Objective The European automotive industry and their component manufacturers are facing the biggest shift in their history. The transition from combustion engines to electric drives (e-vehicle) requires pro-duction facilities that can initially deal with low and varying production volumes and can quickly be up-scaled to large numbers at need. LOCOBOT provides a solution to this problem by developing a flexible robotic assistant platform to support manual production processes and increase the produc-tivity and precision of such tasks. LOCOBOT does not only include the robot itself but also the en-gineering tools that are required for quickly building the robot, setting up its control structure and defining its tasks. Facing the demographic change, a further goal of LOCOBOT is the improvement of ergonomics in industrial production processes. A group of key players in the automotive industry, in automation components, advanced robots and engineering software will be supported by a group of excellent researchers to solve the technical and scientific challenges in LOCOBOT. The results will be demonstrated by setting up 3 typical and highly relevant use cases in a pilot production line of Audi AG. The automotive industry will benefit from LOCOBOT by having a robot assistant that can be quick-ly reconfigured in terms of its kinematic structure as well as its tasks. This allows them to make manual production processes much more efficient, to quickly up-scale a production process if re-quired and to improve working conditions by reducing the need to lift heavy objects (such as wheel hub drives for the e-vehicle). This will enable the industry to achieve a leading position in the the e-vehicle market and to keep up with the expected customer demand. The immediate impact (2-5 years) of LOCOBOT will be about 150 MEur in savings due to increased flexibility and efficiency, and will be 10 times as much in the following years depending on how the production numbers of the e-vehicle evolve. Fields of science social sciencessociologydemographysocial sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomationengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitysocial sciencespsychologyergonomics Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) FoF.NMP.2010-1 - Plug-and-Produce components for adaptive control Call for proposal FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator PROFACTOR GMBH Address Im stadtgut d1 4407 Steyr gleink Austria See on map Region Westösterreich Oberösterreich Steyr-Kirchdorf Activity type Other Administrative Contact Dieter Brandecker (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 781 380,20 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AUDI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Germany EU contribution € 363 787,00 Address Auto-union-str. 1 85057 Ingolstadt See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jens Bunte (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution € 300 000,80 Address Riccarton EH14 4AS Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Eva Olszewska-Day (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE INGOLSTADT Germany EU contribution € 401 117,00 Address Esplanade 10 85049 Ingolstadt See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Johann Schweiger (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window POLITECNICO DI MILANO Italy EU contribution € 373 897,00 Address Piazza leonardo da vinci 32 20133 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anna Desantis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution € 299 748,00 Address Old college, south bridge EH8 9YL Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Helen New (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FERROBOTICS COMPLIANT ROBOT TECHNOLOGY GMBH Austria EU contribution € 469 171,00 Address Altenbergerstrasse 69 4040 Linz See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paolo Ferrara (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FESTO SE & CO KG Germany EU contribution € 249 500,00 Address Ruiter strasse 82 73734 Esslingen See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Esslingen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Andreas Muenzenmaier Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window RIDGEBACK S.A.S. DI PAOLO BARATTINI & C. Italy EU contribution € 257 249,00 Address Via san francesco da paola 6 10123 Torino See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paolo Barattini (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window VISUAL COMPONENTS OY Finland EU contribution € 244 150,00 Address Vanrikinkuja 2 02600 Espoo See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Administrative Contact Ricardo Velez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
