Obiettivo 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. Campo scientifico 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 Parole chiave adaptive fixture flexible fixture multi-agent swarm system Programma(i) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Argomento(i) NMP-2007-3.2-1 - Rapidly Configurable Machines and Production Systems Invito a presentare proposte FP7-NMP-2007-SMALL-1 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinatore UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA Contributo UE € 749 560,00 Indirizzo VIA BALBI 5 16126 Genova Italia Mostra sulla mappa Regione Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Ettore Ginestra (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (5) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto Exechon AB Svezia Contributo UE € 474 683,00 Indirizzo ORRVAGEN 26 A1 19255 SOLLENTUNA Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Karl-Erik Neumann (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA Italia Contributo UE € 199 987,00 Indirizzo LARGO ANGELO FOCHETTI 29 00185 Roma Mostra sulla mappa Regione Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Alessandro Morando (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA Polonia Contributo UE € 609 720,00 Indirizzo PLAC POLITECHNIKI 1 00-661 WARSZAWA Mostra sulla mappa Regione Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Jadwiga Osowska (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato ZTS VYSKUMNO-VYVOJOVY USTAV KOSICE AS Slovacchia Contributo UE € 419 302,00 Indirizzo JUZNA TRIEDA 95 041 24 KOSICE Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Juraj Spakovsky (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA Italia Contributo UE € 195 793,00 Indirizzo STRADA TORINO 50 10043 Orbassano Mostra sulla mappa Regione Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Tipo di attività Research Organisations Contatto amministrativo Massimo Casali (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
