PABLO LOPEZ-GARCIA

- Teaching Machine Elements as titular professor

- Guest Professor for Machine Elements (Master course) - Lead Brubotics research activities on robotics gearboxes

PhD research in the field of Robotic Gearboxes for modern robotic devices within the BRUBOTICS.EU human-centered robotics institute in Brussels. *2019/12: "Industrieel onderzoeksfonds" Funding award of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels *2020/07: "2020PoC3 Proof of Concept" Funding award of Innoviris, city of Brussels *2021/06: Chair of the session "Actuators 3" of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics

Seasoned automotive leader turned robotics innovator with a PhD in Robotics. Putting things together to valorize a patented robotic gearbox technology that can cut robot weight, cost, and energy consumption to half.

WHAT: BOW2015 can help your organization extend or develop new B2B markets for your products, managing technically and commercially the Product Life Cycle from Research Activities to Market Exploitation. WHO: Holding an Industrial Engineer degree and deeply trained in Product Development, Quality, Sales & Marketing Management, I have been working for over 20 years in the demanding Automotive European market, holding positions in big- to mid-size companies which ranged from Test Engineer, Project Manager, Engineering Director, Sales Director or Managing Director, where I have successfully contributed to developing businesses for different products with a strong technological component. I also act as a European Commission's external expert for Innovation and Exploitation, participating in several H2020 projects - SME Instrument, FoF, and SPIRE - with a strong focus on Robotics and Additive Manufacturing technologies.

Managing Director (GERENTE) and Sales Director of RPK Metal Forming S.A.U., a company specialised in the conception, development and manufacture of technical spring solutions from metal wire and metal strap, mainly for the automotive, electric and household industries. RPK Metal Forming SAU employs 60 persons in Tarragona and belongs to the international group RPK, an industrial group enfolding 5 manufacturing companies located in Spain, Mexico and India.

Member of the Board of Directors as Chief Engineer, with the responsibilty of all Project Management and Product Engineering activities at CSA Automotive

Head of an engineering department dedicated to the development of wiper system solutions for truck, industrial vehicles, buses, trains, etc, consisting in 20 engineers organized in 2 groups and distributed in Barcelona, Chicago, Paris, Sao Paulo and Nantong (China)

Responsible for the sucessful completion of mechatronik window lifter projects for several european car manufacturers, including the functional lead of a multidisciplinary team (sales, development, quality, manufacture,...). Establish a coordination system between the development centers for window lifters in Germany, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa to enssure an optimum level of know-how exchange.

Selection of the right engine cooling solution from the existing Valeo portfolio for passenger cars, including plannning and execution of a validation plan in field and wind tunnel tests, and reporting internally and to customer.

Department: Tecnology. Software development. Programmation and installation of SW and HW solution for the measurement of the difussion length for solar cells

PhD in gearboxes and actuators for modern robotics

Master's Degree on Industrial Engineering - Electronics & Automatics