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Based on Kurzweil's “Law of Accelerating Returns” we generate predictions on global annual shipments of industrial robots and briefly discuss a few relevant trends.
The Virtual eXperiences Lab at RMIT is a “21st century lab scope,” an enabling platform for research and prototyping in industrial automation, focusing on software engineering, next generation human-machine interaction experiences, user interfaces, and training. VxLab combines high resolution visualization, industrial automation facilities and cloud-based simulation servers in a dedicated private...
The protection and preservation of cultural heritage for generations is a challenging task. Therefore this paper describes a system for non-contact and safe 3D measurement and digitization of unique cultural objects and craftworks. The aim of this project is the precise 3D capturing and the semi-automated processing of smaller and medium-sized cultural objects. Therefore this paper suggests a system...
Cloud robotics is a new approach to robotics that exploits the internet as a resource for parallel computing and data sharing. Robots are no more considered as isolated devices but now they can add new functionalities, communicate with the environment and share knowledge base. Exploiting this new technology a robot can also take advantages by off-loading heavy computations to the cloud, thus reducing...
With the trend of increasing human robot collaboration, the need for more advanced safety systems arises. To create safe robots that act proactive to dangers, a safety system based on risk analysis has been developed. This paper presents a vital part of the risk analysis, the likelihood analysis,. In this likelihood analysis, data about human activity is recorded based on its occupied space. The times...
Current state of the art in industrial robotics presents highly autonomous production plants, where an undefined number of robots work in cooperation to perform complicated tasks in an automatic way. However, these tasks are repetitive and generally do not allow a minimum change or variation in the overall process to obtain a successful result. In addition to this, these layouts do not allow any fast...
During the last decade(s), few new application fields for industrial robotics have developed although exploiting the state-of-the-art in (industrial) robotics research may unlock a plethora of new applications in industrial manufacturing and other areas. Ongoing structural changes affecting the population of Japan and various European countries, esp. population ageing and accompanying health issues,...
We present the design and development of a benchmarking testbed for the Factory of the Future. The testbed as a physical installation enables to study, compare and assess robotics scenarios involving the integration of mobile robots and manipulators with automation equipment, large-scale integration of service robots and industrial robots, cohabitation of robots and humans, and cooperation of multiple...
This paper deals with a comparative analysis of different pick & place strategies. The purpose is to give some rules to obtain a good sizing in terms of components (number of robots, conveyor speed) and control laws (individual scheduling rules of each robot, collaborative strategy of all the robots) of a multi-robot cell. This approach is validated by the use of a new simulation tool combining...
Human Robot Collaboration (HRC) have proved to be effective if compared to traditional hybrid automation in assembly tasks, especially when human-like sensitivity and high quality are required. However, a rigorous engineering design is mandatory in order to successfully apply HRC to Industry. Academy and Industry are asked to jointly work for exploiting the technical opportunities given by robots...
A general procedure for collision detection between an industrial robot and the environment is proposed in this paper. The procedure does not use any external sensor, and does not rely on any particular information about the specific robot on which it is applied, so that it can be easily implemented in the software architecture of different manipulators without any customization. Experimental results...
The paper illustrates the research activity of a joint research laboratory, established by COMAU and Politecnico di Torino, named “RoboLAB”, and devoted to industrial robotics issues. The lab facilitates a stable cooperation between the academic and industrial partners, leading to satisfying results both from the scientific and the technological point of view. The paper illustrates in particular the...
The automation of kitting tasks—collecting a set of parts for one particular car into a kit—has a huge impact in the automotive industry. It considerably increases the automation levels of tasks typically conducted by human workers. Collecting the parts involves picking up objects from pallets and bins as well as placing them in the respective compartments of the kitting box. In this paper, we present...
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