Francisco Tavares Braz Mêda completed a Master’s Degree in Engineering Physics (2024, with an Academic Excellence Award) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics Engineering (2022) at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), with an Erasmus+ exchange at Politecnico di Milano. His research centers on magnetic sensing applied to robotics, developing tactile sensors for force characterization. His master’s thesis, “Skin-Inspired Magnetoresistive-based Tactile Sensor for Force Characterization in Distributed Areas,” was conducted at IST and INESC-MN under the supervision of Susana Cardoso. During his bachelor’s, he worked on “Advanced Sensors for Current Monitoring in the Next Generation of Power Devices” at INESC-MN. Francisco has presented at scientific conferences, including a talk at IEEE AIM 2025 and participation in Semana Empresarial e Tecnológica (SET) representing INESC-MN. He promoted CanSat at the Air Summit, moderated at the Encontro Nacional de Educação para os Media, and spoke at Microsoft’s Internet Segura event (2019). He received the CanSat 2019 award from ESERO. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. co-supervised by Prof. Susana Cardoso (IST & INESC-MN) and Prof. Lorenzo Jamone (UCL), focusing on advanced magnetic tactile sensors for robotic perception.