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Roberto de Souza Baptista is an educator and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics education, pedagogical innovation, and public school outreach. He is best known as the driving force behind the **Edubot Project**, a long-running initiative dedicated to teaching programming and robotics principles to high school students in public schools, with the goal of bridging the gap between emerging technology demands and early-stage education. Over nearly a decade of sustained research, Baptista has explored diverse pedagogical approaches — from constructivism and constructionism to active and passive learning strategies — to optimize how robotics is taught in resource-constrained environments. His work has also demonstrated remarkable adaptability: when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in-person instruction, he led the transition of Edubot's classroom methodologies to remote learning, then documented the project's post-pandemic remodeling, providing valuable insights for educators worldwide. His research further examines how early robotics education shapes students' career trajectories toward the technology sector. With a cumulative citation count across seven key publications, Baptista's contributions have resonated with the educational research community. His more recent technical work on humanoid robot trajectory using the Unscented Kalman Filter signals a broadening research agenda that complements his enduring commitment to accessible, impactful robotics education.