He has experience in the fields of Robotics and Automation, with a focus on Human–Robot Interaction, Mobile Robotics, Sensing Systems, Image Processing, and Computer Vision.
EDUCATION
Eduardo Oliveira Freire holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1995), a master’s degree (1997) and a doctorate (2002) in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Espírito Santo, as well as a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Automation of the National University of San Juan.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Neuroscience
Worst-Case Pursuit-Evasion using random walk for multiply connected environment Daniel Augusto Santos Franco, Elyson Ádan Nunes Carvalho, José Gilmar Nunes De Carvalho Filho, Lucas Molina, Eduardo Oliveira Freire Proceedings 2023 Latin American Robotics Symposium 2023 Brazilian Symposium on Robotics and 2023 Workshop of Robotics in Education LARS Sbr Wre 2023, 2023
Specification of Robots for the Treatment of Autistic Children Thauanne Santana Fonseca Valença, Elyson Ádan Nunes Carvalho, Eduardo Oliveira Freire, Lucas Molina, José Gilmar Nunes de Carvalho Filho Proceedings 2023 Latin American Robotics Symposium 2023 Brazilian Symposium on Robotics and 2023 Workshop of Robotics in Education LARS Sbr Wre 2023, 2023
The polarized RRT-edge approach Alana Santana, Eduardo Oliveira Freire, Stephanie Kamarry, Elyson Adan Nunes Carvalho, Lucas Molina Proceedings 15th Latin American Robotics Symposium 6th Brazilian Robotics Symposium and 9th Workshop on Robotics in Education LARS Sbr Wre 2018, 2018
FRPSO: Inverse kinematics using fully resampled particle swarm optimization Jefferson de Lima Silveira Junior, Raphael Cardoso de Oliveira Jesus, Lucas Molina, Elyson Adan Nunes Carvalho, Eduardo Oliveira Freire Proceedings 15th Latin American Robotics Symposium 6th Brazilian Robotics Symposium and 9th Workshop on Robotics in Education LARS Sbr Wre 2018, 2018
RRT-Edge: A compact approach for path planning of mobile robots Alana de Santana Correia, Stephanie Kamarry, Lucas Molina, Elyson Adan Nunes Carvalho, Eduardo Oliveira Freire Proceedings 2017 LARS 14th Latin American Robotics Symposium and 2017 5th Sbr Brazilian Symposium on Robotics LARS Sbr 2017 Part of the Robotics Conference 2017, 2017
A Simple Visual Odometry Approach Based on Point Clouds Jefferson de L. Silveira, Eduardo O. Freire, Lucas Molina, Elyson A.N. Carvalho Proceedings 12th LARS Latin American Robotics Symposium and 3rd Sbr Brazilian Robotics Symposium LARS Sbr 2015 Part of the Robotics Conferences 2015, 2016
A control architecture for mobile robots using fusion of the output of distinct controllers IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control Proceedings, 2002
Teleoperation of a mobile robot through the internet Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2000
Prototyping a wheeled mobile robot embedding multiple sensors and agent-based control system Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2000
Neural network-based geometric references recognition applied to ultrasound echo signals Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2000
Agent-based ultrasonic sensing system for mobile robots Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 1997
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Trajectory tracking of a wmr using a neuro-adaptive mrac control with dynamic uncertainties J Uliarte, EO Freire, FU Vázquez, F Camargo, H Secchi, R Carelli, ... IEEE Access , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
A study on human behavior patterns in social navigation E Zavalla, H Secchi, E Freire, F Rossomando 2025 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 702-707 , 2025 2025
Changes in the Intermuscular Coherence of the Multifidus and Its Relationship with Fatigue and Low Back Pain: A Case Series GD Gerez, LA Cano, FE Escobar, E Freire, MS García, M Parajón Víscido Engineering Proceedings 81 (1), 23 , 2025 2025
Motor Reaction Assessment in Multimodal Immersive and Laboratory Settings: A Time-Based Comparison in Athletes LA Cano, R Morollón-Ruiz, MS García, GD Gerez, EO Freire, E Fernández, ... Congreso Argentino de Bioingeniería, 1708-1716 , 2025 2025
