{"id":10151,"date":"2017-06-30T12:42:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/?p=151117"},"modified":"2017-07-12T12:03:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T15:03:46","slug":"robotica-industrial-expande-sus-areas-de-aplicacion","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/amchamchile.cl\/en\/noticia\/robotica-industrial-expande-sus-areas-de-aplicacion\/","title":{"rendered":"[:es]Rob\u00f3tica industrial expande sus \u00e1reas de aplicaci\u00f3n [:en]Robotics industry expands its areas of application[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]<strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151118 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/robotica_1-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"358\" \/><br \/>\nEn Chile la incorporaci\u00f3n de la rob\u00f3tica toma fuerza y se posiciona en sectores productivos tan diversos como la miner\u00eda, la agroindustria y la medicina. Su boom tambi\u00e9n ha impulsado a empresas locales a crear sus propios desarrollos, los que ya se posicionan en el mercado global.<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Por Alejandra Melo<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Puede que hablar de rob\u00f3tica evoque a la ciencia ficci\u00f3n y seguramente <em>cyborgs<\/em> como <em>Terminator<\/em> o cl\u00e1sicos como C3PO y R2-D2, de la saga cinematogr\u00e1fica <em>Star Wars,<\/em> lleguen de inmediato al imaginario colectivo. Pese a que estos personajes a\u00fan distan de la realidad, no es una utop\u00eda pensar en que tecnolog\u00edas rob\u00f3ticas puedan colaborar con el trabajo de los seres humanos.<\/p>\n<p>A nivel global, la rob\u00f3tica, entendida como una ciencia que estudia el dise\u00f1o y construcci\u00f3n de m\u00e1quinas capaces de desempe\u00f1ar tareas realizadas por personas o que requieren del uso de inteligencia, es una realidad a nivel industrial.<\/p>\n<p>De acuerdo con la encuesta <em>World Robot Statistics<\/em> 2015, publicada por la Federaci\u00f3n Internacional de Rob\u00f3tica (IFR, por sus sigla en ingl\u00e9s), a 2018, cerca de 1,3 millones de robots industriales funcionar\u00e1n en f\u00e1bricas de todo el mundo. Pese a que actualmente los l\u00edderes mundiales en automatizaci\u00f3n rob\u00f3tica industrial son Corea del Sur, Jap\u00f3n y Alemania, Chile est\u00e1 dando pasos agigantados en esta materia.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo Quevedo, fundador y director de Robotics Lab SCL, el primer centro de rob\u00f3tica aplicada de nuestro pa\u00eds, comenta que \u00e9sta rama tiene relevancia mundial y que para Chile es m\u00e1s significativo por la mayor brecha tecnol\u00f3gica que existe en relaci\u00f3n con naciones desarrolladas. \u201cLa rob\u00f3tica viene a cubrir el desarrollo e implementaci\u00f3n de nuevas tecnolog\u00edas\u201d, afirma.<\/p>\n<p>Plantea que, a nivel local, las tecnolog\u00edas rob\u00f3ticas ya est\u00e1n penetrando en \u00e1reas como salud, agricultura, medio ambiente, educaci\u00f3n y entretenci\u00f3n, entre otras. Y lo clave, para Quevedo, es que en el mundo la rob\u00f3tica comienza a interactuar con otras tecnolog\u00edas como Big Data, Internet de las Cosas y Cloud, \u201clo que nos otorga una oportunidad de ser parte de la Revoluci\u00f3n 4.0\u201d, un concepto que hace referencia a una nueva manera de organizar los medios de producci\u00f3n, de modo que estos contribuyan a la puesta en marcha de smart factories que facilitar\u00e1n el desarrollo de procesos y la gesti\u00f3n de recursos de manera m\u00e1s eficiente y adaptable.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed tambi\u00e9n lo ha entendido la industria, la academia y el Estado. Muestra de ello es el incentivo que se ha dado a esta rama de la ingenier\u00eda, a trav\u00e9s de la creaci\u00f3n de centros especializados en diferentes casas de estudios, como las universidades de Chile y Federico Santa Mar\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151119 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Robotica_2-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob\u00f3tica en industrias chilenas<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Una de las entidades que ha impulsado el uso de la rob\u00f3tica ha sido el Ministerio de Econom\u00eda, a trav\u00e9s de Corfo y los Programas Transforma, en donde existen dos iniciativas que incorporan la rob\u00f3tica avanzada como un \u00e1mbito de desarrollo relevante para el sector de la manufactura y miner\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>El primero trabaja lo relacionado a la Revoluci\u00f3n Industrial 4.0 y uno de sus objetivos es apalancar los avances tecnol\u00f3gicos internacionales necesarios para el desarrollo de manufactura avanzada a trav\u00e9s de alianzas para desarrollo tecnol\u00f3gico; transferencia tecnol\u00f3gica intensa desde pa\u00edses l\u00edderes; inversi\u00f3n extranjera; y producci\u00f3n tecnol\u00f3gica de calidad a bajo costo.