Carmelo Del Valle
Universidad de Sevilla, Técnicas y Servicios de Ingeniería (Spain)
Papers
8
Total Citations
167
H-Index
6
About
Carmelo Del Valle is a leading researcher in robotics and automation, with a career spanning foundational work in multirobot assembly systems to cutting-edge advances in Robotic Process Automation (RPA). His early contributions focused on optimizing multirobot environments, where he developed pioneering models for automatic assembly task assignment and assembly sequence planning. Notably, his 2004 paper on scheduling approaches for assembly sequence planning introduced a model that minimizes total assembly time (makespan) by accounting for task resources and timing—a key contribution to industrial robotics. This work, along with his constraint programming approaches to assembly plans, has garnered over 50 citations, establishing him as a thought leader in production automation. In recent years, Del Valle has shifted his focus to RPA, where his 2019 paper on improving the early stages of the RPA lifecycle has achieved 104 citations, reflecting its significant impact on the field. He has also developed open-source tools for analyzing RPA projects and, most recently, explored automatic generation of incremental taxonomies to support users in cognitive RPA development. His work bridges classical robotics with modern AI-driven automation, making him a pivotal figure in both domains.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A Method to Improve the Early Stages of the Robotic Process Automation Lifecycle104 citations · 2019
- 2Automatic Assembly Task Assignment for a Multirobot Environment16 citations · 1995
- 3Automatic assembly task assignment for a multirobot environment13 citations · 1996
- 4A scheduling approach to assembly sequence planning11 citations · 2004
- 5On Selecting and Scheduling Assembly Plans Using Constraint Programming9 citations · 2003
- 6Towards an OpenSource Logger for the Analysis of RPA Projects7 citations · 2020
- 7A MODEL FOR ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE PLANNING IN A MULTIROBOT ENVIRONMENT5 citations · 2002
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