Felipe Martins

Felipe Martins is a Senior Lecturer-Researcher at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, active in both teaching and the Sensors and Smart Systems research group. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2009) and has a background in industrial automation engineering (1999-2003). His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through educational robotics and automation.

• PhD: Modeling and Dynamic Compensation of Mobile Robots (Federal University of Espirito Santo)
• MSc: Control of Induction Generators via Fuzzy Logic
• BSc: Microcontroller-based Motor Control

Research spans mobile robot control, educational robotics, autonomous navigation, and sensor networks. Recent publications focus on LiDAR data processing (2024), reinforcement learning for robotic applications (2022), and machine learning-driven localization (2023). He received Best Paper Awards at OL2A 2023 and WRE 2018.

As a part-time teacher at University of Groningen (since 2022) and visiting researcher at CeDRI (2023), he bridges academia and industry. His editorial roles include guest editorships at Automation (MDPI) and Sensors journals. He co-organized RoboCup Junior events (2013-2021) and developed open-source robotics education tools like RoSoS A free simulator (2016).