X-ACT Expert cooperative robots for highly skilled operations for the factory of the future

Summary

X-act aims to increase the infiltration of intelligent and cooperative robotic systems in European, "robot resistant" production facilities.

The penetration of such systems has poorly advanced due to

the lack of user friendly programming in real industrial environments,
the complexity in managing robot to robot and human to robot cooperation
the combined need for production and robotics experts for achieving dexterous operations
the high safety requirements for human-robot interaction.

X-act proposes the enhancement of dual arm robots for cooperative use with human operators, by means of:

Dual arm robots enhancement modules involving sensors, visual servoing and flexible tools to enable dexterous operation
Intelligent motion planning algorithms for synchronizing the motion of the dual arms combined with the enablement of the execution of bimanual operations
Dual arm robot instructions libraries to simplify programming, allowing the robot program to be incrementally and automatically created
Simulation modules capable of representing realistically the behaviour of the dual arm robot
Sensor guided programming involving voice recognition, visual programming, force sensing
Highly intuitive interfaces for human-robot cooperation during assembly by means of control algorithms to regulate the manipulation of the parts
Fenceless human robot supervision system to adjust the speed of the robots upon the detection of humans and automatically re-plan robot trajectory

The project will be based on industrial applications, bringing dual arm robots to a maturity level that allows the introduction in industry, not as experimental equipment but as well proven and reliable production technologies.

A demonstration in automotive will involve the dexterous assembly of flexible parts by dual arm robots in cooperation with humans. A second demonstration will focus on rework of electrical appliances to disassemble, rework and reassemble electrical devices.

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Web resources:	http://www.xact-project.eu/ https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/314355
Start date:	01-10-2012
End date:	30-09-2015
Total budget - Public funding:	4 845 590,00 Euro - 3 212 991,00 Euro

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X-act aims to increase the infiltration of intelligent and cooperative robotic systems in European, "robot resistant" production facilities. The penetration of such systems has poorly advanced due to a) the lack of user friendly programming in real industrial environments, b) the complexity in managing robot to robot and human to robot cooperation c) the combined need for production and robotics experts for achieving dexterous operations d) the high safety requirements for human-robot interaction. X-act proposes the enhancement of dual arm robots for cooperative use with human operators, by means of:-\tDual arm robots enhancement modules involving sensors, visual servoing and flexible tools to enable dexterous operation-\tIntelligent motion planning algorithms for synchronizing the motion of the dual arms combined with the enablement of the execution of bimanual operations-\tDual arm robot instructions libraries to simplify programming, allowing the robot program to be incrementally and automatically created-\tSimulation modules capable of representing realistically the behavior of the dual arm robot-\tSensor guided programming involving voice recognition, visual programming, force sensing-\tHighly intuitive interfaces for human-robot cooperation during assembly by means of control algorithms to regulate the manipulation of the parts-\tFenceless human robot supervision system to adjust the speed of the robots upon the detection of humans and automatically re-plan robot trajectoryThe project will be based on industrial applications, bringing dual arm robots to a maturity level that allows the introduction in industry, not as experimental equipment but as well proven and reliable production technologies. A demonstration in automotive will involve the dexterous assembly of flexible parts by dual arm robots in cooperation with humans. A second demonstration will focus on rework of electrical appliances to disassemble, rework and reassemble electrical devices.

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ONG

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https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/314355

Call topic

FoF-ICT-2011.7.1

Update Date

27-10-2022

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Factories of the Future Partnership - Made in Europe Partnership

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Contributed to the development of TS-15066 via the participation of partner PILZ in its development process.

•Participate in the C184/SC2/WG3. •Developing the new version of ISO/TS 15066, Robots and robotic devices – industrial Safety requirements Collaborative industrial robots

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Simulation of Robot and human processes at station level.

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Dual arm robot simulation developed.

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Integration of Robot and human processes at station level.

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Dual arm robot planning and contorl developed.

Comment: Utilise Dual-arm robots for increasing process flexibility.

Comment: Utilise Dual-arm robots for increasing process reconfigurability.

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X-act delviers advanced robotic systems involving humans and dual arm robots in cooperation, thus advancing the way manufacturing systems perform. Therefore it aims to bring about Products, processes and production systems co-evolution.

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Reducing ergonomics burden by removing heavy parts lifting operations from humans and transfering them to dual arm robots.

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Reducing ergonomics burden by removing heavy parts lifting operations from humans and transfering them to dual arm robots.

Develop safe and intuitive interfaces for Human cooperation with Dual arm robot. See also

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X-act delivered technology for human inclusion and physical world inclusion, consiering obstacles in generating the motion of robots.

Comment: Intuitive human robot interaction for programming and assembly operations.

Comment: Vision based control for Dual arm robot. Force based control for bi-manual operations.

Robotized Assembly Process Using Dual Arm Robot. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827114011354

Comment: Service oriented architecture for integrating Human, robots, sensors in the assembly process.

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Flexible human-like dual arm robots in cooperation with human workers ultimately aims to enable manufacturing of highly customised products, which is the main objective of the project.

Comment: Use Dual arm robot to manipulate complex parts in Final assembly. Use Dual arm robot for disassembly operations of complex parts.