Objective The objective of this project is to specify, design and construct a welding robot for thick-steel fabrication, based on the best currently available technologies enhanced to meet the project's requirements. Standard equipment will be used for the mechanical and sensor systems, and a major part of the effort will be focused on software development to ensure that the robot will be extremely versatile and adaptable to new tasks with minimal reprogramming.The concept involves measuring and identifying the component to be welded, welding it in position and finally inspecting the finished welds. The robot relies for its path instructions on a number of sensors, several of which will be used in concert to identify the start of the weld path, the weld seam trajectory, corner intersections and the weld finish-point. In addition, the welding process parameters are determined from databases, algorithms and knowledge-based systems, and as the welding proceeds the results will be assessed in real time and corrected according to other algorithmic rules or intelligent assessments. This system will remove many of the limitations of current adaptive controlled arc-welding robots. The industrial partner in the project is a ship repairer whose operations are concerned with the replacement of damaged sections of hulls for which dimensional data are not available. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware developmentnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceexpert systemsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP2-ESPRIT 2 - European strategic programme (EEC) for research and development in information technologies (ESPRIT), 1987-1992 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator ALGOSYSTEMS EU contribution No data Address SYGROU AVENUE, 183, 76104 17121 ATHENES Greece See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Centre de Robotique d'Ile de France France EU contribution No data Address 4 place Jussieu 75252 Paris See on map Total cost No data I & T KALOGERIDIS Greece EU contribution No data Address KALOKERINOU, 94 185 46 PIREAS See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTO AUTOMATICA INDUSTRIAL Spain EU contribution No data Address CENTRA DE VALENCIA, KM 22800 28500 ARGANDA DEL REY See on map Total cost No data M TORRES DISENOS INDUSTRIALES Spain EU contribution No data Address CARRETERA HUESCA, KM 9 31119 NAVARRA See on map Total cost No data Passerini SpA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via G. Matteotti 79 40013 Castel Maggiore Bologna See on map Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN Netherlands EU contribution No data Address , 513 5600 MB EINDHOVEN See on map Total cost No data THE WELDING INSTITUTE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Granta Park, Great Abington CB1 6AL CAMBRIDGE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF GOTEBORG-THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF PRODUCTION ENGINEERING (IVF) Sweden EU contribution No data Address MOLNDALSVAGEN, 85 41298 GOTEBORG See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LUND Sweden EU contribution No data Address OLE ROMERS VAG, 1118 221 00 LUND See on map Total cost No data