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Cláudia Daniela Costa Rocha received an M.Sc. in Bioengineering, with a specialization in biomedical engineering, from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, in 2016. She joined the Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems at INESC TEC in 2016 as a researcher, participating in various projects. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. Her research interests comprise artificial intelligence, healthcare, robotics, and automation.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cláudia Daniela Costa Rocha
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Rocha, Cláudia
  • Cláudia Rocha
  • Rocha, C.
  • Cláudia D. Rocha
  • Rocha, C.D.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F015-7574-4B01
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7254-0346
AuthenticusID
R-00H-36F
Google Scholar ID
zTNelHAAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
57215857942

Email addresses

  • claudia.d.rocha@inesctec.pt (Professional)
  • rocha.claudia.dc@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Robotics and Automatic Control
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/09 - 2025
Ongoing
 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Vision-based AI Approach for the Real-Time Detection of Compensatory Movements during Upper Limb Rehabilitation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016
Concluded
 Bioengineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Biomedical Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Sistema de bancada laboratorial para tarefas repetitivas (Laboratory bench system for repetitive tasks)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
2010
Concluded
 Sciences and Technologies Course (Ensino secundário)
Escola Básica e Secundária de Vale de Ovil (EBS de Baião) , Portugal
 18/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/11/07 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/11/06 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current AI-Care4U: AI-based Robotic Solution Addressing Compensatory Patterns for Upper Limb Rehabilitation
R&D project funded by INESC TEC
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência
Ongoing
2022/06 - 2023/06/30 PAC - Portugal AutoCluster for the Future
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046095
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Concluded
2019 - 2022/05/31 COBOTIS: Human-robot interaction for collaborative robotics
PTDC/EME-EME/32595/2017 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032595)
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/11/01 - 2021 DM4Manufacturing: Aligning Manufacturing Decision Making with Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016418 (SAICTPAC/0034/2015)
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2020/09/30 PRODUTECH SIF - Solutions for the Industry of the Future
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024541
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Concluded
2020 - 2020 RADAR - Robô Autónomo para Desinfeção em Ambiente hospitalar
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Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2020 - 2020 PNEUMA - Sistema de ventilação com recurso a um balão auto-insuflável
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Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2017 - 2019 Collaborative Robotics for Assembly and Kitting in Smart Manufacturing
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/688807/EU
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/03 - Current PRR BE@T - Bioeconomia para Fileira Têxtil e Vestuário
1
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/05/24 - Current PRR BioShoes4All – Inovação e capacitação da fileira do calçado para a bioeconomia sustentável
11
Researcher
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current PRR Hi-rEV - Recuperação do Setor de Componentes Automóveis
64
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Ongoing
2020/12/01 - Current H2020 Mari4_Yard - User-centric solutions for a flexible and modular manufacturing in small and medium-sized shipyards
Grant agreement ID: 101006798
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society
Ongoing
2020/09/01 - 2023/06/30 iiLab - Ampliação da Infraestrutura Tecnológica do INESC TEC para a Transformação Digital da Indústria
NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000059
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2020/09 - 2023/06/30 VINCI 7D Functional Print (INESC TEC subcontracting to Rui Azevedo)
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-045102
Researcher
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2020 - 2022 RDH4COVID - Solução Robótica Autónoma com Reboque para a Desinfeção de Superfícies
INESCP-SERV-09/21
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Concluded
2016 - 2020 RDH - Robot de Distribuição Hospitalar
INESCP-SERV-15/16
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Trivalor SGPS SA
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Carlos M. Costa; Joana Dias; Rui Nascimento; Cláudia Rocha; Germano Veiga; Armando Sousa; Ulrike Thomas; Luís Rocha. "Inspection of Part Placement Within Containers Using Point Cloud Overlap Analysis for an Automotive Production Line". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-38241-3_76
  2. Romão Santos; Cláudia Rocha; Rui Dias; João Quintas. "Enhancing Smart Manufacturing Systems: A Digital Twin Approach Employing Simulation, Flexible Robots and Additive Manufacturing Technologies". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-68435-7_20
  3. João Braun; José Lima; Ana I. Pereira; Cláudia Rocha; Paulo Costa. "Searching the Optimal Parameters of a 3D Scanner Through Particle Swarm Optimization". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-91885-9_11
  4. Rocha, Cláudia. "Development of an Autonomous Mobile Towing Vehicle for Logistic Tasks". 669-681. 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-35990-4_54
Conference abstract
  1. Catarina Lopes; Joaquim Mendes; Adelio Vilaca; Cláudia Rocha. "Development of a knee positioning system for X-ray environment". Paper presented in 16.º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da U.Porto, Porto, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Sousa, Ricardo B.; Rocha, Cláudia D.; Martins, João G.; Pedro Costa, João; Padrão, João Tomás; Sarmento, José Maria; Carvalho, José Pedro; et al. Corresponding author: Sousa, Ricardo B.. "A Robotic Framework for the Robot@Factory 4.0 Competition". Paper presented in ICARSC 2024 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, Paredes de Coura, 2024.