<\/p>\n<p>La idea, se\u00f1alan desde Corfo es que los sistemas rob\u00f3ticos dentro de una misma empresa\u00a0 puedan trabajar de forma coordinada, algo donde la estatal quiere ser pionera. En el caso de la miner\u00eda, ya han avanzado en la adopci\u00f3n y est\u00e1ndares de interoperabilidad minera para impulsar el desarrollo de una industria rob\u00f3tica para este sector.<\/p>\n<p>En el marco de estas iniciativas, Corfo ha entregado financiamiento a diversas empresas e instituciones para implementar proyectos. Lo anterior incluye apoyo a la formaci\u00f3n de consorcios, como el lanzado en 2008 por High Services y Kuka Robotech; prototipo y desarrollo de robots, y creaci\u00f3n de laboratorios de rob\u00f3tica, entre los que destaca el de Ingenier\u00eda El\u00e9ctrica de la Universidad de Santiago, que trabaja en controladores de robots.<\/p>\n<p>La miner\u00eda, en tanto, ha estado impulsada por el ministerio del ramo, que desde 2014 se propuso hacer de esta industria un polo tecnol\u00f3gico y laboratorio para el desarrollo de soluciones que permitan que los procesos mineros sean m\u00e1s eficientes y seguros.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl uso de rob\u00f3tica en la industria minera aporta significativamente al incremento de la productividad y al resguardo de los trabajadores. Por eso, seguiremos promoviendo el di\u00e1logo multiactor entre la industria, proveedores, la academia y el Estado para agilizar el desarrollo de productos para la automatizaci\u00f3n\u201d, comenta la Ministra de Miner\u00eda, Aurora Williams.<\/p>\n<p>La titular de la cartera se\u00f1ala que a nivel gubernamental se ha entendido que si Chile es un pa\u00eds l\u00edder en miner\u00eda, tambi\u00e9n puede serlo en soluciones para la industria y en esta tarea la innovaci\u00f3n es y ser\u00e1 clave.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151120 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Robotica_4-1024x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medicina rob\u00f3tica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Desde el sector privado, otra de las \u00e1reas que ha impulsado concretamente la rob\u00f3tica en las \u00faltimas d\u00e9cadas ha sido la medicina. La cirug\u00eda de m\u00ednima invasi\u00f3n -endosc\u00f3pica y laparosc\u00f3pica- se ha empezado a aplicar en todas las ramas de la cirug\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>En 2009, Cl\u00ednica Indisa fue pionera en incorporar la plataforma rob\u00f3tica Da Vinci, \u00fanico sistema rob\u00f3tico quir\u00fargico utilizado en el mundo hasta hace unos a\u00f1os, con especial \u00e9nfasis en cirug\u00edas. En 2016 adquirieron un segundo robot transform\u00e1ndose en un centro de gran volumen quir\u00fargico y el tercero en Latinoam\u00e9rica con dos sistemas rob\u00f3ticos.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan Octavio Castillo, director del Centro de Cirug\u00eda Rob\u00f3tica de Cl\u00ednica Indisa, el sistema quir\u00fargico Da Vinci incorpora herramientas para el cirujano, como visi\u00f3n 3D amplificada, manejo de cuatro instrumentos en forma simult\u00e1nea, instrumental de tama\u00f1o reducido, dando al cirujano la posibilidad de estar sentado en una consola manejando los instrumentos a distancia (telecirug\u00eda).<\/p>\n<p>Para los pacientes, en tanto, los beneficios son peque\u00f1as incisiones, menor dolor postoperatorio, deambulaci\u00f3n y alimentaci\u00f3n precoz, alta hospitalaria en menos tiempo y una r\u00e1pida incorporaci\u00f3n al trabajo. Adem\u00e1s, no hay necesidad de transfusiones, por ejemplo, en procedimientos tan complejos como una cirug\u00eda radical de la pr\u00f3stata.<\/p>\n<p>El paso est\u00e1 dado, pero Castillo advierte que hoy el desaf\u00edo m\u00e1s importante es que los beneficios de la tecnolog\u00eda est\u00e9n al alcance de todos los pacientes, lo que implica incorporar su cobertura en los sistemas de salud en Chile, un paso que comenzaron a dar algunas Isapres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob\u00f3tica <em>made in Chile<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De acuerdo a cifras de la Asociaci\u00f3n Chilena de Empresas de Tecnolog\u00edas de la Informaci\u00f3n, ACTI, existe un d\u00e9ficit de capital humano t\u00e9cnico y avanzado de 6.000 profesionales al a\u00f1o. No obstante, diversos actores se\u00f1alan que el pa\u00eds cuenta con recursos humanos preparados para enfrentar los restos que impone el desarrollo de una industria rob\u00f3tica <em>made in<\/em> <em>Chile<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Las alianzas p\u00fablico privadas y el apoyo estatal han fomentado el surgimiento de compa\u00f1\u00edas locales dedicadas a la rob\u00f3tica.<\/p>\n<p>Es el caso de la chilena MIRS, que lleva m\u00e1s de 10 a\u00f1os dise\u00f1ando, desarrollando e implementando aplicaciones rob\u00f3ticas que se ajustan a las necesidades de cada proceso, a la vez que aportan soluciones que hacen de la miner\u00eda un trabajo m\u00e1s productivo -a bajo costo operacional- y preciso, pero tambi\u00e9n m\u00e1s seguro.<\/p>\n<p>En miner\u00eda cuentan con una base instalada a nivel nacional e internacional. Tienen robots en las principales faenas mineras del pa\u00eds, como Radomiro Tomic, Ventanas y El Salvador de Codelco, adem\u00e1s de Minera Escondida, Sierra Gorda, Molymet, Molynor y Mantos Blancos.<\/p>\n<p>Una de sus soluciones que hoy est\u00e1 operando es MI Robotic Sampler, robot que automatiza la toma de muestras de concentrado, desde camiones que transportan el material, carros de ferrocarril o maxi sacos. Adem\u00e1s de ser m\u00e1s precisa en la toma de muestras, se trata de una soluci\u00f3n segura y a nivel de costos mucho m\u00e1s efectiva, se\u00f1alan desde MIRS.<\/p>\n<p>Pese a su amplio uso en la industria minera, la utilidad de maquinarias se extiende a otros sectores, ya que la principal caracter\u00edstica de los robots es que son programables para realizar cualquier actividad reiterativa de manera eficiente y segura.<\/p>\n<p>Otra compa\u00f1\u00eda chilena que se ha abierto paso en la industria minera es Maquintel, que trabaja en soluciones rob\u00f3ticas para la inspecci\u00f3n de ductos e inspecci\u00f3n automatizada de canaletas de relaves. Sus desarrollos los han hecho adjudicarse fondos de Corfo,\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Chile y CodelcoTec.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151121 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Robotica_3-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob\u00f3tica chilena: de la universidad al sector agr\u00edcola<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Otro de los sectores que ha comenzado a hacer uso de estas tecnolog\u00edas es el agroindustrial, un nicho que pese ser reacio al cambio y la evoluci\u00f3n tecnol\u00f3gica, requiere de su incorporaci\u00f3n para disminuir los tiempos de trabajo y complementar la mano de obra que hoy es escasa, destaca Fernando Auat, investigador del AC3E, Centro de Ingenier\u00eda El\u00e9ctrica y Electr\u00f3nica, de la Universidad Federico Santa Mar\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>En este Hub de desarrollo, implementaci\u00f3n y prototipado de proyectos electr\u00f3nicos de alto impacto en el pa\u00eds, se trabaja en iniciativas de rob\u00f3tica aplicada para la agricultura, especialmente para los cultivos de frutales, con la finalidad de aumentar su productividad.<\/p>\n<p>Hoy, a trav\u00e9s de AC3E equipos multidisciplinarios compuestos por matem\u00e1ticos, ingenieros el\u00e9ctricos, industriales y de producto, trabajan en la incorporaci\u00f3n de sensores rob\u00f3ticos en el proceso agr\u00edcola para el monitoreo, caracterizaci\u00f3n y fenotipado en la producci\u00f3n frut\u00edcola del pa\u00eds. La informaci\u00f3n que suministra la tecnolog\u00eda permite predecir la producci\u00f3n para tomar acciones referidas a costos de recolecci\u00f3n, venta esperada y acciones preventivas del cultivo.<\/p>\n<p>Para Auat es tan necesario adoptar tecnolog\u00edas rob\u00f3ticas en el pa\u00eds como reconocer que Chile tiene el capital humano e intelectual necesario para crear desarrollos de alto nivel. Lo anterior, es clave para trabajar con universidades en Estados Unidos y Europa, espec\u00edficamente en Espa\u00f1a donde prueban tecnolog\u00edas rob\u00f3ticas <em>made in<\/em> <em>Chile<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUno de los principales desaf\u00edos de hoy es hacer un cambio idiosincr\u00e1tico en el pa\u00eds y convencernos que en\u00a0Chile se puede desarrollar tecnolog\u00eda, que no necesita importarla, porque el pa\u00eds ya cuenta con los capitales humanos y tecnol\u00f3gicos suficientes para logarlo\u201d, enfatiza Auat y a\u00f1ade que el principal problema en la industria es que el cliente chileno escoge a proveedores extranjeros y no a locales.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien, comienza a estructurarse una industria nacional de rob\u00f3tica con foco en sectores productivos, con empresas, apoyo estatal y alianzas p\u00fablico privada, a nivel comercial falta que los potenciales demandantes de estos servicios en el pa\u00eds aprendan a confiar en los desarrolladores locales.