Discrete Event Systems and Emerging Technologies in Automation

Carlos Renato Vazquez (Prof) 

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

 

Industrial automation is becoming more challenging with the irruption of new technologies and manufacturing paradigms. In this scenario, model-based approaches can help to provide a solid framework for automating large and complex systems, providing reliability and efficiency. Furthermore, the combination of emerging automation technologies and formal models can bring to new scenarios where the human is at the center of the industrial manufacturing process. In this talk, the use of formal models and collaborative robotics for the inclusion of people with motor disabilities in manufacturing operations and other industrial automation challenges are discussed.

 

Dr. Carlos Renato Vazquez obtained a Sc.M. degree in Automatic Control by CINVESTAV, Mexico (2006) and a PhD in Systems Engineering by Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain (2011). In 2018, he participated in a training program in Industry 4.0, organized by RWTH-Aachen, Germany. Dr. Vazquez belongs to the Mexican National Research System. He has participated in several research projects with public and private funding. He is author of more than 70 research publications, including journal papers, extended conference papers and book chapters. His research focus on the analysis of dynamical systems applied to industrial automation and automatic control. Currently, he is associate professor at Tec de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Mexico, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses of mechanical and control engineering, and he participates in the research group of Industry 5.0.