Dr. Ricardo Vilela de Godoy

Dr. Ricardo Vilela de Godoy

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Mobile Robotics Group at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. I've been working with four-legged robots with robotic arms and grippers for intuitive teleoperation and dexterous manipulation.

Teaching

Course: Postgraduate Degree in Bioengineering Applied to Health

Assistant professor. Postgraduate degree in Bioengineering, Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, 2025

The challenges in the healthcare sector are complex, multifactorial, and involve several actors in society. It is no longer possible to face them without a multidisciplinary and technological approach. It is essential that professionals who are willing to work in this field are capable of dialoging with multidisciplinary teams and combining their specific knowledge with other topics in the exact, biomedical, and human sciences. This synergy allows the emergence of truly impactful innovations in the healthcare sector, which produce economic and technological results and, ultimately, collaborate with the promotion, monitoring, and recovery of the health of populations.

Course: Processing of Medical Signals and Images

Assistant professor. Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's program, Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, 2025

The course covers several types of biological signals and the physiological processes that generate them, as well as introducing the main tools for processing and analyzing these signals for applications in medicine and robotics. Techniques for processing and analyzing biomedical images will also be presented. The course also includes Python programming practices to present the main libraries used to process signals and consolidate the theoretical content presented in class.

Course MECHENG 736: Biomechatronic Systems

Teaching Assistant for Engineering Courses, University of Auckland, 2024

Mechatronic principles and techniques for measuring, assisting, augmenting, and mimicking biological systems. Topics include: brain machine interfaces, sensors and actuators, biomechanics and motion control, wearable and assistive devices, bioinstrumentation, soft robotic technologies, human factors, safety/ethical aspects, and biomechatronic design principles. Significant hands-on experience through the design, modelling, and development of paradigmatic biomechatronic systems.

Course MECHENG 700: Research Project

Teaching Assistant for Engineering Courses, University of Auckland, 2023

Supervised research on a topic in engineering culminating in an independent written project report that includes a literature review, a description of the research and its findings, and a statement of research contribution. Further supporting technical material will be provided as a compendium.

Course MECHENG 730: Advanced Biomechatronic Systems

Teaching Assistant for Engineering Courses, University of Auckland, 2023

Advanced mechatronic principles and techniques for measuring and manipulating biological systems. Human biomechanics and motion control, advanced serial and parallel robots, compliant soft robots, software and functional safety, human robot interaction and force control, novel sensors and actuators, and biomechatronic design principles. Includes an individual project related to the analysis, selection and successful implementation of one of these advanced technologies.