Eduardo Alves Portela Santos
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Universidade Federal do Paraná
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6
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89
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About
Eduardo Alves Portela Santos is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of discrete event systems, flexible manufacturing, and industrial automation. His scholarship spans more than two decades, with consistent contributions to the design and implementation of intelligent control architectures for complex manufacturing environments. Santos is perhaps best known for his 2016 paper on PLC implementation of supervisory control for discrete event systems, which has garnered 59 citations and addresses the practical challenge of coordinating heterogeneous equipment — including robots, CNC lathes, and assembly machines — within flexible manufacturing systems. This work bridges formal control theory and real-world industrial deployment, a hallmark of his research style. His earlier contributions applied Supervisory Control Theory and Local Modular Control approaches to robot-centered manufacturing cells, while his Petri net-based frameworks for control, monitoring, and maintenance integration reflect a sophisticated systems-level perspective on operational reliability. More recently, Santos has expanded his focus toward contemporary industrial challenges, including safety risk assessment for collaborative robots under Industry 4.0 conditions and the transformative potential of generative artificial intelligence for accelerating Industry 4.0 and 5.0 adoption. His evolving research agenda positions him as a forward-looking voice in intelligent manufacturing systems research.
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