Cel A step beyond flexible/reconfigurable fixtures for higher continuous adaptation of production resources respect to production objectives and technical conditions in the knowledge-based factory is achievable today by synergic convergence of the NMP themes of flexible fixtures, parallel robots and new/smart materials with the ICT themes of robot swarms with networked embedded control. Today’s smartest adaptable fixtures have limited adjustment capability, are mostly operated manually, are usually setup off-line with help of external measuring equipment, e.g. laser. Significant increase in effectiveness and decrease in cost may come from on-line fully actuated configuration/reconfiguration, large adaptability to different shapes and the capability to dynamically concentrate the support in the region where manufacturing is actually performed, doing that on-line and without moving/removing the part from the fixture. We propose the new concept of self adaptable swarm fixtures composed of mobile agents that can freely move on a bench and reposition below the supported part behaving as a swarm, all without moving/removing the part from the fixture. Each fixture agent is composed of: *A mobile platform, *a parallel robot fixed to the mobile platform, *an adaptable head with phase-change fluid and an adhesion arrangement, to sustain/clamp the supported part perfectly adapting to the part local geometry. A hybrid control system is adopted and each robot is treated as an autonomous agent exhibiting its own behaviours. Behaviour based translocation of the robots to destination positions is adopted to reduce planner complexity, with *no need to plan exact trajectories and *no significant increase in complexity when extra units are removed/added. The area of manufacturing of thin metal sheets is considered (aircrafts and automotive bodies). The project objective is to develop a swarm fixture for a large range of sheet shapes to fully replace the specialized fixtures today used. Dziedzina nauki engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometryengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsswarm roboticsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Słowa kluczowe adaptive fixture flexible fixture multi-agent swarm system Program(-y) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Temat(-y) NMP-2007-3.2-1 - Rapidly Configurable Machines and Production Systems Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP7-NMP-2007-SMALL-1 Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Koordynator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA Wkład UE € 749 560,00 Adres VIA BALBI 5 16126 Genova Włochy Zobacz na mapie Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Ettore Ginestra (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (5) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko Exechon AB Szwecja Wkład UE € 474 683,00 Adres ORRVAGEN 26 A1 19255 SOLLENTUNA Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Kontakt administracyjny Karl-Erik Neumann (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA Włochy Wkład UE € 199 987,00 Adres LARGO ANGELO FOCHETTI 29 00185 Roma Zobacz na mapie Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Rodzaj działalności Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Kontakt administracyjny Alessandro Morando (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA Polska Wkład UE € 609 720,00 Adres PLAC POLITECHNIKI 1 00-661 WARSZAWA Zobacz na mapie Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Jadwiga Osowska (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych ZTS VYSKUMNO-VYVOJOVY USTAV KOSICE AS Słowacja Wkład UE € 419 302,00 Adres JUZNA TRIEDA 95 041 24 KOSICE Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Kontakt administracyjny Juraj Spakovsky (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA Włochy Wkład UE € 195 793,00 Adres STRADA TORINO 50 10043 Orbassano Zobacz na mapie Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Rodzaj działalności Research Organisations Kontakt administracyjny Massimo Casali (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych