{"id":5130,"date":"2025-03-06T08:38:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/?page_id=5130"},"modified":"2025-03-06T08:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:38:56","slug":"pedro-rocha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/people\/pedro-rocha\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Rocha"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Researcher<\/span><\/h4>\n

Robotics & Autonomous Systems,
Royal Military Academy<\/p>\n

Address<\/h4>\n

Avenue De La Renaissance 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/h4>\n

Call<\/strong>: –<\/p>\n

Email<\/strong>: pedro.sousadarocha@mil.be<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pedro is a robotics researcher at the Robotics & Autonomous Systems unit of the Department of Mechanics at the Belgian Royal Military Academy.<\/p>\n

He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Universidade do Porto<\/a> in 2021 and 2023, respectively. Pedro’s Master’s thesis focused on a platform-independent, multi-sensor topological mapping solution for autonomous offshore wind farm inspection.<\/p>\n

Throughout his Master’s, Pedro worked as a research assistant at the Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems of INESC-TEC<\/a>, specializing in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and obstacle avoidance in maritime environments.<\/p>\n

Before joining RMA, Pedro worked as a Robotics Software Engineer at Intermodalics<\/a>\u2014a vision and robotics software consultancy based in Belgium\u2014where he contributed to various vision-guided navigation projects.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Pedro joined the Belgian Royal Military Academy to contribute to the AIDEDeX project<\/a>, which focuses on developing autonomous navigation solutions for harsh terrains while mapping hidden threats such as IEDs, ultimately enhancing EU land force safety.<\/p>\n

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