Pedro Encarnação é Diretor Académico Adjunto dos Mestrados em Gestão e Professor Afiliado Sénior da CATÓLICA-LISBON - Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). É Presidente da AAATE - Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (2024-2025), Professor Visitante na Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colômbia, e Investigador Visitante Senior na School of Sociology and Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leeds, UK (2022-2025). Concluiu a sua Licenciatura em 1994, o Mestrado em 1998 e o Doutoramento em 2002, todos em Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores no Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Entre 2000 e 2013 esteve na Faculdade de Engenharia da UCP. Foi Diretor Adjunto da Faculdade de Engenharia entre 2002 e 2008 e coordenador da área de Matemática entre 2001 e 2013. Em 2008/09 foi Professor Visitante (Investigador) na Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, e no Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, ambos em Edmonton, Canadá. Trabalhou no Dynamical Systems and Ocean Robotics Lab do Institute for Systems and Robotics, em Lisboa, em problemas de controlo não linear com aplicações a veículos autónomos oceanográficos. Os seus interesses de investigação atuais incluem Engenharia da Reabilitação, nomeadamente tecnologias de apoio robóticas para pessoas com deficiência, e controlo não linear de veículos autónomos.
Publicações
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Changing Perspectives on Disability and Technology: Events, Trends and Personal Choices
Vanes, 2024
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Assistive Technologies as Rights Enablers
The Routledge International Handbook on Children’s Rights and Disability, London: Routledge, pp. 432-449, 2023
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Robotic and virtual reality technologies for children with disabilities and older adults
Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 18th International Conference, 2022
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The potential of robotics for the development and wellbeing of children with disabilities as we see it
Technology and Disability, 2022
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Assistive Technologies. Principles & Practice
Elsevie…, 2020
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Play for disabled Children in Taiwan and Hong Kong: parent perspectives
Journal of Disability Studies in Educatio…, 2020
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Toys & games Usability Evaluation Tool (TUET). Manual & Questionnaire
AIJU, Instituto Tecnológico de Producto Infantil y Oci…, 2020
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‘It’s my right to play too!’ Play for disabled children in Taiwan and Hong Kong
Interventions in Disabled Childhood Studie…, 2020
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10 Take home messages
Guidelines for supporting children with disabilities' pla…, 2018
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6 What assistive technologies exist to enable participation in play?
Guidelines for supporting children with disabilities' pla…, 2018
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Guidelines for supporting children with disabilities' play
, 2018
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Will artificial intelligence be a blessing or concern in assistive robots for play?
Journal of Human Growth and Developmen…, 2018
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1 “LUDI. Play for children with disabilities”
Users' Needs Report on Play for Children with Disabilitie…, 2017
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1. Fundamentals of Robotic Assistive Technologies
Robotic Assistive Technologie…, 2017
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2 Methodology: the survey aimed at assessing the children with disabilities play needs from the perspective of parents and children
Users' Needs Report on Play for Children with Disabilitie…, 2017
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An exploratory study of children’s pretend play when using a switch-controlled assistive robot to manipulate toys
British Journal of Occupational Therap…, 2017
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Robotic Assistive Technologies
Rehabilitation Science in Practice Serie…, 2017
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Three dimensional moving path following for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles
2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017
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A convoy protection strategy using the moving path following method
2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2016
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Advances in Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
Biosystems & Biorobotic…, 2016
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Measurement uncertainty as a tool for evaluating the ‘grey zone’ to reduce the false negatives in immunochemical screening of blood donors for infectious diseases
Accreditation and Quality Assuranc…, 2016
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Moving Path Following for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles With Applications to Single and Multiple Target Tracking Problems
Ieee Transactions on Robotic…, 2016
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ROBOTICS IN SUPPORTING THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH SEN
Journal of Research in Special Educational Need…, 2016
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Using assistive robots to promote inclusive education
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technolog…, 2016
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Evaluation of the measurement uncertainty in screening immunoassays in blood establishments: Computation of diagnostic accuracy models
Transfusion and Apheresis Scienc…, 2015
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Introducing LUDI: A research network on play for children with disabilities
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2015
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Neurotechnology, Electronics, and Informatics
Springer Series in Computational Neuroscienc…, 2015
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Quality management in European screening laboratories in blood establishments: A view of current approaches and trends
Transfusion and Apheresis Scienc…, 2015
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Scheme for the selection of measurement uncertainty models in blood establishments' screening immunoassays
Transfusion and Apheresis Scienc…, 2015
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Tecnologias de apoio para pessoas com deficiência
, 2015
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Analytical model for calculating indeterminate results interval of screening tests, the effect on seroconversion window period: A brief evaluation of the impact of uncertain results on the blood establishment budget
Transfusion and Apheresis Scienc…, 2014
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NEUROTECHNIX 2014 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
, 2014
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Using virtual robot-mediated play activities to assess cognitive skills
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technolog…, 2014
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Assistive Technology - From research to practice (AAATE 2013)
Assistive Technology Research Serie…, 2013
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Ground target tracking control system for unmanned aerial vehicles
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Application…, 2013
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Learning switch scanning skills by playing with robots
Assistive Technology Research Series, 2013
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Moving path following for autonomous robotic vehicles
2013 European Control Conference, ECC 201…, 2013
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NEUROTECHNIX 2013 - Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
, 2013
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The role of assisted manipulation in cognitive development
Developmental Neurorehabilitatio…, 2012
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A training protocol for controlling LEGO robots via Speech Generating Devices
Assistive Technology Research Series, 2011
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Real-time detection of pathological cardiac events for a wearable wireless ECG monitor
IFMBE Proceeding…, 2011
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Virtual robot and virtual environments for cognitive skills assessment
Assistive Technology Research Series, 2011
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Capítulo de livro
Engenharia de Reabilitação
, 2010
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Ground target tracking for unmanned aerial vehicles
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conferenc…, 2010
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Robot skills and cognitive performance of preschool children
Technology and Disabilit…, 2010
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Robots: Assistive technologies for play, learning and cognitive development
Technology and Disabilit…, 2010
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BIOSIGNALS 2009: Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-Inspired Systems and Signal Processing
, 2009
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Selecting AAC Devices for Persons with ALS Taking into Consideration the Disease Progression
Assistive Technology From Adapted Equipment To Inclusive Environment…, 2009
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A new algorithm for cluster analysis of genomic methylation: The Helicobacter pylori case
Bioinformatic…, 2008
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BIOSIGNALS 2008: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing
, 2008
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Electrophysiological control signals for persons with neurodegenerative conditions: Blended control signals
HEALTHINF 2008 - 1st International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceeding…, 2008
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H. pylori clusters of isolates from gastric cancer biopsies
Helicobacte…, 2008
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A cluster method design for Helicobacter pylori strain typing based on the genomic methylation status
Helicobacte…, 2006
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Electricidade
Schaum's easy outline…, 2004
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Combined trajectory tracking and path following control for dynamic wheeled mobile robots
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2002
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Combined trajectory tracking and path following for underwater vehicles
Control Applications in Marine Systems 2001 (CAMS 2001), 2002
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Combined trajectory tracking and path following: An application to the coordinated control of autonomous marine craft
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Contro…, 2001
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3D path following for autonomous underwater vehicle
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Contro…, 2000
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Underwater vehicle design using integrated plant-controller optimization methods
International Journal of Systems Scienc…, 1999
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Optimal AUV control surface sizing using convex optimization methods
Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craf…, 1998
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