Project description Smart Factories: Energy-aware, agile manufacturing and customisationMobile manipulator for assisting human workers in aerospace production tasksThe VALERI project proposes the development and validation of a mobile manipulator for assisting human workers in aerospace production tasks. In the current production environment, specialized and stationary robotic systems are not economical. This would change with the employment of mobile manipulators, by allowing for one robot to be used for similar tasks in multiple stations. Novel safety strategies and components offer a clear added-value to the robot by empowering the human co-workers to collaborate and work directly with the mobile manipulator. The project aims to carry out two exemplary tasks for the end-users which are carried out in variations at virtually all assembly stations, so that the system will be highly productive. These tasks involve operations which are necessary for carrying out other tasks in all other sectors of manufacturing. Show the project objective Hide the project objective The VALERI project proposes the development and validation of a mobile manipulator for assisting human workers in aerospace production tasks. The current production can be characterized as having large parts stationary in a production cell, whereby multiple shifts of workers complete the assembly and inspection tasks over a period of days. In such a production environment, specialized, stationary robotic systems are not economical. The employment of mobile manipulators is a way to make the use of robots more economical, by allowing for one robot to be used for similar tasks in multiple stations.The project begins by addressing the technical hurdles that currently impede the widespread use of mobile manipulators in production. Advances in vision technology for delivering a wide range of information relating both to external parts (e.g. inspection) as well as about the internal condition of the robot (e.g. pose information for navigation and path-planning) are necessary to achieve the project goals and will be developed in the project. The implementation of truly mobile manipulation algorithms for application in the production environment will be addressed as well. In addition, it is essential to address both the issues of safety and human-robot-interaction. Novel safety strategies and components offer a clear added-value to the mobile manipulator by empowering the human co-workers to collaborate and work directly with the mobile manipulator.The project aims to carry out two exemplary tasks for the end-users, namely carrying out inspections on large surfaces (e.g. turbine covering elements) and applying sealant along a groove. These tasks are carried out in variations at virtually all assembly stations, so that the system will be highly productive. Viewed abstractly, these tasks involve the point-to-point positioning and movement along a path with a mobile manipulator, both of which are necessary for carrying out other tasks in all other sectors of manufacturing. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) FoF-ICT-2011.7.1 - Smart Factories: Energy-aware, agile manufacturing and customisation Call for proposal FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV EU contribution € 777 590,00 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen Germany See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Michael Prestele (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FACC OPERATIONS GMBH Austria EU contribution € 234 132,00 Address FISCHERSTRASSE 9 4910 Ried im Innkreis See on map Region Westösterreich Oberösterreich Innviertel Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Olaf Koch (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PROFACTOR GMBH Austria EU contribution € 414 256,00 Address IM STADTGUT D1 4407 STEYR GLEINK See on map Region Westösterreich Oberösterreich Steyr-Kirchdorf Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Dieter Brandecker (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KUKA Laboratories GmbH Participation ended Germany EU contribution € 514 098,00 Address Zugspitzstrasse 140 86165 Augsburg See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rainer Bischoff (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data KUKA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Germany EU contribution € 278 062,00 Address ZUGSPITZSTRASSE 140 86165 Augsburg See on map Region Bayern Schwaben Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rainer Bischoff (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACION IDONIAL Spain EU contribution € 345 062,00 Address AVENIDA JARDIN BOTANICO 1345 PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO ZONA INTRA 33203 Gijon See on map Region Noroeste Principado de Asturias Asturias Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact David Gonzalez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SA Spain EU contribution € 294 000,00 Address calle Aviocar nº2 28906 GETAFE (MADRID) See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Remedios Carmona (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data I.D.P. 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