Execution of Musical Chords: Electrophysiological Characterization of Motor Planning CE Tagashira, FD Farfán, EO Freire, LP Acosta, GL Padilla, AL Albarracin Congreso Argentino de Bioingeniería, 1740-1747 , 2025 2025
Effects of Visual Cortical Stimulation on Functional Muscle Network Efficiency in a Blind Subject: a Pilot Study AL Albarracín, LA Cano, EO Freire, F Escobar, E Fernandez, FD Farfán Congreso Argentino de Bioingeniería, 1292-1300 , 2025 2025
MediaPipe Pose Estimation for Basic Human Movement Patterns Across Different Camera Views TSF Valença, TV Silva, LMDS Chaves, ME Da Silva-Grigoletto, ... 2025 9th International Symposium on Instrumentation Systems, Circuits and … , 2025 2025
Performance Assessment of Object Detection Models Trained with Synthetic Data: A Case Study on Electrical Equipment Detection (vol 24, 4219, 2024) DO Santos, J Montalvao, CAC Araujo, UDES Lebre, TV Ferreira, ... SENSORS 25 (15) , 2025 2025
Correction: Santos et al. Performance Assessment of Object Detection Models Trained with Synthetic Data: A Case Study on Electrical Equipment Detection. Sensors 2024, 24, 4219 DO Santos, J Montalvão, CAC Araujo, UDES Lebre, TV Ferreira, ... Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 25 (15), 4801 , 2025 2025
Assessing the Relationship Between Gesture Intuitiveness and Muscle Network Efficiency: A Comparison of NMF and Inter-Muscular Coherence Analysis Methods EO Freire, LA Cano, GD Gerez, MP Víscido, AL Albarracín, FD Farfán Engineering Proceedings 81 (1), 22 , 2025 2025
Monitoring ZnO surge arresters using convolutional neural networks and image processing techniques combined with signal alignment BVS Araujo, GA Rodrigues, JHP de Oliveira, GVR Xavier, ... Measurement 248, 116889 , 2025 2025 Citations: 5
Frontier Voronoi-based Algorithm to Expand Coverage and Connectivity in the Internet of Robotic Things WA Farias, RCS Freire, EÁN Carvalho, JGN Carvalho Filho, L Molina, ... 2025 Brazilian Conference on Robotics (CROS) 1, 1-6 , 2025 2025
An extension of the MB-RRT method to solve the inverse kinematics problem for real robot manipulators DO Santos, RCS Freire, EAN Carvalho, MC Santos, L Molina, ... 2025 Brazilian Conference on Robotics (CROS) 1, 1-6 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
A Quantitative Metric for Reproducibility in Human Robot Interaction Experiments BT Tavares, EO Freire, L Molina, JGN Carvalho, EAN Carvalho 2025 Brazilian Conference on Robotics (CROS) 1, 1-6 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Automated monitoring of insulation by ultraviolet imaging employing deep learning GA Rodrigues, BVS Araujo, JHP de Oliveira, GVR Xavier, ... Measurement 242, 116018 , 2025 2025 Citations: 5
Multimodal Immersive Environment for Evaluating Reaction Time and Decision-Making in Sport Situations: A Pilot Study on Time Analysis and Learning Effects L Cano, RM Ruiz, G Gerez, M García, E Freire, E Fernández-Jover, ... MDPI , 2024 2024
Changes in the intermuscular coherence of the multifidus and its relationship with fatigue and low back pain: a pilot study. G Gerez, L Cano, F Escobar, EO Freire, M Garcia, MP Víscido MDPI , 2024 2024
Assessing the Relationship between Gesture Intuitiveness and Muscle Network Efficiency: A Comparison of Non-Negative Matrix Factorization and Intermuscular Coherence Analysis … E Freire, L Cano, G Gerez, M Viscido, A Albarracín, F Farfan MDPI , 2024 2024
Symmetry-based Eye Detection in Facial Images Using Hough Transform for Circles T Valença, T Silva, E Freire, E Carvalho MDPI , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Voronoi-based approach to increase connectivity and coverage in randomly deployed wireless sensor networks WA Farias, RCS Freire, EÁN Carvalho, JGN Carvalho Filho, L Molina, ... 2024 8th International Symposium on Instrumentation Systems, Circuits and … , 2024 2024 Citations: 8
