Manuel Lopes
Lopes is an associate professor at Técnico and a senior INESC-ID researcher. He studies models of animal learning and methods for machine learning. He coordinated the Semi Autonomous 3rdHand Robot project and KidLearn, which studied adaptive personalization of learning activities. His research also covers grounded language understanding and robot manipulation. His work includes Relevant, a project on deep reinforcement learning in non-stationary environments, and WSmart Route+ for smart waste-collection planning. These connect learning methods with practical systems.
- Works
- 120
- Citations
- 5,040
- h-index
- 34
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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As of October 2026
Artificial and natural learning
Lopes is an associate professor at Técnico and a senior INESC-ID researcher. He studies models of animal learning and methods for machine learning.
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As of October 2026
Interactive learning projects
He coordinated the Semi Autonomous 3rdHand Robot project and KidLearn, which studied adaptive personalization of learning activities. His research also covers grounded language understanding and robot manipulation.
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As of October 2026
Learning in changing environments
His work includes Relevant, a project on deep reinforcement learning in non-stationary environments, and WSmart Route+ for smart waste-collection planning. These connect learning methods with practical systems.
Sources and credits
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