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Sandro Augusto Costa Magalhães, PhD born at Porto, Portugal in 1995. In 2018, he graduated and got his master's degree in Electrical and Computers Engineering - Automation from the University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering (FEUP). His MSc dissertation was entitled Trajectory Control for an Omnidirectional Robot, in the scope of the robot soccer team 5DPO from FEUP/INESC TEC. In 2024, he got a PhD in Electrical and computer engineering from FEUP, with his PhD thesis entitled Harvesting with Active Perception for Open-field Agricultural Robotics, funded by FCT through the PhD scholarships program. During his PhD studies, Sandro Magalhães had an ERASMUS+ internship at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in the laboratory of cognition robotics, researching topics for the optimisation of AI algorithms using FPGAs. He has been a researcher at INESC TEC since 2018 at the TRIBE Lab - Laboratory of Robotics and IoT for Precision Agriculture and Forestry. His main research topics are focused on challenges related to the active perception of fruit and other plant organs in open-field agricultural environments and manipulation strategies for agricultural operations. Sandro Magalhães, PhD is an Invited Adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering, Institute Polytechnique of Porto (ISEP - IPP), lecturing laboratory classes related to circuits theory topics. He has contributed to the literature with more than 30 scientific papers and 1 patent. Sandro’s most significant contributions has been the study of visual strategies to identify and operate fruits and other agricultural objects under open-field environments, using active perception strategies for robotics manipulation and robotics vision and control.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
SANDRO AUGUSTO COSTA MAGALHÃES

Citation names

  • Magalhães, Sandro
  • Sandro Augusto Magalhães
  • Sandro Costa Magalhães

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3F11-D058-571D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3095-197X
AuthenticusID
R-00H-S5T
Google Scholar ID
9_xVRdwAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id
57209683386

