About me

I'm Warley Ribeiro, born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

I'm a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and graduated under the supervision of Professor Kazuya Yoshida, head of the Space Robotics Laboratory at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. My research focus is on robotic mobility in microgravity environments, such as space stations or small celestial bodies (asteroids, comets). More specifically, motion planning and control of climbing-legged robots to mitigate flotation risk in microgravity. If you want to know more about my research, please check my Research Projects and Publications pages.

Last update: 2023-Oct-20

Ph.D. - Aerospace Engineering

Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)

• Thesis: Reaction-Aware Robotic Locomotion in Microgravity

• Supervisor: Prof. Kazuya Yoshida

Master - Aerospace Engineering

Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)

• Thesis: Motion Control and Stability Analysis of a Free-Climbing Robot for Exploration under Microgravity

• Supervisor: Prof. Kazuya Yoshida

Bachelor - Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics)

PUC Minas (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

• Thesis: Scale-Down Hybrid Vehicle - Voltage Control of a Generator

• Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Rogerio Jorge Amorim

Visiting PhD Student - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)

University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

• Research: Experimental Verification of Continuous and Dynamic Robotic Locomotion on a Surface under Microgravity

• Supervisor: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez

Research Student - Aerospace Engineering

Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)

• Research: Legged Robot Mobility for Exploration under Microgravity

• Supervisor: Prof. Kazuya Yoshida

Exchange Student - Aerospace Engineering

Tohoku University

• Research: Ground-Gripping Robot for Asteroid Exploration

• Supervisor: Prof. Kazuya Yoshida

Teaching Assitant

Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)

• Subject: Creative Engineering Training (創造工学研修)

• Attributions: Assist and supervise students during robotics hands-on activities

Mechanical Engineering Internship

Caixa Economica Federal  - GILOG/BH (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

• Subject: Mechanical Engineering

• Attributions: Analyze maintenance contracts and technical reports of air-conditioner equipment

Teaching Assitant

PUC Minas (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

• Subject:  Embedded Systems

• Attributions: Assist students with embedded systems and microcontroller programming

Teaching Assitant

PUC Minas (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

• Subject:  Calculus

• Attributions: Assist students and teachers during and after theoretical classes

2023: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

2023: IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integrations (SII)

• CLAWAR 2023 Industrial Robot Award for Practical Innovation Highly Commended Paper Award (2023)

• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Joint Chapter Young Award (ICRA2023) (2023)

• ICRA 2023 Outstanding  Locomotion Paper Finalist (2023)

• CLAWAR 2021 Industrial Robot Award for Practical Innovation Highly Commended Paper Award (2021)

• CLAWAR 2020 Local Organizing Committee Third Prize Award (2020)

• PUC Minas Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Student (2016)

• GP-Mech Scholarship (Tohoku University) recipient (2019-2023)

• MEXT Scholarship (Japanese government) recipient (2017-2022)

• Science Without Borders Scholarship (Brazilian government) recipient (2014-2015)

• ProUni Scholarship (Brazilian government) recipient (2011-2016)

• Space Robotics: Dynamic modeling, mobility, motion planning and control in microgravity

• Multi-Legged Robots: Dynamic modeling, static/dynamic equilibrium, gait planning, trajectory generation and numerical simulations

• Hardware: Microcontrollers, Sensors and System Integration

• AI: Basic knowledge of Machine Learning techniques

• Git (version control tools): Advanced

• MATLAB: Advanced

• C/C++: Intermediary

• Python: Intermediary

• ROS: Basic

• Portuguese: Native

• English: Fluent

• Japanese: Fluent

• French: Basic (A1)