Germano Veiga

Germano Veiga is a Mechanical Engineer with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics and Automation) from the University of Coimbra (2010). In 2005, he was an invited researcher at Lund University in Sweden and was also a researcher (2002–2011) and Invited Professor (2007–2011) at the University of Coimbra, as well as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto between 2016 and 2022. Germano joined INESC TEC in 2012, where he was Co-Coordinator of the Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems from 2016 to 2023.

In 2012, he founded SARKKIS Robotics, which became part of the Canadian AGT Robotics group in 2022. Since 2023, he has been the CTO of the AGT Robotics, and responsible of the company’s European office in Porto.

His work has focused on the development of plug-and-produce technologies, robot programming, mobile manipulators, and human-robot interaction, with the aim of contributing to a more efficient and sustainable industry.

Throughout his career, he has coordinated and participated in several significant European research projects, including FP6 SMErobot, FP7 ECHORD, FP7-CARLoS, FP7-STAMINA, FP7-SMErobotics, and H2020-ColRobot. Since January 2017, he has coordinated the H2020 ScalABLE4.0 project, further strengthening his contribution to the advancement of industrial robotics in Europe.