Pedro Medeiros de Assis Brasil
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria
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About
Pedro Medeiros de Assis Brasil is a robotics researcher specializing in autonomous navigation and path planning for mobile robots, with a particular focus on the Robot Operating System (ROS) framework. His work systematically evaluates and compares global and local trajectory planners, including Dijkstra and A* algorithms, to optimize robot performance in both symmetric and asymmetric environments. Through simulated experiments with the TurtleBot 3 platform, he has provided critical insights into the trade-offs between computational efficiency and path optimality, contributing to the practical implementation of autonomous navigation systems. His most cited paper, "Analysis of Local Trajectory Planners for Mobile Robot with Robot Operating System" (2021), has garnered 20 citations, reflecting its relevance to researchers and engineers developing real-world robotic applications. A subsequent study on global path planners (2020) has also been widely referenced with 18 citations. Brasil’s work bridges theoretical algorithm analysis with hands-on ROS-based experimentation, making his findings directly applicable to the robotics community. His contributions are particularly valuable for students and practitioners seeking to understand the strengths and limitations of standard path planning algorithms in mobile robotics.
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