Project description Smart Factories: Energy-aware, agile manufacturing and customisationHard materials machining has recently attracted great attentions from the European automotive, the aerospace and the biomedical industries. However, the existing technology failed to cope efficiently with small-batch production of large and complex-shaped products. The project Hephestos shall give rise to a cost-efficient solution in hard materials machining for this small-batch production of highly customized products through the application of industrial robots. Hephestos will develop a paradigm to provide standard industrial robots with break-through techniques in production planning, programming and real-time control system. Human experience and expertise will also be involved in the entire planning process to develop a plug-and-play flexible robotic metal removal system. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Hard materials machining has recently attracted great attentions from the advanced industries, in particular, the European automotive, the aerospace and the biomedical industries. However, the existing technology failed to provide these industries with a cost efficient solution to cope with small-batch production of large and complex-shaped products. The project Hephestos, with its focus on developing sophisticated methods in robotic manufacturing, shall give rise to a cost-efficient solution in hard materials machining for this small-batch production of highly customized products through the application of industrial robots.Hephestos will develop a paradigm that shall provide standard industrial robots with break-through techniques in production planning, programming and real-time control system. Based on established computer-aided-manufacturing frameworks, Hephestos will optimize production planning through the automatic generation of robotic program, taking into account specific robot signature i.e. robot system kinematic and dynamic characteristics, as well as models of processes (milling, grinding, polishing etc.), that are essential for the robotic application in hard material machining. To cope with small batch production time scales, real system data obtained by means of advanced sensor techniques will be integrated in the planning to improve efficiency. Human experience and expertise will also be involved in the entire planning process. Real-time strategies based on impedance and force control for the interactions between robot and the cutting of material, will take into account uncertainties and critical chattering effects in hard metal machining. Force-feed control should ensure high quality and precision in grinding and polishing operations and thus, extends the accuracy limits of the robot. Subsequent re-planning and re-programming will enhance the iterative machining process through existing sensor technology.Through this methodology, Hephestos will combine robotic advantages with the flexibility of human-like strategies of dexterous artisans and workmen to develop a plug-and-play flexible robotic metal removal system. In addition, Hephestos would utilize and further develop flexible and truly open robot control and planning platforms.The key innovations of the Hephestos will ensure substantial improvements of industrial robots technology in hard material machining and establish cost-efficient robotic applications in industry that are of considerable commercial benefits for the European machining sectors, pertinent and affordable to both small-and-medium enterprises and large scale producers. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringsubtractive manufacturingengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economics 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 € 663 882,00 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen Germany See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gerhard Schreck (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ME MESSSYSTEME GMBH Germany EU contribution € 156 700,00 Address NEUENDORFERSTRASSE 18A 16761 HENNIGSDORF See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Holger Kabelitz (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ANTON STEFAN Germany EU contribution € 142 470,00 Address See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stefan Anton (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Spain EU contribution € 224 050,00 Address CALLE RAMIRO DE MAEZTU 7 EDIFICIO RECTORADO 28040 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gonzalo Leon (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT Participation ended Finland EU contribution € 0,00 Address TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A 02044 VTT ESPOO See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Tapio Heikkilä (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOT AUTOMATION OY Finland EU contribution € 232 330,00 Address VIHIKARI 10 FI-90440 KEMPELE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Petri Kosonen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY Finland EU contribution € 394 816,00 Address TEKNIIKANTIE 21 02150 Espoo See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Tapio Heikkilä (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data G-ROBOTS SZOLGALTATO ES KERESKEDELMI KFT Hungary EU contribution € 137 130,00 Address SZOVETKEZET U 6 8411 VESZPREM See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lajos Toth (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COMAU SPA Italy EU contribution € 72 500,00 Address VIA RIVALTA 30 10095 Grugliasco See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giovanni Luise (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITETET I AGDER Norway EU contribution € 378 610,00 Address UNIVERSITETSVEIEN 25 4604 Kristiansand See on map Region Norge Agder og Sør-Østlandet Agder Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Geir Hovland (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data