[:en]<strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151118 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/robotica_1-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"358\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incorporation of robotics in Chile is taking place across diverse productive sectors, from mining, to agro-industry and medicine. Its boom is also driving local companies to develop their own initiatives, some of which are already gaining traction on the global stage.<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Alejandra Melo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reference to robotics often evokes collective thoughts of science fiction and, undoubtedly, the cyborgs from the <em>Terminator<\/em> movie franchise or the friendlier classics of C-3PO and R2-D2 from <em>Star Wars<\/em>. Although characters such as these remain a distant reality, it is no futuristic utopia to see robotic technologies in the present with the ability to carry out the work of humans.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, robotics, which is the science of the design and construction of machines capable of undertaking tasks performed by people, or activities that require the use of intelligence, is already a reality at the industry level.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 2015 World Robot Statistics survey, published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), to 2018 almost 1.3 million industrial robots will be working in factories around the world. While South Korea, Japan and Germany remain the current global leaders in automated industrial robotics, Chile is making giant strides forward in this field.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo Quevedo, founder and director of Robotics Lab SCL, the first applied robotics center in the country, says that this area is globally relevant, particularly so for Chile given the greater technology gap that exists in relation to developed nations. Indeed, he argues that \u201crobotics is set to cover the development and implementation of new technologies\u201d across the industrial board.<\/p>\n<p>Quevedo adds that at the local level, robotic technology is already penetrating areas such as healthcare, agriculture, the environment, education and entertainment, among others. The key, he contends, is that around the world robotics is beginning to interact with other technologies including big data, the internet of things and cloud computing. This \u201cprovides us with an opportunity to become part of the Industrial Revolution 4.0\u201d he says, in reference to the concept of a new way of organizing the means of production. In this revolution, Quevedo contends that robotics will contribute to the establishment of smart factories that are expected to facilitate industrial processes and resource management by making all tasks more efficient and flexible.<\/p>\n<p>The potential behind the robotics sector is now recognized throughout the worlds of industry and academia, as well as, significantly, across the Chilean State. For example, one incentive has already been provided in Chile in the field of engineering with the creation of specialized centers located within distinct research houses, including those in the Universidad de Chile and Universidad Federico Santa Mar\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151119 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Robotica_2-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robotics in Chilean industry<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the bodies to have encouraged the use of robotics in the local market has been the Ministry of Economy, via Corfo and the strategic \u2018Transform\u2019 programs, which include two initiatives that incorporate advanced robotics as a key field of development in the manufacturing and mining sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The first of these initiatives relates to the Industrial Revolution 4.0. One of its objectives is to leverage the international technological advancements made to date that are required for the development of advanced manufacturing. The aim is replicate these required aspects, which include technological development partnerships, intensive technology transfer from leading countries, foreign investment, and low-cost technological production.<\/p>\n<p>According to Corfo, the overarching goal is for the robotic systems within a given company to work in a coordinated manner. As such, this is an area in which the State is seeking to become a pioneer, and certain sectors have already benefitted from this objective. For example, in the case of mining, progress has been made in the adoption and creation of standards related to mining interoperability, as part of wider efforts to foster the development of a robotics industry for this particular sector.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, Corfo has awarded financing to different companies and institutions for the implementation of related projects. This includes support for the formation of consortiums, such as the one launched in 2008 by High Services and Kuka Robotech, in addition to prototyping and developing robots, and establishing robotics labs. Notable in this regard is the Robotics Laboratory of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Universidad de Santiago, which is working on the development of robot controllers.<\/p>\n<p>In the mining sector, on the other hand, development in robotics has been driven by the Ministry of Mining. Since 2014, the Ministry has proposed positioning the sector as a technological and laboratory-centered development area capable of creating solutions geared towards making mining processes safer and more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of robotics in mining significantly increases productivity and worker safety. That is why we will continue to promote multi-actor dialogue across the sector, including with suppliers, academia and the State in order to streamline the development of products for automation\u201d, states the Minister of Mining, Aurora Williams.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister adds that while Chile is already conceived of as a leading player in mining at the government level, it has the chance to assume a similar position in terms of the provision of industrial solutions. To achieve this objective, she adds, innovation is and will continue to be the fundamental aspect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151120 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Robotica_4-1024x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robotics in medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another area to have firmly boosted robotics in the private sector in recent decades has been the field of medicine. For example, minimally invasive surgery, both endoscopic and laparoscopic, is beginning to be applied across all branches of surgical medicine.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Indisa Clinic in Santiago became a pioneer in this regard by incorporating the use of the da Vinci platform, the only robotic operating system used in the world until recently. The da Vinci platform is utilized primarily for surgical procedures. In 2016, the clinic acquired a second robot, thereby becoming a center capable of handling large surgical volumes and transforming itself into only the third medical institution in Latin America with two robotic systems.<\/p>\n<p>Octavio Castillo, Director of the Center of Robotic Surgery at Indisa Clinic, explains how the da Vinci surgical system incorporates distinct tools for the surgeon, including amplified 3D vision, the handling of four instruments simultaneously and reduced-size instruments. Such assets enable the surgeon to be seated at a central console from which they can control the instruments remotely (telesurgery).<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of this technology for patients are numerous compared to traditional surgical procedures. For example, they include smaller incisions, reduced postoperative pain, faster ambulation times and earlier feeding, quicker discharge from hospital and a rapid reintegration into the world of work. Moreover, there is no need for transfusions, for example in complex operative procedures such as radical prostate surgery.<\/p>\n<p>While the example of Indisa Clinic represents significant progress, Castillo warns that the most important challenge is now to ensure that the benefits of this technology become available to all patients. This implies the incorporation of robotic procedures across additional Chilean healthcare systems. Indeed, this is a step that certain private health providers (Isapres) are beginning to take.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-151121 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.amchamchile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Robotica_3-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robotics \u2018Made in Chile\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Chilean Association of Information Technology Companies (ACTI), Chile is experiencing a technical and advanced human capital deficit of 6,000 professionals a year. However, and on the contrary, several actors believe that the country does have the sufficiently prepared human resources to confront the challenges posed by the development of a home grown, or \u2018made in Chile\u2019, robotics industry.<\/p>\n<p>Public-private partnerships and State support have helped to foster a surge in the numbers of local companies dedicated to robotics. For example, there is the case of the Chilean company, Mining and Heavy Industry Robotics (MIRS), which has been designing, developing and implementing robotic applications for over a decade. Every MIRS application is adjusted to the individual requirements of each process, and the work of the company is providing solutions that are helping mining to become more productive, with lower operational costs and improved levels of safety.<\/p>\n<p>MIRS has a well-established and broad base at both the national and international levels in the mining sector. This includes robots operating in some of the most prominent mines in Chile, such as Radomiro Tomic, Ventanas and Codelco\u2019s El Salvador, as well as Minera Escondida, Sierra Gorda, Molymet, Molynor and Mantos Blancos.<\/p>\n<p>One of the company\u2019s current operative solutions is the MI Robotic Sampler, a robot that automates concentrate sampling, from trucks, railway cars or maxi bags that are transporting the material. In addition to providing more accurate sampling, this approach is a safe and cost-effective solution, according to MIRS.<\/p>\n<p>The usefulness of this type of machinery is not confined solely to the mining industry, and its functionality extends into other sectors too. This is because the main characteristic of a robot mean that it can be programed to undertake any repetitive activity both efficiently and safely.<\/p>\n<p>Another Chilean company to have taken important strides in industrial mining and the application of robots is Maquintel, which works on robotic solutions for the inspection of ducts and the automated inspection of tailings gutters. The successful work of Maquintel in this regard has won the company funding from the likes of Corfo, Fundaci\u00f3n Chile and CodelcoTec.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chilean robotics: from universities to the agriculture sector<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An additional industry that has begun to utilize such technology is the agro-industrial sector. Although this niche area is traditionally resistant to change and technological evolution, it is especially important that it begins the process of incorporating technology into its operations. Doing so will help it to reduce working times and complement the scarce amount of manual labor currently available, states Fernando Auat, researcher at the Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E) at Universidad Federico Santa Mar\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>At the hub of development, implementation and the prototyping of high-impact electronic projects that is AC3E, work is being carried out on distinct initiatives related to applied robotics. Specifically, this work is for use in agriculture, particularly for fruit crops, and its objective is to increase productivity across the Chilean sector.<\/p>\n<p>Today, through AC3E\u2019s multidisciplinary teams of mathematicians and electrical, industrial and product engineers, professionals are working on incorporating robotic sensors within the agricultural process for the purpose of monitoring, characterizing and phenotyping Chilean fruit production. The information provided by this technology allows for predictions to be made regarding production, which, in turn, enables actions to be taken related to harvesting costs and expected sales, in addition to various preventive crop measures.<\/p>\n<p>Auat firmly believes in the importance of adopting robotic technologies in the country, as well as of the need to recognize that Chile has the human and intellectual capital necessary to develop high-level solutions. Indeed, this approach is key to working with universities in the United States and Europe, and specifically Spain, where the robotic technologies that are \u2018made in Chile\u2019 are currently tested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the main challenges at present is to make an idiosyncratic change in the country, by convincing ourselves that in Chile it is possible to develop our own technology and that it isn\u2019t necessary to import it, since we already have both the human and technological capital necessary to do so right here\u201d. Auat adds that one of the major problems in The agriculture industry is that the Chilean client has a tendency to prefer foreign suppliers over local ones.<\/p>\n<p>While positive steps are being taken to build a national robotics industry in Chile, including emphasis being placed on productive sectors, new companies, State support and public-private partnerships, there remains a pertinent need for the potential users of these services at the commercial level to begin to learn to believe in and trust local developers.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:es] En Chile la incorporaci\u00f3n de la rob\u00f3tica toma fuerza y se posiciona en sectores productivos tan diversos como la miner\u00eda, la agroindustria y la medicina. 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