Alexandre Bernardino
Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, University of Lisbon, Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers, Instituto Superior D. Dinis, INESC TEC, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Tecnologias Avançadas
Papers
113
Total Citations
3,481
H-Index
27
About
Alexandre Bernardino is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans cognitive robotics, human-robot interaction, and autonomous systems. Best known for his foundational contributions to the iCub humanoid robot platform — the open-systems research tool that has garnered over 600 citations and become a cornerstone of cognitive developmental robotics worldwide — Bernardino has helped shape how robots perceive, learn, and interact with their environments. A central theme of his research is the study of affordances: how robots can learn relationships between actions, objects, and effects through environmental interaction. His 2008 paper on learning object affordances (354 citations) and his comprehensive 2016 survey (164 citations) have established him as a leading authority in this field, bridging psychology, neuroscience, and robotics in remarkable ways. Bernardino's contributions extend into visual perception, including log-polar imaging and underwater mosaic-based navigation, as well as assistive robotics, where his work explores robotic coaching for elderly populations and soft tactile sensing. His research consistently bridges fundamental cognitive science with practical engineering applications, making him an influential figure for students and researchers working at the intersection of intelligent systems, human-robot interaction, and embodied cognition.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 2Learning Object Affordances: From Sensory--Motor Coordination to Imitation354 citations · 2008
- 3Design of the robot-cub (iCub) head182 citations · 2006
- 4Affordances in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Robotics: A Survey164 citations · 2016
- 5A review of log-polar imaging for visual perception in robotics150 citations · 2009
- 6Mosaic-based navigation for autonomous underwater vehicles145 citations · 2003
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- 9Low-cost 3-axis soft tactile sensors for the human-friendly robot Vizzy91 citations · 2017
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