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Robotics Researcher | Autonomous Mobile Robots | Research to Industrial Deployment

Robotics researcher who takes Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms and navigation stacks for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) from the research prototype stage to the factory floor. Creator of the RicoSLAM framework (https://github.com/INESCTEC/ricoslam). Deployment of SLAM algorithms and autonomous navigation stacks on-site at 5+ companies and several industrial sites. Built research mobile robotic platforms and contributed to the IILABS 3D — iilab Indoor LiDAR-based SLAM dataset (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3643753). Author of 16 peer-reviewed publications (5 journal, 11 conference), including a Best Paper Award.

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Ricardo Barbosa Sousa

Robotics Researcher at CRIIS - Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems from INESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computers Engineering (ECE) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP), 4200-465 Porto, Portugal