At the end of the subject matter, the student must: - Know the fundamentals of automation of industrial systems and robotics. - Identify and know the automated industrial production technologies involved in the Circular Engineering (recycling process machinery, production machinery, robotics). - Be able to select the most suitable automation systems for the integration of a production process oriented to Circular Engineering.

Block 1: Basic concepts of robotics and automation of industrial processes. Block 2: The role of automation and robotics in the efficient use of raw materials, waste reduction and energy consumption. Block 3: Automation and robotics applications in recycling. Block 4: Study of real cases These blocks will cover the following specific topics: - Automation concept - Open-loop and feedback control loop. Automation technologies. - Continuous system concepts, discrete event systems, and hybrid systems. - Continuous controllers (PID). Applications of PID control in circular engineering. - Programmable logic controllers - SCADA systems - Sensors - Actuation systems (basic concepts of electric motors, pneumatics, and hydraulics) - Robotics - Automatic sorting and recycling equipment - Automatic transport systems - Identification and traceability

TRAINING ACTIVITIES Theoretical classes Practical laboratory classes Tutoring Individual and group student work: case studies, oral presentations and defense of the project, and thesis writing. TEACHING METHODOLOGIES In-class lectures by the teacher with the support of computer and audiovisual media, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and provide bibliography to complement student learning. Guided laboratory practices: PLC programming, robotics, and automation systems integration. Preparation and oral presentation of a project, either individually or in a group.