Frederico Fernandes Afonso Silva

Frederico Fernandes Afonso Silva is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, working on the Reconfigurable Robots for Inhospitable Environments (REINE) project, funded through UKRI Horizon Europe. His research focuses on robot dynamics and dual quaternion algebra, with applications in nuclear decommissioning and modular robotics.

Education:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering (2017–2022), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)
• MSc in Electrical Engineering (2015–2017), UFMG
• BSc in Control and Automation Engineering (2009–2015), UFMG

Research Interests: Robotics dynamics, dual quaternion algebra, modular robotics systems, control strategies for mobile manipulators, and nuclear robotics applications.

Recent Research Trends: His work emphasizes dual quaternion-based approaches for modeling and control, particularly in mobile manipulators and reconfigurable systems. Key areas include real-time motion planning, dynamic modeling of branched robots, and feedback linearization techniques.

Awards:

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023)

Advising/Grants: Postdoctoral research at UFMG (2022–2023) and Technische Universität München (2023). Current funding via REINE project under UKRI Horizon Europe guarantee (EP/Y024508/1).

Labs/Teams: Involved in the REINE project team at the University of Manchester, focusing on modular self-reconfigurable robotics for harsh environments.