Theodoro Cardoso

Co-Founder

Brazil11 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a team to optimize robotic perception solutions.
Mentored WorldSkills competitors in mobile robotics.
Achieved multiple awards in robotics competitions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Robotics Engineer with expertise in autonomous systems and machine learning.

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Skills

Core Skills

RoboticsMachine LearningSoftware Development

Other Skills

ArduinoC (Programming Language)C++Computer VisionComputer-Aided Design (CAD)Control EngineeringElectronicsEmbedded SystemsEngineeringGazeboKinematicsLeadershipLinuxMATLABMicrocontrollers

About

I am passionate about building robots and autonomous systems. With a decade of software development experience for real-world robots using several technologies, I can effectively lead global teams to integrate frameworks and develop solutions for complex challenges like manipulation, path planning, perception, navigation and control.

Experience

Smartr ai

2 roles

Principal Robotics Engineer & Project Manager

Promoted

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Led a team of six brilliant Machine Learning Engineers to develop perception solutions for picking objects in densely cluttered scenes using a multi-modal grasping device attached to an industrial robot arm. Increased picks per minute by 328% by optimizing vision and path planning pipelines.

Machine LearningPerception SolutionsVision OptimizationPath PlanningRobotics

Robotics Engineer

Apr 2022 – Aug 2022 · 4 mos · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Designed and integrated the ROS stack with C++ and Python nodes for manipulation. Leveraged MoveIt to validate a novel end-effector that handles delicate objects varying in size and shape on FANUC and ABB robotic arms. Developed ROS packages for Gazebo simulation support, hardware interfacing, and integration with Machine Learning and Computer Vision modules using multiple depth cameras.

Robot Operating System (ROS)C++PythonMoveItGazeboMachine Learning+3

Skillshub

Founder and Robotics Expert

Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 · 5 yrs

Mentored over 15 WorldSkills mobile robotics competitors, worked on the development of 10 mobile robot projects, and led several experts during on-site international skill training.

Worldskills international

2 roles

Abu Dhabi Mobile Robotics Competitor

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr

Achieved the Excellence Medal for designing and programming a fully autonomous embedded omnidirectional mobile robot that relied on sensor fusion and computer vision to navigate an obstacle-filled course and identify, collect, and deliver randomly scattered billiard balls.

Brazil National Mobile Robotics Competitor

Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs

Earned the Gold Medal by manufacturing and bare-metal C programming from scratch the best omnidirectional mobile robot using microcontrollers to autonomously navigate and interact with a thermal machine based on RFID information.