    10.1109/icarsc61747.2024.10535935
  2. Nascimento, R; Ferreira, T; Rocha, C; Filipe, V; Silva, MF; Veiga, G; Rocha, L. "Quality Control of Casting Aluminum Parts: A Comparison of Deep Learning Models for Filings Detection". 2023.
    10.1109/icarsc58346.2023.10129634
  3. Braun, J.; Lima, J.; Pereira, A.I.; Rocha, C.; Costa, P.. "Three-dimensional scanning system based on a low-cost infrared sensor". 2021.
    10.1109/ETFA45728.2021.9613420
Journal article
  1. Romão Santos; Henrique Piqueiro; Rui Dias; Cláudia Rocha. "Transitioning trends into action: A simulation-based digital twin architecture for enhanced strategic and operational decision-making". Computers & Industrial Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2024.110616.
    10.1016/j.cie.2024.110616
  2. Catarina Lopes; Adelio Vilaca; Cláudia Rocha; Joaquim Mendes. "Knee positioning systems for X-ray environment: a literature review". Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13246-023-01221-y.
    10.1007/s13246-023-01221-y
  3. José Lima; Cláudia Rocha; Luísa Rocha; Paulo Costa. "Data Matrix Based Low Cost Autonomous Detection of Medicine Packages". Applied Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199866.
    10.3390/app12199866
  4. Ricardo B. Sousa; Claudia Rocha; Helio Sousa Mendonca; Antonio Paulo Moreira; Manuel F. Silva. "Gerber File Parsing for Conversion to Bitmap Image–The VINCI7D Case Study". IEEE Access (2022): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3187042.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3187042
  5. Lima, José; Luísa Rocha; Rocha, Cláudia; Costa, Paulo. Corresponding author: Lima, José. "Low-cost SARS-CoV-2 vaccine homogenization system for Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vials". IAES International Journal of Robotics and Automation (IJRA) 10 4 (2021): 340-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijra.v10i4.pp340-352.
    10.11591/ijra.v10i4.pp340-352
  6. Cláudia Rocha; Joana Dias; António Paulo Moreira; Germano Veiga; Pedro Costa. "A kinesthetic teaching approach for automating micropipetting repetitive tasks". The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-07925-3.
    10.1007/s00170-021-07925-3
Magazine article
  1. Manuel F. Silva; Cardeira, Carlos; Rocha, Cláudia; Lima, José; Marques, Lino. ""Uma breve revisão sobre a I&DT em robótica em Portugal"", Robótica, 2021
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Cláudia Daniela Costa Rocha. "Sistema de bancada laboratorial para tarefas repetitivas.". Master, 2016. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/84596.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/11/27 Internal Logistics (Mobile Robotics) FORUM PRODUTECH & Annual Conference PRODUTECH SIF
PRODUTECH (Porto, Portugal)
2015/05/29 Validate BPM Measurement Applications using Vital Jacket 2015I/O Extended Porto @FEUP

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01 - 2024/07/24 Análise cinemática na reabilitação do membro superior assistida por robô após acidente vascular cerebral (Kinematic Analysis in Robot-Assisted Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke)
Co-supervisor of Ricardo Manuel Santos Sousa
 Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/07/09 Sensorization Module for Diagnostic Instruments
Co-supervisor of Luisa Dias Martins
 Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/07 Técnicas de avaliação da fadiga muscular na reabilitação física do membro superior (Muscle fatigue assessment techniques in physical rehabilitation of the upper limb)
Co-supervisor of Soraia Daniela Taborda Moreira
 Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/11/07 - 2024/07 Human pose estimation vision-based method for upper limb rehabilitation
Co-supervisor of Francisco José Preto Pires
 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/11 - 2024/07 Human-Robotic manipulator's electromechanical interface
Co-supervisor of Miguel Pedro Reis Ramos Rocha e Silva
 Electrical and Computer Engineering - Autonomous Systems (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/10 - 2024/07 Gamification in upper limb stroke rehabilitation
Co-supervisor of Jaime de Azevedo Silva
 Master in Network and Information Systems Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/07 Development of an intelligent robotic learning system for physiotherapy treatments
Co-supervisor of Inês Pascoal Nogueira
 Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/09/15 - 2022/10 Development of a Positioning System for X-Ray Environment
Co-supervisor of Catarina Oliveira Lopes
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/09/15 - 2022 Serious games for hand and wrist rehabilitation
Co-supervisor of Jacinta Dias Ferreira
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Co-organisor of the "Freebots Junior" competition at the 20th Portuguese Robotics Open, which took place online, Portugal, from April 28th to May 2nd, 2021. (2021 - 2021)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/04 Portuguese Robotics Open (2019/04/24 - 2019/04/28)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/04 19th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC'2019) (2019/04/24 - 2019/04/26)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/03/19 - 2024/03/21 "Robôs na terra, robôs no mar" @FEUP and "Robótica: da investigação à indústria e agro-floresta"@INESC TEC sessions - presentation to high school students about FEUP academic life, research interests, extracurricular activities, future career prospects, and the demonstration of robotic competition and industrial solutions.
