Tenured Associate Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon; Senior Researcher at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisbon); Coordinator of the Space and Aeronautics thematic line at LARSyS; Coordinator of the Minor in Space Sciences and Technologies at IST; Coordinator of the MBE on Space Systems for Tecnico+; Adjoint Faculty of the International Space University (ISU) global faculty, regularly collaborating with ISU in various academic activities; Conducted robotic experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) and participated in various analog space exploration missions.
Background
Research interests include Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, with a particular focus on human-robot interaction, mobile manipulation, biologically inspired cognitive architectures, and machine learning. His research is primarily driven by space robotics, including both orbital and planetary environments.
Miscellany
Personal website: http://wp.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/rventura; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-ventura/; Twitter: @RV_space_robots