day Event

In the Media

June, 2023

(In German) News at the Frankfurter Allgemeine (online and sonntagszeitung) - Second largest newspaper in Germany

(Link:  Sloshing was a Yesterday Problem (in German) )

June, 2023

(In German) News at the NANO - 3Sat TV -  An important TV program about science in Germany - Live demo about robots interacting with liquids @ Automatica Munich_I

(Link - check min. 15m47s)

May, 2023

(In German) News at the NANO - 3Sat TV -  An important TV program about science in Germany 

(Link - check min. 23m15s)

March, 2023

(In German)  Tagesspiegel - Background Profile at one of the largest German Newspaper 

(Link) , similar news: (link)(link)

Jan, 2023

(In German) Süddeutsche Zeitung - News about our Spillnot Controller in the largest newspaper in Bavaria - Germany. In collaboration with my students w/ Sami Haddin:   Rafael I. Cabral Muchacho and Riddhiman Laha (Link)

July, 2021

(In Portuguese)  Sem recursos para a ciência no Brasil, brasilienses falam como é ser pesquisador no DF e no exterior  (Link).

April, 2019

News about the 3rd UK Robot Manipulation Workshop in Leeds, UK
(Link)

Oct, 2018

(In Portuguese) Best PhD Thesis Award News - Award for the best eng. thesis of 2016 and 2017
(Link)

Sept, 2014

Announcing the Winners ofthe IROS 2014 - Baxter Contest! from Rethink Robotics
(Link RethinkRobotics, Link RoboHub, Link others)

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