People of ISR – Hugo Simão

Hugo Simão was a Master student in Product Design at the Architecture Faculty of Lisbon University, when he first started cooperating with ISR-Lisboa. The door for this collaboration first opened because of the work Hugo was developing for his Master thesis, undergone through a partnership between his main faculty and the University of Lisbon Faculty […]

ACTICIPATE studies humans to design robots

ACTICIPATE is a project by Mirko Rakovic & José Santos-Victor inserted in the H2020 and Marie Curie programs, that’s intended to last 15 months, from June 2017 until August of 2018. Focusing on tasks that require motion, the research is based on examining nonverbal communication, specifically handshakes and other movements of the arms, as well […]