Email addresses

  • sandro.a.magalhaes@inesctec.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • samagalhaes.github.io (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Robotics and Automatic Control
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Automation and Control Systems
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02/01 - 2024/11/26
Concluded
 Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Major in Robotics
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Harvesting with active perception for open-field agricultural robotics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2013/09/10 - 2018/07/30
Concluded
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Mestrado)
Major in Automation - Robotics and Systems
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Controlo das trajetórias de um robô móvel de alto desempenho" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2021/06/26 - 2021/10/03 Visiting Researcher (Research) Nottingham Trent University School of Science and Technology, United Kingdom
Nottingham Trent University School of Science and Technology, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/02/24 - Current Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2022/02/18 - 2025/02/24 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2018/03/01 - 2018/06/30 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/10/03 - 2017/04/03 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/02/01 - 2024/01/31 Grasping and manipulation with active perception for open field agricultural robotics
SFRH/BD/147117/2019
10.54499/SFRH/BD/147117/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/10/03 - Current PhenoBot
PRR-C05-i03-I-000134-LA8.3
PRR-C05-i03-I-000134-LA8.4
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Ministério da Agricultura do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas
Ongoing
2021/01/02 - Current SPIN - Solução de Pulverização de Precisão Inteligente
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046997
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/12/01 - Current SMARTCUT
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-048183
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/12/01 - Current Vine and Wine Portugal - Driving Sustainable Growth Through Smart Innovation
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PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/03/01 - Current INCAFO
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-068922
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/03/01 - 2024/09/30 ROBOCARE
INESCP-SERV-22/20
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 SCORPION
101004085
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Industrial Leadership
Concluded
2019/02/20 - 2020/01/31 SMART FERTILIZERS
01/SI/2018
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09/03 - 2020/01/31 MetBots - Robots para metabolómica utilizando inteligência artificial com autoaprendizagem em agricultura de precisão
02/SAICT/2017
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Tosin, Renan; Filipe Monteiro-Silva; Reis-Pereira, Mafalda; Testa, Valeria; Pedro Jorge; Miguel Ferreira; Filipe Santos; et al. "Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for monitoring Vitis-vinifera nutritional uptake and grape maturity evaluation". Paper presented in 11th Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy 2021, Gijón, 2021.
Conference paper
  1. Sandro Magalhães; António Moreira; Filipe Santos; Jorge Dias. "BVE + EKF: A Viewpoint Estimator for the Estimation of the Object's Position in the 3D Task Space Using Extended Kalman Filters". 2024.
    10.5220/0012945800003822
  2. Germano Moreira; Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Mário Cunha. "Automated Infield Grapevine Inflorescence Segmentation Based on Deep Learning Models". 2023.
    10.3390/IECAG2023-15387
  3. Tinoco, V; Silva, MF; Santos, FN; Magalhaes, S; Morais, R. "Design and Control Architecture of a Triple 3 DoF SCARA Manipulator for Tomato Harvesting". 2023.
    10.1109/icarsc58346.2023.10129554
  4. Oliveira, F; Tinoco, V; Magalhaes, S; Santos, FN; Silva, MF. "End-Effectors for Harvesting Manipulators - State Of The Art Review". 2022.
    10.1109/icarsc55462.2022.9784809
  5. Sandro Augusto Magalhães. "PixelCropRobot, a cartesian multitask platform for microfarms automation". 2021.
    10.1109/iria53009.2021.9588786
  6. Tiago Cerveira Padilha; Germano Moreira; Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Mário Cunha; Miguel Oliveira. "Tomato Detection Using Deep Learning for Robotics Application". Paper presented in 21st EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Online, 2021.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-86230-5_3
  7. Tinoco, Vitor; Silva, Manuel F.; Santos, Filipe N.; Rocha, Luis F.; Magalhaes, Sandro; Santos, Luis C.. "A Review of Pruning and Harvesting Manipulators". Paper presented in International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Santa Maria da Feira, 2021.
    Published • 10.1109/icarsc52212.2021.9429806
  8. Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Moreira, AP; dos Santos, FN; Dias, J; Santos, L. "Cost-Effective 4DoF Manipulator for General Applications". Paper presented in Intelligent Systems and Applications (IntelliSys 2021), 2021.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-82199-9_15
  9. Santos, Luis C.; Santos, Filipe N.; Solteiro Pires, E. J.; Valente, Antonio; Costa, Pedro; Magalhaes, Sandro. "Path Planning for ground robots in agriculture: a short review". Paper presented in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Ponta Delgada, 2020.
    Published • 10.1109/icarsc49921.2020.9096177
  10. Magalhaes, Sandro A.; Paulo Moreira, Antonio; Costa, Paulo. "Omnidirectional robot modeling and simulation". Paper presented in ICARSC2020, 2020.
    Published • 10.1109/icarsc49921.2020.9096069
  11. Sandro Augusto Magalhães (3F11-D058-571D); Neves dos Santos, Filipe; Rui Costa Martins; LUIS F. ROCHA; José Brito. "Path planning algorithms benchmarking for grapevines pruning and monitoring". Paper presented in 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vila Real, 2019.
    Accepted • 10.1007/978-3-030-30244-3_25
  12. Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Martins RC; Jorge, P; Barroso, T.; Filipe Neves dos Santos. "Metbots: Metabolomics Robots for Precision Viticulture". Paper presented in 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vila Real, 2019.
    In press • 10.1007/978-3-030-30241-2_14
  13. Santos, Luis; Santos, Filipe N.; Magalhaes, Sandro; Costa, Pedro; Reis, Ricardo; Santos, L.; Santos, F.N.; et al. "Path Planning approach with the extraction of Topological Maps from Occupancy Grid Maps in steep slope vineyards". Paper presented in International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, Porto, 2019.
    In press • 10.1109/icarsc.2019.8733630
Journal article
  1. Vítor Tinoco; Manuel F. Silva; Filipe N. Santos; Raul Morais; Sandro A. Magalhães; Paulo Moura Oliveira. "A review of advanced controller methodologies for robotic manipulators". International Journal of Dynamics and Control (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s40435-024-01533-1.
    10.1007/s40435-024-01533-1
  2. Tinoco, Vítor; Manuel F. Silva; Filipe N. Santos; Raul Morais; Sandro A. Magalhães; Paulo Moura Oliveira. Corresponding author: Tinoco, Vítor. "A Review of Advanced Controller Methodologies for Robotic Manipulators". International Journal of Dynamics and Control (2024):
    Accepted
