Héctor A. Moreno – författare

This book gathers the proceedings of the 2nd Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics, held at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Colombia, on October 30th–November 1st, 2019. It presents papers from researchers, scientists, and engineers from academia and industry, and explores current exciting research applications and future challenges, mainly in Latin American countries. The book covers a wide range of research fields associated with automation and robotics encountered in engineering, scientific research, and practice, including: autonomous systems, multi-robot and multi-agent systems, industrial automation and robotics, process control, modeling and optimization, control theory, artificial intelligence, kinematic and dynamic analysis of robotic systems, computer vision, self-localization, mapping and navigation, instruments, sensing and sensor fusion, evolutionary, bio-inspired, micro/nano, and soft robotics, novel robot designs,haptics, human–robot interaction and interfaces, simulation procedures, experimental validations, and educational robotics.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 3rd Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics, held at Monterrey, Mexico, on November 17–19, 2021. This book presents recent advances in the modeling, design, control, and development of autonomous and robotic systems and explores current exciting applications and future challenges of these technologies.  The scope of this book covers a wide range of research fields associated with automation and robotics encountered within engineering, scientific research, and practice. These topics are related to autonomous systems, industrial automation and robotics, modelling and systems identification, simulation procedures and experimental validations, control theory, artificial intelligence,  computer vision, sensing and sensor fusion, multi-robot and multi-agent systems,   field and service robotics, human robot interaction and interfaces,  modelling of robotic systems,  and the design of new robotic platforms.

This book comprises the proceedings of the V Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics, held at Cusco, Perú, from November 10 to 12, 2025. The discipline of robotics is characterized by continuous and rapid advancement, and congress proceedings constitute an essential medium for the dissemination of novel research findings, technological developments, and innovative applications.The book reflects the breadth and depth of contemporary inquiry in robotics and automation. They encompass theoretical foundations, methodological innovations, and applied perspectives, addressing topics such as kinematic and dynamic modeling, the formulation of control algorithms, the design and implementation of autonomous and robotic systems, teleoperation technologies, and computer vision. Furthermore, this book engages with emergent applications and delineates prospective challenges that shapes the trajectory of the field.The scope of the book is intentionally broad, encompassing diverse domains of engineering, scientific research, and professional practice. The thematic coverage includes, but is not limited to:Industrial automation and robotcisProcess control, modeling, and optimizationControl theory and artificial intelligenceField and space roboticsAerial, terrestrial, and underwater robotic vehiclesKinematic and dynamic analysis of robotic systemsComputer vision, mapping, and navigationInstrumentation, sensing, and sensor fusionNovel robot architectures and modular componentsHaptics, human–robot interaction, and interface designSimulation methodologies and experimental validationMulti-robot systems and embodied multi-agent systems