Cesar Alan Contreras
Papers
9
Total Citations
65
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About
Cesar Alan Contreras is an emerging robotics researcher whose work sits at the critical intersection of automation, sustainability, and human-robot interaction. His research is primarily focused on the robotic disassembly of electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion batteries, a field of growing urgency as the global transition to electric mobility accelerates demand for circular economy solutions. Contreras has made notable contributions through the development of the Interfacing Toolbox for Robotic Arms (ITRA), hybrid visual servoing methods, and intelligent multi-robot task planners — tools that collectively advance the automation of complex battery disassembly pipelines. His platform SARDiM, which combines mixed reality, teleoperation, and variable autonomy, exemplifies his systems-level thinking in designing semi-autonomous industrial solutions. Beyond disassembly, his work spans mobile manipulators with variable autonomy, probabilistic human intent prediction via the GUIDER framework, and haptic teleoperation enhanced by Gaussian Mixture Regression. He has also contributed rigorous technoeconomic analyses of battery recycling workflows from a robotics perspective. With over 65 citations across publications from 2024 to 2026, Contreras is rapidly establishing himself as a distinctive voice in sustainable robotics and intelligent automation research.
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- 4A mini-review on mobile manipulators with Variable Autonomy10 citations · 2025
- 5Semi-autonomous Robotic Disassembly Enhanced by Mixed Reality9 citations · 2024
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