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<p>Dear all,</p>
This is a friendly reminder about the talk scheduled for next
Wednesday.<br>
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Looking forward to seeing you there!
<p>Thank you,</p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">David Portugal, Ph.D.
Institute of Systems and Robotics
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Coimbra - Polo II
3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal
Tel: +351 239 796 213</pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Às 12:47 de 19/05/2026, David Portugal
escreveu:<br>
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<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Dear all,</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>We are pleased to announce an
invited talk by <b>Paulo Drews Jr.</b> on May 27 at 14:30, at
the ISR Amphitheater.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Below you can find the title,
abstract, and short bio of the speaker. We look forward to
seeing you there!</span></p>
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<div><font face="monospace"><b>Title</b>: Robotics and its
Challenges in the World of Artificial Intelligence</font></div>
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<div><font face="monospace"><b>Abstract</b>: Robotics brings
important challenges from both a scientific and technological
point of view. The relevance and practical applications make
efforts necessary. Within an extremely interdisciplinary
robotics context, autonomy presents important and relevant
challenges and opportunities that align with recent advances
in artificial intelligence. Practical examples developed in
projects by the Automation and Intelligent Robotics group –
NAUTEC and the Embrapii Center for Robotics and Artificial
Intelligence – iTEC, both from the Federal University of Rio
Grande – FURG, Brazil, will also be discussed. These robotics
examples include aerial, underwater, hybrid aerial-underwater,
logistics, oil <span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng"
style="border-style:none;background:none">&gas</span>
and agriculture, among other applications. </font></div>
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<div><font face="monospace"><b>Short bio</b>: </font><font
face="monospace">Paulo Drews-Jr holds a D.Sc. and M.Sc. in
Computer Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais
(UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil. His doctoral dissertation
focused on restoring images acquired using participating media
in robotics. His master's thesis was focused on change
detection and shape retrieval in 3D Maps. He graduated in
Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande
(FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil. His main research interests are
robotics, computer vision, image processing, pattern
recognition, and machine learning. He was a researcher at the
ISR Coimbra's Mobile Robotics Lab, collaborating as a research
fellow on the FP projects Prometheus and IRPS. He was also a
visiting researcher at the Autonomous System Lab at QCAT-CSIRO
in Brisbane, Australia, and a Guest Professor at the Robot
Learning Lab of the University of Freiburg, Germany. He is an
Associate Professor of the Center for Computational Science -
C3 at the Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG and the
Director of the iTec/FURG EMBRAPII Unit in Robotic Systems and
Automation. He is also a CNPq Research Fellow of Productivity
in Technological Development and Innovative Extension.</font></div>
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<p><span>Best regards,</span></p>
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David Portugal, Ph.D.
Institute of Systems and Robotics
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Coimbra - Polo II
3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal
Tel: +351 239 796 213</pre>
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