Researcher @ INESC TEC | PhD Student @ UTAD
Pedro is an enthusiastic and driven robotics researcher who absolutely loves pushing the boundaries of what machines can do! Currently rocking it as a Research Assistant at INESC TEC and diving deep into his Ph.D. at UTAD, he is incredibly passionate about Human-Robot Interaction and teaching robots new tricks using Large Language Models and Learn from Demonstration algorithms. When he is not busy designing high-precision perception systems or building autonomous solutions for complex industrial tasks, he is sharing his contagious passion for technology as an Invited Professor at ISEP. Armed with a perfect 20/20 master's thesis and a love for problem-solving, Pedro is always on a mission to make robotic systems smarter, more sustainable, and cooler than ever!
- iBot4CRMs: Developing AI-powered self-learning robots aimed at high-performance waste valorization and the recovery of Critical Raw Materials, funded by Horizon Europe.
- BioShoes4All: Working to promote the transition of the footwear industry toward bioeconomy and a sustainable circular economy.
- From Screws to Tools: Detection, Classification, and Tool Suggestion for Robotic Disassembly (European Robotics Forum, 2026).
- Robot Path Planning: from Analytical to Computer Intelligence Approaches (Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2025).
- Friday: The Versatile Mobile Manipulator Robot (European Robotics Forum, 2025).
- A ROS-Based Modular Action Server for Efficient Motion Planning in Robotic Manipulators (7th Iberian Robotics Conference, 2024).
- Email: pedro.afonso.cardoso.dias@gmail.com
- Location: Porto, Portugal
- ORCID: 0009-0001-2476-9223