The work performed during the last period of the project is summarized below:
• THOMAS Open Production Station (OPS) final version
Τhe finalization of THOMAS OPS included two main group of activities: a) final version of the tools and sensors integrated in the system to support the set of the required manufacturing operations (drilling, sanding, riveting inspection, screwing) and b) integration of THOMAS enabling technologies through a common integration and communication architecture.
• Industrial pilot case execution and performance assessment
The project has been oriented from the beginning around the requirements of two industrial pilot cases targeting on the development of technologies that can address the real manufacturing needs. During the last period the following took place:
o Pilot set up and OPS customization at LMS and TECNALIA facilities,
o Then, both pilots were transferred at the end users’ facilities, STELLANTIS (Figure 2) and AERNNOVA (Figure 3).Technology finetuning activities took place during this step, resulting in the final validated version of the pilot cases.
THOMAS Results
The results generated by the project are listed below:
1. THOMAS Open production Station (OPS) -Mobile Robot Platform (MRP)
2. Multilevel safety for collaborative working environments,
3. Generic Perception modules for robot guidance,
4. Human Robot Interaction Suite for Collaborative Assembly Operations,
5. Digital Twin enabled Task Planning and orchestration,
6. Easy programming Tool/
The consortium was highly active in the exploitation of the above listed results. Each partner clearly defined its Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Exploitations claims in each technology. The CANVAS model has been used for drawing the business plan for each individual result, including a thorough plan on how to reach commercialization after the end of the project. In parallel, the consortium exploited THOMAS results through a) 20 exhibitions in the different partners' facilities, b) participation in 16 public exhibitions, and c) a public exploitation workshop organized at the end of the project. The industrial end users, highly contributed in the exploitation activities by: a) identifying new use cases where THOMAS solution can be beneficial, b) organizing 11 internal exploitation workshops increasing the awareness of their personnel regarding THOMAS technologies.
The dissemination strategy has been carefully planned by the THOMAS consortium from the very beginning of the project. All partners were highly active in disseminating and communicating, resulting in the number of 116 activities (Figure 4), supplemented by regular update on project’s social media (more than 250 posts).
