Biography

Dr. Mário Sarcinelli Filho is a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Espírito Santo - UFES, where he is involved in undergraduate and graduate education. He graduated as an Electrical Engineer from UFES in the second semester of 1978 and subsequently earned his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - COPPE/UFRJ in 1983 and 1990, respectively.

He is actively engaged in the Undergraduate and Graduate Electrical Engineering programs. His current research focus in the latter is Robotics, Control, and Automation, having previously worked in Biomedical Engineering and Signal Processing research lines. He has supervised 28 Master's and 22 Ph.D. students.

He is a research productivity fellow of CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), level 1-C, qualified to supervise Master's and Ph.D. students. He also leads research groups in Robotics and Assistive Technology and Signal Processing at UFES, both registered in the CNPq Research Groups Directory.

He has co-authored over 440 articles published nationally and internationally, including more than 70 journal articles and over 370 peer-reviewed conference papers. His publications have garnered significant citations: 1992 citations in Web of Science with an h-index of 24, 2896 in SCOPUS with an h-index of 30, and 4767 citations in Google Scholar with an h-index of 35.

In addition to numerous journal and conference papers, he authored two books published in 2023: "Control of Ground and Aerial Robots" by Springer and "Controle de Sistemas Multirrobôs" by Editora Blucher. He has also co-authored 17 book chapters published by national and international publishers.

His contributions extend to organizing technical committees, including serving as technical coordinator for the IX Brazilian Congress of Automatic Control - CBA92 and general coordinator for the XXI Brazilian Congress of Automatic Control - CBA2016, both held at UFES. He has also been involved in various international program committees, notably as Program Co-Chair for the 2019 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems - ICUAS19.

He has been a member of the Brazilian Society of Automation (SBA) since 1984 and is now a lifetime member. Since January 2017, he has served as Senior Editor for the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, published by Springer, and currently serves on the Board of Governors for that journal.

His research interests span a wide range of topics, including digital filters, limit cycles, digital signal processing, brain-computer interfaces, human-machine interfaces, image processing, computer vision, mobile robotics, control of mobile robots, control of multiple mobile robots, cooperative mobile robots, aerial robotics (unmanned aerial vehicles - UAVs), and control of UAV formations. Recently, his research has focused on autonomous navigation of UAVs, cargo transportation using UAVs, cooperation among multiple UAVs, collaboration between UAVs and UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles), and multi-articulated robotic vehicles.