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Corridor navigation and wall-following stable control for sonar-based mobile robots R Carelli, EO Freire Robotics and Autonomous Systems 45 (3-4), 235-247 , 2003 2003 Citations: 195
A new mobile robot control approach via fusion of control signals E Freire, T Bastos-Filho, M Sarcinelli-Filho, R Carelli Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on 34 … , 2004 2004 Citations: 79
On the equalization of keystroke timing histograms JR Montalvão Filho, EO Freire Pattern Recognition Letters 27 (13), 1440-1446 , 2006 2006 Citations: 73
Stable AGV corridor navigation with fused vision-based control signals R Carelli, C Soria, O Nasisi, E Freire IEEE 2002 28th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society … , 2002 2002 Citations: 67
Contributions to empirical analysis of keystroke dynamics in passwords J Montalvão, EO Freire, MA Bezerra Jr, R Garcia Pattern Recognition Letters 52, 80-86 , 2015 2015 Citations: 35
Equalization of keystroke timing histograms for improved identification performance J Montalvao, CAS Almeida, EO Freire 2006 International telecommunications symposium, 560-565 , 2006 2006 Citations: 33
Self-tuning of a neuro-adaptive PID controller for a SCARA robot based on neural network EO Freire, FG Rossomando, CM Soria IEEE Latin America Transactions 16 (5), 1364-1374 , 2018 2018 Citations: 31
An algorithm inspired by the deterministic annealing approach to avoid local minima in artificial potential fields NSF Doria, EO Freire, JC Basilio 2013 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 1-6 , 2013 2013 Citations: 30
M-FABRIK: A new inverse kinematics approach to mobile manipulator robots based on FABRIK PC Santos, RCS Freire, EAN Carvalho, L Molina, EO Freire IEEE Access 8, 208836-208849 , 2020 2020 Citations: 29
A robotic vision system using a modified Hough transform to perform weld line detection on storage tanks L Molina, EAN Carvalho, EO Freire, JR Montalvão-Filho, FA Chagas 2008 IEEE Latin American Robotic Symposium, 45-50 , 2008 2008 Citations: 24
Multimodal biometric fusion—joint typist (keystroke) and speaker verification JR Montalvao Filho, EO Freire 2006 International telecommunications symposium, 609-614 , 2006 2006 Citations: 24
The impact of parametric uncertainties on mobile robots velocities and pose estimation JGN De Carvalho Filho, EÁN Carvalho, L Molina, EO Freire IEEE Access 7, 69070-69086 , 2019 2019 Citations: 22
Teleoperation of a mobile robot through the Internet RL Alves, RF Vassallo, EO Freire, TF Bastos-Filho Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (Cat … , 2000 2000 Citations: 22
Controle de robôs móveis por fusao de sinais de controle usando filtro de informaçao descentralizado EO Freire Ph. D. dissertation, PhD thesis , 2002 2002 Citations: 20
FABRIK-R: an extension developed based on FABRIK for robotics manipulators MC Santos, L Molina, EAN Carvalho, EO Freire, JGN Carvalho, ... IEEE Access 9, 53423-53435 , 2021 2021 Citations: 19
Mobile robot navigation based on the fusion of control signals from different controllers EO Freire, R Carelli, V Mut, CM Soria, TF Bastos-Filho, M Sarcinelli-Filho 2001 European Control Conference (ECC), 1828-1833 , 2001 2001 Citations: 16
Fillet weld identification for automatic inspection of spherical tanks E Carvalho, L Molina, E Freire, R Freire, B Luciano 2007 IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference IMTC 2007, 1-6 , 2007 2007 Citations: 15
Modifications of fully resampled PSO in the inverse kinematics of robot manipulators DO Santos, L Molina, JGN Carvalho, EAN Carvalho, EO Freire IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 9 (2), 1923-1928 , 2024 2024 Citations: 14
Prototyping a wheeled mobile robot embedding multiple sensors and agent-based control system EO Freire, RF Vassallo, TF Bastos-Filho, M Sarcinelli-Filho Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (Cat … , 2000 2000 Citations: 14
Analysis of cross-cultural effect on gesture-based human-robot interaction IV Brito, EO Freire, EAN Carvalho, L Molina International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research 8 (6 … , 2019 2019 Citations: 12