Mildred J. Puerto
Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Gipuzkoa, Tecnalia
Papers
5
Total Citations
50
H-Index
4
About
Mildred J. Puerto’s research sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction and intelligent industrial automation, with a focus on making robots both more responsive to people and more adaptable on the factory floor. Her most cited work, “Relative importance of spatial and temporal precision for user satisfaction in human-robot object handover interactions” (26 citations), provides foundational insights into how timing and accuracy affect human comfort when handing objects to a robot—critical for service robots that must collaborate seamlessly with people. In parallel, Puerto has advanced flexible manufacturing through state machine-based architectures for dual-arm multisensor robots, as detailed in her 2017 paper (8 citations). This work enhances reusability and simplifies programming, directly addressing the European manufacturing vision for 2020 of small-batch, rapidly reconfigurable production lines. She also contributed to aerospace assembly with an end-effector for automatic shimming of composites (6 citations), tackling the practical challenge of gap conformance in mechanically joined composite structures. With over 50 total citations, Puerto’s research bridges user experience and industrial robotics, offering concrete solutions for both collaborative and autonomous systems.
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- 3End-Effector for Automatic Shimming of Composites6 citations · 2016
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- 5Towards a flexible production system Environment Server implementation4 citations · 2015