Exhibition
 Semana Profissão Engenheiro 2024
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/03/28 - 2023/03/30 "Robôs na terra, robôs no mar" @FEUP and "Robótica: da investigação à indústria e agro-floresta"@INESC TEC sessions - presentation to high school students about FEUP academic life, research interests, extracurricular activities, future career prospects, and the demonstration of robotic competition and industrial solutions.
Exhibition
 Semana Profissão Engenheiro 2023
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/03/30 - 2022/04/01 "Robôs na terra, robôs no mar" @FEUP and "Robótica: da investigação à indústria e agro-floresta"@INESC TEC sessions - presentation to high school students about FEUP academic life, research interests, extracurricular activities, future career prospects, and the demonstration of robotic competition and industrial solutions.
Exhibition
 Semana Profissão Engenheiro 2022
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/12/01 - 2021/12/04 Participation in the International fair of machines, equipment, and services for the industry (EMAF'21) as a stand member
Exhibition
 International fair of machines, equipment, and services for the industry (EMAF)
Associação Empresarial de Portugal, Portugal
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/08 Participation in the 16th COTEC Innovation Summit as a stand member
Exhibition
 16th COTEC Innovation Summit
2018/11/21 - 2018/11/24 Participation in the International fair of machines, equipment, and services for the industry as a stand member (EMAF'18)
Exhibition
 International fair of machines, equipment, and services for the industry (EMAF)
Associação Empresarial de Portugal, Portugal
2018/03/20 - 2018/03/23 Participation in the Portugal eHealth Summit 2018 as a stand member
Exhibition
 Portugal eHealth Summit 2018
SPMS Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde EPE, Portugal
2017/04/24 - 2017/04/28 Participation in the Hannover Messe 2017 as a stand member
Exhibition
 HANNOVER MESSE 2017
Deutsche Messe AG, Germany
2016/11/23 - 2016/11/26 Participation in the International fair of machines, equipment, and services for the industry (EMAF'16) as a stand member
Exhibition
 International fair of machines, equipment, and services for the industry (EMAF)
Associação Empresarial de Portugal, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current SPR - Portuguese Robotics Society Member number 225 of SPR - Portuguese Robotics Society
2018/06 - Current 5DPO MSL Robot Soccer Team Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/05/28 - 2025 Vice president of the directive committee of SPR - Portuguese Robotics Society
President / Vice-president
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Member of the International Program Committee and reviewer of the "ICARSC2024 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions", to be held in Paredes de Coura, Portugal, May 2nd and 3rd 2024.
Member
2023 - 2023 Member of the International Program Committee and reviewer of the "ICARSC2023 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions", held in Tomar, Portugal, April 26th and 27th 2023.
Member
2023 - 2023 Subreviewer of the "Robot2023 Sixth Iberian Robotics Conference", held in Coimbra, Portugal, November 22nd and 24th 2023.
2021 - 2021 Treasurer of the 21st IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC'2021)
Other
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Treasurer of the directive committee of SPR - Portuguese Robotics Society from 2019 to 2021
Other
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 1st and 2nd places in the competition Robot at Factory 4.0 - Festival de Robótica 2023
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2022 1st place in the Robot@Factory4.0 competition - Festival Nacional de Robótica 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2020 SPR Award for Innovation and Technology Transfer in Robotics - RADAR project
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2019 2nd Place Freebots competition - Festival Nacional de Robótica 2019
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal