Industrial, Collaborative and Mobile Robotics in Latin America: Review of Mechatronic Technologies for Advanced Automation

Jose Cornejo (1) Universidad Tecnológica del Perú, Lima, Peru. 2) Center for Space Emerging Technologies (C-SET), Canada. 3) Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Burgos, 09006 Burgos,)
S. Barrera (Universidad Regiomontana U-ERRE, Monterrey,)
C. A. Herrera Ruiz (Universidad Regiomontana U-ERRE, Monterrey,)
F. Gutierrez (Centro Universitario de Automación y Robótica (CUDAR), Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Córdoba,)
M. O. Casasnovas (Centro Universitario de Automación y Robótica (CUDAR), Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Córdoba,)
Leonardo Kot (6) Modular Robot Company, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 7) SURU Robotics S.R.L., Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.)
M. A. Solis (8) Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile. 9) Centro de Innovación y Robótica, Valparaíso,)
R. Larenas (Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago,)
F. Castro-Nieny (10) Chief Robotics Officer Department, OKtopus Robotics Spa, Santiago, Chile. 11) Chief Executive Officer Department, Austral-Robotics Ltda, Santiago,)
M. R. Arbulú Saavedra (12) Mechatronics Engineering Program, Corporación Universitaria del Huila (CORHUILA), Colombia. 13) Robotics 4.0,)
R. Rodríguez Serrezuela (Mechatronics Engineering Program, Corporación Universitaria del Huila (CORHUILA),)
Y. Muñoz Londoño (Escuela de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD),)
Alejandro Serna (Instituto Colombiano de Robótica Avanzada, Medellín,)
D. Ortega-Aranda (Parque de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica, Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial (CIDESI), Nuevo León,)
S. Aranda-Miramontes (Parque de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica, Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial (CIDESI), Nuevo León,)
I. Chang (Facultad de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá,)
M. Cardona (Universidad Don Bosco,)
A. Carrasquilla-Batista (Ingeniería Mecatrónica, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica,)
R. Palomares (Professional School of Mechatronics Engineering, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima,)
R. Rodriguez (Laboratorio de Investigación en Inteligencia Artificial, Automatización, Robótica y Control, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima,)
Ruben Parisuaña (Mecanos Automation S.A.C., Lima,)
Miguel Bórquez (ABB México S.A. de C.V.,)
Oscar Navarro (KUKA Latinoamerica,)
Fernando Sanchez (Clúster KUKA Iberoamerica,)
I. A. Bonev (Mecademic Inc., 1300 Saint-Patrick Street Montreal, QC,)
Jonathan Coulombe (Mecademic Inc., 1300 Saint-Patrick Street Montreal, QC,)
F. Martín Rico (Intelligent Robotics Lab, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid,)
B. L. Treviño-Elizondo (School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, NL,)
H. García-Reyes (School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, NL,)
A. Sollazzo (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona,)
A. Dubor (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona,)
A. Markopoulou (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona,)
C. De Marinis (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona,)
Marco Chacin (Airbus,)
Andres Mora (Axient Corp,)
M. Pérez-Ruiz (Universidad de Sevilla. Área de Ingeniería Agroforestal, 41013, Sevilla,)
A. Ribeiro (Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR), CSIC-UPM, 28500 Arganda del Rey, Madrid,)
E. A. L'Huillier (Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Data Analytics program, Harrisburg 17057,)

Emerging Science Journal
Vol 7, No 4 (2023): August

Mechatronics and Robotics (MaR) have recently gained importance in product development and manufacturing settings and applications. Therefore, the Center for Space Emerging Technologies (C-SET) has managed an international multi-disciplinary study to present, historically, the first Latin American general review of industrial, collaborative, and mobile robotics, with the support of North American and European researchers and institutions. The methodology is developed by considering literature extracted from Scopus, Web of Science, and Aerospace Research Central and adding reports written by companies and government organizations. This describes the state-of-the-art of MaR until the year 2023 in the 3 Sub-Regions: North America, Central America, and South America, having achieved important results related to the academy, industry, government, and entrepreneurship; thus, the statistics shown in this manuscript are unique. Also, this article explores the potential for further work and advantages described by robotic companies such as ABB, KUKA, and Mecademic and the use of the Robot Operating System (ROS) in order to promote research, development, and innovation. In addition, the integration with industry 4.0 and digital manufacturing, architecture and construction, aerospace, smart agriculture, artificial intelligence, and computational social science (human-robot interaction) is analyzed to show the promising features of these growing tech areas, considering the improvements to increase production, manufacturing, and education in the Region. Finally, regarding the information presented, Latin America is considered an important location for investments to increase production and product development, taking into account the further proposal for the creation of the LATAM Consortium for Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, which could support and work on roboethics and education/R+D+I law and regulations in the Region. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-07-04-025 Full Text: PDF