The activity of the principal researcher of the group of Mechanical Engineering dedicated to the kinematic simulation and dynamics of machines and mechanisms, began with the collaboration as a researcher with projects CYCIT ROB 91/0117 and TAB 92/0927.

With his incorporation to the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, he has been Vicepresident of XIV CNIM and publisher of the Annals of Mechanical Engineering.

These activities have been developed in two different projects: applied development projects, supported by contracts with the industry; and precompetitive research projects, supported by the Spanish administration.

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Dr. Cristina Castejón is full professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She graduated as an Industrial Engineer in 1998 and in 2002 she obtained a PhD in Industrial Technologies at the same university. In her doctoral thesis she has developed a new methodology for constructing external environments models for mobile robots based on three-dimensional information and the voronoi Diagram technique.

She currently teaches in the field of theory of Machines and Mechanisms. Her research focuses on the optimization of the design of mechanisms applied to mechatronics, and the application of intelligent techniques for the detection of defects in rotating mechanical parts.

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Dr. Higinio Rubio is temporary Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Recent publications

• Meneses, J. Castejón, C., Corral, E., Rubio, H., García-Prada, J.C., Kinematics and Dynamics of the Quasi-Passive Biped “PASIBOT”, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, n12, vol. 57, 2011, pp. 879-887.
• Gómez M.J, Castejón C., García-Prada J.C., Evaluación de la adaptabilidad mecánica de los robots en entornos humanos, XVIII Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, CNIM 2010. Ciudad Real, España.
• Ordoñez, A.J., Castejón, C., García-Prada, J.C., Selección del nivel de descomposición WPT mediante análisis de la sensibilidad de la energía relativa Wavelet, XVIII Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, CNIM 2010. Ciudad Real, España.
• Castejón C., Lara O., García-Prada J.C., Automated diagnosys of rolling bearings using MRA and Neural Networks, Mechanical System and Signal Processing, volume 24, Issue 1, January 2010, pp. 289-299
• Castejón C., Carbone G., García-Prada J.C., Ceccarelli M. A Multi-Objective optimization of a robotic arm for service tasks. Strojniški vestnik – Journal of Mechanical Engineering, volume 56, number 5, May 2010, pp. 316-329