SMErobot

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SMErobot was an Integrated Project within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union to create a new family of Small and medium enterprises(SME)-suitable robots and to exploit its potential for competitive SME manufacturing. The project started March 1, 2005.[1] Project ended on May 31, 2009 - after 4 years and 3 months extension.

Research results and public presentation

From May 7–8, 2009 the project took part in the First European SMEweek and presented its research results in a two-day Final Workshop.[2] Among 20 others were the following exhibits.[3]

  • Plug‘n‘Produce-Cell for Bin-Picking Applications [4]
  • Programming through manual guidance and graphical post processing[5]
  • Woodworking Assistant[6]
  • Tabletop PKM/Tau Robot for Classroom Usage[7]
  • The SME Worker’s Third Hand[8]

From June 10–13, 2008 the research project presented automation solutions for smal and medium manufacturing at the Automatica trade fair in Munich. Among others the following research results (Planned project end: February 2009) were shown:[9]

  • A new parallel kinematik robot machine for industrial Parallelkinematik für industielle use (f. i. foundry)[10]
  • A SMART Robot for every for every shop floor (f. i. forming)[11]
  • A robot as worker's third hand (all purpose)[12]
  • A Woodworking assistant (for small and medium-sizedcrafts)[13]
  • A “Plug-and-Produce”- table robot for classroom use.[14]
  • A Life cycle costing tool.[15]
  • A training tool called "SMErobot toolbox"[16]

Innovations

Existing automation technologies have been developed for capital-intensive large-volume manufacturing, resulting in costly and complex systems, which typically cannot be used in an SME context. Therefore, manufacturing SMEs are today caught in an ‘automation trap’: they must either opt for current and inappropriate automation solutions or compete on the basis of lowest wages.[17]

The research and development in SMErobot is geared towards creating the following technical innovations:[18]

1. Robot capable of understanding human-like instructions (by voice, gesture, graphics)[19]

2. Safe and productive human-aware space-sharing robot (cooperative, no fences)[20]

3. Three-day-deployable integrated robotic system (modular plug-and-produce components)[21]

Implementation

The demonstrations of fully functional prototypes will be set up in different SME-manufacturing branches (plastics & rubber, small-batch foundry, metal parts fabrication, etc.), together with SME-end-users and SME-system-integrators, partly from the new Member States. Training and education will be conducted at all levels from researcher to end-users. [22]

External reports

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  1. Jump up ↑ Nilsson, K.; Johansson, R.; Robertsson, A.; Bischoff, R.; Brogårdh, T.; Hägele, M.: Productive robots and the SMErobot project. Third Swedish Workshop on Autonomous Robotics Stockholm, September 1–2, 2005.
  2. Jump up ↑ Press release Final Workshop
  3. Jump up ↑ SMErobot exhibits final workshop
  4. Jump up ↑ Plug‘n‘Produce-Cell for Bin-Picking Applications
  5. Jump up ↑ Programming through manual guidance and graphical post processing
  6. Jump up ↑ Woodworking Assistant
  7. Jump up ↑ Tabletop PKM/Tau Robot for Classroom Usage, Workshop Exhibits/07_tabletop PKM-tau robot.pdf
  8. Jump up ↑ The SME Worker’s Third Hand
  9. Jump up ↑ SMErobot at Automatica flyer
  10. Jump up ↑ New parallel kinematic
  11. Jump up ↑ SMART robot for every shop floor
  12. Jump up ↑ Worker's third hand
  13. Jump up ↑ Woodworking assistant
  14. Jump up ↑ Tabke robot for classroom use
  15. Jump up ↑ LCC-tool
  16. Jump up ↑ SMErobot toolbox
  17. Jump up ↑ Armbruster, Heidi; Kirner, Eva; Kinkel, Stefen: Neue Kundengruppen für Industrieroboter - Wo liegen unausgeschöpfte Anwendungspotenziale für Roboter im deutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbe?. In: Mitteilungen aus der Produktionserhebung.Nr. 38, März 2006, Karlsruhe, Fraunhofer ISI
  18. Jump up ↑ SMErobot website, http://www.smerobot.org/02_overview/#innovations
  19. Jump up ↑ Bierfreund, B.: Entlernen und Neulernen: Herausforderungen bei der Entwicklung einer neuen Generation von Industrierobotern für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen (KMU). In: Zeitschrift ARBEIT2008
  20. Jump up ↑ Haddadin,S.; Albu-Schaeffer, A.; Hirzinger, G.: Safe Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Measurements, Analysis and New Insights. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR2007)Hiroshima, Japan, November 26–29, 2007
  21. Jump up ↑ Naumann. M., Wegener K., Schraft, R. D.: Control Architecture for Robot Cells to Enable Plug and Produce. In: Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 07, page 287-292, Rom, April 2007
  22. Jump up ↑ SMErobot website, http://www.smerobot.org/02_overview/#implementation
  23. Jump up ↑ The Economist 19.06.2008
  24. Jump up ↑ Das Handelsblatt 29.05.2008
  25. Jump up ↑ Metalunvers
  26. Jump up ↑ Industries et technologies
  27. Jump up ↑ Ny Teknik 04.06.2008
  28. Jump up ↑ Ny Teknik 11.06.2008
  29. Jump up ↑ Ny Teknik 12.06.2008
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