He graduated in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Mechatronics from the School of Engineering of São Carlos - University of São Paulo (EESC-USP) in 1993. He completed his master's and doctorate in Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the State University of Campinas (FEM -Unicamp), respectively in 1997 and 2000. He completed an internship at the Institute of Robotics at the Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zürich - ETHZ, Switzerland (1999-2000) and a Post-Doctorate at the Autonomous Systems Lab at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Switzerland (2005-2006). He worked at the Polytechnic Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (IPUC-PUC Minas) from 2001 to 2008 in the area of Mechatronics Engineering. He is currently Associate Professor 3 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering of São Carlos - University of São Paulo (SEM-EESC-USP), Leader of the Mobile Robotics Group at SEM-EESC-USP and Coordinator and Member of the Board of Directors of CRob-SC (São Carlos Robotics Center). Since 2021 he is Co-President of the ETH Alumni Chapter in São Paulo. At the moment he participates in research projects funded by CNPq, EMBRAPII and FAPESP, coordinating 3 of these projects. He works in the field of Mechatronic Engineering, with emphasis on Automation, Robotics, Mobile Robotics, Perception Systems and Mechatronic Systems Design.