My work seeks to advance adaptive robotic platforms capable of performing inspection, environmental monitoring, sample manipulation, and rescue operations in unstructured and extreme environments. These systems integrate reconfigurable kinematic architectures, compliant mechanisms, hybrid locomotion strategies, and multi-body dynamic modeling (as inspired by NASA’s animal and plant biomimicry), yielding robotic systems capable of traversing complex terrains, interacting with uncertain environments, and executing mission-critical tasks with high levels of autonomy.
Follows SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - UNOOSA: 7 , 9 , 15, 17
Jose Cornejo et al. “Aerospace Bionic Robotics: BEAM-D Technical Standard of Biomimetic Engineering Design Methodology Applied to Mechatronics Systems”. Biomimetics, 2025.
DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics10100668 [Link] [PDF]
Jose Cornejo et al. “Space Applications of Multi-Morphic Reconfigurable Robotic Systems”. Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics (LACAR), 2025. Article Link.
Jose Cornejo et al. “Mechatronics on Evolutionary Biology, Bio-inspiration and Biomimetics Turned into Space Technologies for the Moon”. IEEE International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Smart Technologies (ISAS), 2025.
DOI: 10.1109/ISAS66241.2025.11101941 [Link] [PDF]
Jose Cornejo et al. “Animal-Morphing Bio-inspired Mechatronic Systems: Research Framework in Robot Design to Enhance Interplanetary Exploration on the Moon”. Biomimetics, 2024.
DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics9110693 [Link] [PDF]
Follows SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - UNOOSA: 7 , 9 , 15, 17
Jose Cornejo et al. “Mechatronics Journey and Project Management of Arthropod Robots Design and Development”. IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies, Communication and Robotics (STCR), 2025.
DOI: 10.1109/STCR62650.2025.11020464 [Link] [PDF]
Jose Cornejo et al. “Multibody system dynamics for bio-robotic design and simulation based on inching-locomotion caterpillar's gait: MBD-ILAR method”. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2024.
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ad98d4 [Link] [PDF]
Jose Cornejo et al. “Bio-inspired design of hard-bodied mobile robots based on arthropod morphologies: a 10-year systematic review and bibliometric analysis”. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2024.
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ad5778 [Link] [PDF]
Jose Cornejo et al. “Experimental study and geometrical method to design bio-inspired robotic kinematic chains of inching-locomotion caterpillars”. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2023.
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ad1b2c [Link] [PDF]
Jose Cornejo et al. “Digital Fabrication of Bio-Inspired Robotic Modular Systems based on Biomechanics of Inching-Locomotion Caterpillars”. IEEE Colombian Caribbean Conference (C3), 2023.
DOI: 10.1109/C358072.2023.10436168 [Link] [PDF]
Follows SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - UNOOSA: 7 , 9 , 14, 17
Bernabé Oscco et al. “Bio-Inspired Design and Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Aquatic Robot Development Based on the Locomotion of the Istiophorus (Sailfish)”. IEEE International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies (ISMSIT), 2024.
DOI: 10.1109/ISMSIT63511.2024.10757212 [Link] [PDF]
Follows SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - UNOOSA: 7 , 9 , 15, 17
J. C. Suárez-Quispe et al. “Mechatronics Development of Hexapod Robot Controlled by Bioinspired Locomotion Steps for Farmlands Visual Exploration”. IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), 2023.
DOI: 10.1109/ICECCT56650.2023.10179722 [Link] [PDF]
José Borja et al. “Radio Frequency Controlled Hexapod Robot with Bioinspired Kinematic Configuration used for Rescue Activities after Landslides in Urban Areas”. IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communications and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT), 2023.
DOI: 10.1109/ICAECT57570.2023.10117856 [Link] [PDF]
Follows SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - UNOOSA: 7 , 9 , 13, 15, 17
Juan Alva et al. “Mechatronics Design and Motion Simulation of a Hybrid Wheeled-SCARA Mobile Robot coupled with Artificial Vision for Solid Waste Collection on Stone Beaches”. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research (IJMERR), 2025.
DOI: 10.18178/ijmerr.14.2.114-133 [Link] [PDF]
Juan Alva et al. “Mechatronics Fundamentals and Locomotion Analysis of Hybrid Mobile Robot: Rocker-Bogie Wheeled System and SCARA Manipulator”. IEEE International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies (ISMSIT), 2024.
DOI: 10.1109/ISMSIT63511.2024.10757258 [Link] [PDF]
Walter Vega et al. “Conceptual Mechatronics Design and Prototyping of Autonomous Inverted Pendulum-System applied on Two-Wheeled Mobile Robot”. IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communications and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT), 2023.
DOI: 10.1109/ICAECT57570.2023.10118071 [Link] [PDF]
Elvis Castañeda et al. “Generative Design and DEM-FEA Simulations for Optimization and Validation of a Bio-Inspired Airless Tire-Wheel System for Land-Based Space Planetary Exploration Robot”. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), 2022.
DOI: 10.1109/ICARM54641.2022.9959104 [Link] [PDF]
Elvis Castañeda et al. “FEM and DEM Simulations of Tire-Soil and Drill-Soil Interactions in Off-Road Conditions for Mechanical Design Validation of a Space Exploration Rover”. IEEE International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE), 2021.
DOI: 10.1109/ICMAE52228.2021.9522493 [Link] [PDF]
Gustavo Jamanca et al. “Conceptual Design of ARIES Rover for Water Production and Resource Utilization on the Moon”. IEEE Engineering International Research Conference (EIRCON), 2020.
DOI: 10.1109/EIRCON51178.2020.9253766 [Link] [PDF]
Cesar Muñoz et al. "Mechatronics Development of Terrestrial Mobile Robot for Exploring and Monitoring Environmental Parameters at Mine Analogue Sites using IoT Platform”. IEEE XXVII International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing (INTERCON), 2020.
DOI: 10.1109/INTERCON50315.2020.9220227 [Link] [PDF]
Follows SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - UNOOSA: 7 , 9 , 13, 15, 17
Juan Montalvan, et al. “Pluriversality on Earth and Beyond: Opening the Field of Critical Interplanetary Design within the Design Discipline”. Proceedings of Design Research Society, 2024.
DOI: 10.21606/drs.2024.1712 [Link] [PDF]
Carlos Oblitas, et al. “Optimization of Energy Generator with the Advanced Design and Fabrication of Piezoelectric Harvester System”. IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON), 2022.
DOI: 10.1109/ARGENCON55245.2022.9939754 [Link] [PDF]