I am Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Turku, Finland, and Head of the Smart Systems Lab. Before taking up my position at the University of Turku, I was Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (2008-2021) and Assistant Professor at the Federal Center for Technological Education, Brazil (2004-2008). In 2014, I was awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, which allowed me to be a visiting professor at the Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, from August 2015 to July 2017. I have more than 100 scientific publications on topics such as intelligent control, machine intelligence, nonlinear systems, robotics and mechatronics.