  3. Sandro Augusto Costa Magalhães; Filipe Neves dos Santos; António Paulo Moreira; Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias. "MonoVisual3DFilter: 3D tomatoes’ localisation with monocular cameras using histogram filters". Robotica (2024): https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574724000936.
    10.1017/S0263574724000936
  4. Miguel Nakajima Marques; Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Filipe Neves Dos Santos; Hélio Sousa Mendonça. "Tethered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—A Systematic Review". Robotics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics12040117.
    10.3390/robotics12040117
  5. Isabel Pinheiro; Germano Moreira; Daniel Queirós da Silva; Sandro Magalhães; António Valente; Paulo Moura Oliveira; Mário Cunha; Filipe Santos. "Deep Learning YOLO-Based Solution for Grape Bunch Detection and Assessment of Biophysical Lesions". Agronomy (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041120.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/agronomy13041120
  6. Leandro Rodrigues; Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Daniel Queirós da Silva; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Mário Cunha. "Computer Vision and Deep Learning as Tools for Leveraging Dynamic Phenological Classification in Vegetable Crops". Agronomy (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13020463.
    10.3390/agronomy13020463
  7. Sandro Costa Magalhães; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Pedro Machado; António Paulo Moreira; Jorge Dias. "Benchmarking edge computing devices for grape bunches and trunks detection using accelerated object detection single shot multibox deep learning models". Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 117 105604 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2022.105604.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.engappai.2022.105604
  8. Sandro Costa Magalhães; Luís Castro; Leandro Rodrigues; Tiago Cerveira Padilha; Frederico De Carvalho; Filipe Neves Dos Santos; Tatiana Pinho; et al. "Toward grapevine digital ampelometry through vision deep learning models". IEEE Sensors Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2023.3261544.
    10.1109/JSEN.2023.3261544
  9. Sandro Augusto Magalhães; António Paulo Moreira; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Jorge Dias. "Active Perception Fruit Harvesting Robots - A Systematic Review". Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 105 14 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-022-01595-3.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10846-022-01595-3
  10. Germano Moreira; Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Tatiana Pinho; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Mário Cunha. "Benchmark of Deep Learning and a Proposed HSV Colour Space Models for the Detection and Classification of Greenhouse Tomato". Agronomy 12 2 (2022): 356-356. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020356.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/agronomy12020356
  11. Tinoco, V; Silva, MF; Santos, FN; Valente, A; Rocha, LF; Magalhaes, SA; Santos, LC. "An overview of pruning and harvesting manipulators". INDUSTRIAL ROBOT-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH AND APPLICATION (2022):
    10.1108/ir-07-2021-0139
  12. Magalhães, SC; Moreira, AP; Costa, P. "Omnidirectional robot modeling and simulation". CoRR (2022):
  13. Magalhaes, Sandro. A.; Moreira, Antonio Paulo; Costa, Paulo. "Omnidirectional robot modeling and simulation". ArXiv (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/57590227/.
  14. André Silva Aguiar; Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Luis Castro; Tatiana Pinho; João Valente; Rui Martins; José Boaventura-Cunha. "Grape Bunch Detection at Different Growth Stages Using Deep Learning Quantized Models". Agronomy 11 9 (2021): 1890-1890. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11091890.
    Open access • 10.3390/agronomy11091890
  15. Sandro A. Magalhães; Luís Castro; Germano Moreira; Filipe N. Santos; mário Cunha; Jorge Dias; António P. Moreira. "Evaluating the Single-Shot MultiBox Detector and YOLO Deep Learning Models for the Detection of Tomatoes in a Greenhouse". arXiv (2021): https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1140866747.
    10.48550/arxiv.2109.00810
  16. Sandro Augusto Magalhães; Luís Castro; Germano Moreira; Filipe Neves dos Santos; Mário Cunha; Jorge Dias; António Paulo Moreira. "Evaluating the Single-Shot MultiBox Detector and YOLO Deep Learning Models for the Detection of Tomatoes in a Greenhouse". Sensors 21 10 (2021): 3569-3569. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21103569.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/s21103569
  17. Magalhaes, Sandro A.; Castro, Luis; Moreira, Germano; dos Santos, Filipe N.; Cunha, Mario; Dias, Jorge; Moreira, Antonio P.. "Evaluating the Single-Shot MultiBox Detector and YOLO Deep Learning Models for the Detection of Tomatoes in a Greenhouse". ArXiv (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/57590229/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Harvesting with active perception for open-field agricultural robotics". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/164438.
  2. Sandro Augusto Costa Magalhães. "Controlo das trajetórias de um robô móvel de alto desempenho". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/113380.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Martins, Rui Costa; Neves dos Santos, Filipe; Cunha, Mario; Filipe Monteiro-Silva; Tosin, Renan; MAGALHÃES, SANDRO; Mafalda Reis Pereira. 2023. "Method and device for non-invasive tomographic characterisation of a sample comprising a plurality of differentiated tissues".
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/21 BVE + EKF: A Viewpoint Estimator for the Estimation of the Object's Position in the 3D Task Space Using Extended Kalman Filters 21st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO)
INSTICC (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/02 - 2023/09/14 Development and Validation of an Agricultural and Forestry Dataset: TRIBE AGROSet
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/09/14 Real-time classification of bunches of grapes using FPGA
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 Geração de novos dados com Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Development of a RP2040 driver for a low-cost LiDAR and an Android application to map the environment
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/10/14 - 2024/10/18 Participation at the IROS 2024, Abu Dhabi, exposition fair
Conference
 IROS 2024
2023/10 - 2023/10 Demo of the Laboratory prototypes and solutions
Workshop
 Sinergy Day
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2023/06 - 2023/06 Apresentação de resultados de projecto
Other
 Dia de Campo INCAFO
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/10/07 User management and assignement mechanism using clustering algorithms
Thesis Member
 TELMO ALEXANDRE MORAIS SILVA (Other)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2022 Best Paper Award 2022: Benchmark of Deep Learning and a Proposed HSV Colour Space Models for the Detection and Classification of Greenhouse Tomato
MDPI AG, Switzerland
2022 Editor Choice 2022: Benchmark of Deep Learning and a Proposed HSV Colour Space Models for the Detection and Classification of Greenhouse Tomato
MDPI AG, Switzerland
2021 Editor choice 2021: Evaluating the Single-Shot MultiBox Detector and YOLO Deep Learning Models for the Detection of Tomatoes in a Greenhouse
MDPI AG, Switzerland