{"id":5321,"date":"2025-10-07T11:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/?page_id=5321"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:24:13","slug":"balao-joao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/people\/balao-joao\/","title":{"rendered":"Joao Balao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-244465 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-77118 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-524113\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-403387 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-726371 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-217546 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jbalao_photo_small.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-195268 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 1.25em; font-style: inherit;\">Robotics Researcher<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Robotics &#038; Autonomous Systems,<br \/>Royal Military Academy<\/p>\n<h4>Address<\/h4>\n<p>Avenue De La Renaissance 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n<h4>Contact Information<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Call<\/strong>: &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:Joao.Balao@mil.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joao.Balao@mil.be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-484083 kc_col-sm-7 kc_column kc_col-sm-7\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-120861 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Software engineer with nearly four years of experience in developing drone-embedded software, remote control applications, and<br \/>live-stream processing. Proven track record of contributing to DevOps teams of 6-8 members within a startup that evolved into a national leader in its sector.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">I aim to stay at the forefront of industry standards, continuously enhance my skills, and grow alongside a team that values innovation and excellence.<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-536841 kc_col-sm-1 kc_column kc_col-sm-1\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-604715 kc-raw-code\"><script src=\"https:\/\/kit.fontawesome.com\/5feed4ac07.js\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.rawgit.com\/jpswalsh\/academicons\/master\/css\/academicons.min.css\">\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 36px; color: Dodgerblue;\">\r\n<center>\r\n<a href=\"mailto:Joao.Balao@mil.be\"> <i class=\"fas fa-envelope fas-3x\"><\/i><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pt.linkedin.com\/in\/joao-balao\"> <i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<\/center>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 36px; color: Dodgerblue;\">\r\n<center>\r\n\r\n<\/center>\r\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-362697 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-546382 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-792778\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-978165 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-583677 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-27574 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Publications<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-230007 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"papercite\">2022<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"papercite_bibliography\">\n<li>    J. Balao, A. Dehban, P. Moreno, and J. Santos-Victor, &#8220;Benchmarking shape completion methods for robotic grasping.\"  2022, pp. 223-230.    <br \/>   <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"papercite_0\" class=\"papercite_toggle\">[BibTeX]<\/a>            <a href='http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1109\/ICDL53763.2022.9962226' class='papercite_doi' title='View on publisher site'>[DOI]<\/a>\n<div class=\"papercite_bibtex\" id=\"papercite_0_block\">\n<pre><code class=\"tex bibtex\">@inproceedings{inproceedings,\nauthor = {Balao, Joao and Dehban, Atabak and Moreno, Plinio and Santos-Victor, Jos\u00e9},\nyear = {2022},\nmonth = {09},\npages = {223-230},\ntitle = {Benchmarking shape completion methods for robotic grasping},\ndoi = {10.1109\/ICDL53763.2022.9962226}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-129455 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-676807 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-936429\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250,"parent":3120,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5321","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5321"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5336,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5321\/revisions\/5336"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}