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Altair Sales Coutinho Junior

Post Doc
Soft BioRobotics Perception
Research center
About

My work focuses on the development of soft manipulators and fluidic systems for soft robotic actuation, with an emphasis on optimizing pneumatic systems for versatile and high-performance movement. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Soft Robotics Laboratory of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, where I led research on bidirectional twisting muscles (BiT-PAMs) and hyperbaric vacuum-based actuators (Hyper-VAMs), while mentoring teams of graduate and undergraduate students.


Education

Title: Combined Master/Ph.D. Course in Mechanical Engineering
Institute: Sungkyunkwan University
Location: Suwon
Country: South Korea
From: 2019 To: 2025

Title: Bachelor of Science in Control and Automation Engineering
Institute: Estacio de Sa University
Location: Belem
Country: Brazil
From: 2011 To: 2017

Title: Exchange Student in Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Institute: Sungkyunkwan University
Location: Suwon
Country: South Korea
From: 2014 To: 2015