Luis Figueredo
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:
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Geometric Methods for Manipulation Planning and Control;
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Manipulation of Complex Objects;
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Cooperative (and bimanual) Manipulation;
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Safe/Constrained Real-time Manipulation;
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Safe Human-Robot Interaction;
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Implicit and Explicit Human-Robot Communication/Collaboration;
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Biomechanics-Aware Assistive Robotics;
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Task exploration/understanding and Failure Recognition;
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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
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
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
Main Organizer - Workshop @ ICRA 2023 - June 02, Full-Day Event
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
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
May, 2023
(In German) News at the NANO - 3Sat TV - An important TV program about science in Germany
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)