Industrial and Robotics Technological Innovation Laboratory
Description
The Industrial Technology Innovation and Robotics Laboratory (LITIR) at UPB aims to strengthen the training of professionals capable of developing applied research and generating new technologies oriented to Bolivia's productive context.
Purpose and scope
LITIR contributes to the development of technology-based ventures and to increased business productivity through systems automation, technology integration, and innovation in the design and construction of smart devices and machines.
Areas of work
Industrial maintenance: development of hardware and software for vibration analysis and condition-based maintenance (MBC) of industrial equipment.
Industrial control and automation: design and implementation of automation systems that integrate cutting-edge technologies to optimize industrial processes.
Applied robotics: development of intelligent systems for monitoring natural disasters and bi-mechatronics solutions oriented toward rehabilitation and robotic control.
Institutional approach
The laboratory brings together research, innovation, and technology transfer, promoting practical solutions that respond to the needs of industry and society.
Institutional profile
Creation date: June 2017
Unit Director
Cecilia Tapia-Siles
Full Professor
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Recognition
Plurinational Science and Technology Award (La Paz, Bolivia - January 2024)
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Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Management System.
Certificate for Best Presentation (Agder, Norway - November 2023)
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Design and Prototyping of Low Cost, 3D Printed Body Powered Hand Prosthesis for Transradial Amputees in Bolivia.
9th edition of the Plurinational Science and Technology Award (Bolivia - 2022)
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Design and construction of an automatic rotary bottle packaging prototype for educational use in universities in Bolivia and industrial applications.
7th Plurinational Science and Technology Award (Bolivia - 2020)
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Improving industrial competitiveness through the design and implementation of a dynamic rotor balancing machine.
5th Plurinational Science and Technology Award (Sucre, Bolivia - October 2018)
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Development of a shaft alignment measurement system for industrial equipment.
4th Plurinational Science and Technology Award (La Paz, Bolivia - September 2017)
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Design, construction, and validation of a myoelectric control system for a prosthetic claw.
IV Plurinational Science and Technology Award (La Paz, Bolivia - September 2017)
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Industrial Preventive Maintenance: Software and Firmware Development for Detecting and Diagnosing Induction Motor Faults Through Current Analysis and Vibration Analysis.
