SANDRO AUGUSTO COSTA MAGALHÃES (3F11-D058-571D)

Curriculum Vitae

SANDRO AUGUSTO COSTA MAGALHÃES

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)	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/09/03 - Current	Auxiliary 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: Fotónica Inteligente para Fenotipagem de Culturas Agro-Alimentares 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 67 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
2022/01/16 - 2026/01/15	OmicBots: Plataforma Integrativa Robotica de Ómicas para uma Viticultura de Precisão baseada numa Nova Geração de Viticultura de Precisão PTDC/ASP-HOR/1338/2021 10.54499/PTDC/ASP-HOR/1338/2021 Researcher Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 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	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	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 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 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 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 Sandro Augusto Magalhães. "PixelCropRobot, a cartesian multitask platform for microfarms automation". 2021. 10.1109/iria53009.2021.9588786 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 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 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 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 Magalhaes, Sandro A.; Paulo Moreira, Antonio; Costa, Paulo; Magalhães, SC; Moreira, AP; Costa, P; Magalhaes, Sandro. A.; Moreira, Antonio Paulo. "Omnidirectional robot modeling and simulation". Paper presented in ICARSC2020, 2020. Published • 10.1109/icarsc49921.2020.9096069 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 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 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	Vítor Tinoco; Manuel F. Silva; Filipe N. Santos; Raul Morais; Sandro A. Magalhães; Paulo Moura Oliveira; Tinoco, Vítor; et al. Corresponding author: Tinoco, Vítor. "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. Accepted • 10.1007/s40435-024-01533-1 Silva, F.M.; Queirós, C.; Pereira, M.; Pinho, T.; Barroso, T.; Magalhães, S.; Boaventura, J.; et al. Corresponding author: Martins, R.C.. "Precision Fertilization: A critical review analysis on sensing technologies for nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium quantification". Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 224 (2024): 109220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2024.109220. 10.1016/j.compag.2024.109220 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Magalhaes, Sandro A.; Castro, Luis; Moreira, Germano; dos Santos, Filipe N.; Cunha, Mario; Dias, Jorge; Moreira, Antonio P.; et al. "Evaluating the Single-Shot MultiBox Detector and YOLO Deep Learning Models for the Detection of Tomatoes in a Greenhouse". ArXiv 21 10 (2021): 3569-3569. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/57590229/. Published • 10.3390/s21103569
Thesis / Dissertation	"Harvesting with active perception for open-field agricultural robotics". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/164438. 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

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
2026/02/01 - Current	Digital Twin de árvores de fruto para mapeamento e colheita robotizada Supervisor	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2026/02/01 - Current	Sistema Robótico para Colheita Robotizada de Frutos Co-supervisor	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02/01 - 2025/09/18	Projecto de um Manipulador SCARA guiado por cabos Supervisor	Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Degree) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
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

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2021/02 - 2021/10	Computer Vision	Germano Filipe da Silva Moreira

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