SecondHands: A Robot Assistant For Industrial Maintenance Tasks

Objetivo

The subject of this proposal is a robot assistant that is trained to understand maintenance tasks so that it can either pro-actively or as a result of prompting, offer assistance to maintenance technicians performing routine and preventative maintenance. Conceptually the robot's task is to provide a second pair of hands to the maintenance engineer, such that once the robot has been trained it can predict when and how it can usefully provide help.

The robot's behavioural repertoire is learnt in a training phase that includes the monitoring of maintenance technician
activity, the construction of a knowledge base that describes the context of a task, and a theory of action that enables dynamic behaviour generation. The result is a set of competencies coupled with an ability to recognise the state of a task
and an understanding of how these competencies can be usefully deployed given the state.

The scope of work includes the construction of a robot assistant, the systems that facilitate the training, the actual training on
a number of representative tasks, perceptual systems that facilitate activity recognition, and validation of the system's ability
to usefully contribute to tasks in collaboration with a maintenance engineer. Assessment of the system will test its ability to recognise when it doesn't know something as well as its ability to generalise its knowledge to previously unseen tasks.

Ámbito científico

• ciencias naturales › informática y ciencias de la información › software › software de aplicación › software de sistemas › sistema operativo
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería eléctrica, ingeniería electrónica, ingeniería de la información › ingeniería electrónica › sensores › sensores ópticos
• ciencias naturales › informática y ciencias de la información › inteligencia artificial › aprendizaje automático › aprendizaje por refuerzo
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería eléctrica, ingeniería electrónica, ingeniería de la información › ingeniería electrónica › robótica › robots autónomos
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería mecánica › mecatrónica

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.2.1.1.5. - Advanced interfaces and robots: Robotics and smart spaces

Tema(s)

• ICT-23-2014 - Robotics

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-ICT-2014-1
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Régimen de financiación

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinador

OCADO GROUP PLC

Dirección

Buildings One & Two Trident Place Mosquito Way
AL10 9UL Hatfield
United Kingdom

Tipo de actividad

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

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Aportación de la UE

€ 1 768 250

Participantes (4)

KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE

Alemania

Aportación de la UE

€ 2 249 750

Dirección

Kaiserstrasse 12
76131 Karlsruhe

Tipo de actividad

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA

Italia

Aportación de la UE

€ 993 750

Dirección

Piazzale Aldo Moro 5
00185 Roma

Tipo de actividad

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE

Suiza

Aportación de la UE

€ 0

Dirección

Batiment Ce 3316 Station 1
1015 Lausanne

Tipo de actividad

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

United Kingdom

Aportación de la UE

€ 982 250

Dirección

Gower Street
WC1E 6BT London

Tipo de actividad

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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