Avantgard Robotics aims to boost local production of technologies

Aguascalientes is working on the third phase of its private-sector initiative involving Japan in Mexico, where the most significant investment is focused on Japanese consumer products and technologies for use in local companies. This was stated by Héctor Vargas, founder of Avantgard Robotics Mexico, who argued that this is an indicator needed to drive the development of technology at the national and local levels.

The investment that Aguascalientes receives from the private sector in Japan accounts for 32% of the total investment Mexico receives. This means that Aguascalientes is using robotics and various technologies imported from Japan, but we are not the ones designing them," Vargas noted.

The company, which now aims to establish itself in Aguascalieentes, was founded in 2024 after Hector Vargas, its founder, identified a lack of private-sector initiative in Mexican technology—instead of having to import it from other parts of the world. This helped foster the idea and purpose of creating and developing technology within the country.

 Vargas emphasizes that there is a brain drain of national talent, which is due to a lack of specialization in Mexico’s educational curricula—curricula that should train people to develop technology, not just operate it.

“Projects that may have an academic justification lack an economic one. Unfortunately, these won't be a priority because they don't offer a short-term return. It's about finding that balance where we can implement emerging technologies while aligning them with the public's real needs,” the businessman argues.

Hector Vargas points out that while there is a pool of high-quality human resources, the high failure rate of national technology projects is due to a lack of development in the broader context—specifically, the absence of solutions tailored, for example, to the aerospace sector.

“Aguascalientes has been importing solutions and technologies from Japan for about 40 years. I believe this gives us the opportunity to send students there and bring them back. In fact, this November, six students from Aguascalientes will be developing important solutions (in Japan), but they want to focus on solving specific problems in the state,” the company's founder emphasizes.