Roger Pons

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Roger Pons is a leading expert in industrial robotics and press line automation, with a focused research portfolio on mechatronic design optimization for high-performance manufacturing systems. His major contributions center on the development of ultra-high-speed press tending robots, where he pioneered model-driven approaches to optimize robot dynamics and drive-train configurations. Pons’s most cited work, "Model driven mechatronic design optimization of a linear axis press tending robot" (3 citations), analyzes ABB’s IRB 7600FX linear 7th axis robot to maximize strokes per minute (SPM) for interpress automation. In "Optimization-based development of ultra high performance Twin Robot Xbar press tending robot system" (2 citations), he introduced a task-based methodology for optimal drive-train design, leveraging mechatronic system simulation to enhance throughput. His notable achievement includes the "New robot concept for ultra high performance press tending robot system" (2 citations), which features a novel double drive-train architecture—using two gearboxes and two motors for joints 2, 3, and 5—enabling compact, high-speed press line automation. Though his citation counts are modest, Pons’s work directly addresses industry demands for faster, more efficient press lines, making him a key contributor to the evolution of robotic press tending systems.