Positions

Member of the Advisory Board on Robotics of the Khalifa University of Sciences and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2014-)
Member of the Technical Advisory Board of the MBZIRC, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2014-)
Trustee (2016-) and Former Trustee (2003-2012) of the RoboCup Federation
Founding Elected President (2006) and 2008, 2009 and 2013 President of IEEE Portugal RAS Chapter
Former President (2009-2010) of Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica (Portuguese Robotics Society)
Cátedra de Excelencia (6 months) awarded by the Board of Governors of the U. Carlos III de Madrid: sabbatical leave at the Robotics Lab from 1 Feb to 31 July 2010
Member of NASA Center for Intelligent Robotic System for Space Exploration - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, (1990-1994)

Elsevier Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (2011-) - Associate Editor since 2016
IN-TECH International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (2005-2009)
World Scientific Publishers International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems (1996-2002)
Portuguese journal Robótica (1999-)

Multi-Robots Special Track Chair of AAMAS’08
General Co-Chair of RoboCup 2004
Member of the Organizing Committee of Robótica 2011 and Robótica 2003 Lisbon editions of the Festival Nacional de Robótica (Portuguese Robotics Open)
Main organizer of the Festival Internacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, held in Loures, 1997, the first international robot competition held in Portugal.