Nimble Artificial Intelligence Driven Robotic Solutions for Efficient and Self-Determined Handling and Assembly Operations

灵活的人工智能驱动的机器人解决方案，可实现高效、自主的搬运和装配操作

• 批准号: 10048288
• 金额: $ 32.91万
• 依托单位: CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10048288
• 关键词: Nimble; Artificial; Intelligence; Driven; Robotic

Over the last years, production has been shifted from mass production to customization. The conventional production lines, traditionally focused on one product variant or one family of products do show their limitations to cope with the new needs. Moreover, unprecedented worldwide events, such as the recent pandemic crisis, indicated even more the need for flexible production systems that can rapidly switch production to a totally different one (e.g. automotive manufactures had to produce respirators, facemasks etc.). As a response, MASTERLY aims to develop flexible robotic solutions, constituting of modular grippers combined with state-of-the-art robotic technologies, such as mobile, high and low payload industrial and collaborative robots and smart cranes, enhanced with AI driven advanced control and perception capabilities that will allow them to act autonomously, handling a large variety of parts varying in size, shape and material, while being acceptable by both genders of workforce. The developments will focus around the following 5 pillars: 1) Innovative, efficient and low consumption systems for storage, retrieval, conveying and pick-and-place using a multi disciplinary approach combining technologies 2) Robust handling devices and systems, with integrated –AI driven- advanced control 3) User-friendly interfaces for robot/machine control and programming 4) Interoperable S/W and H/W interfaces 5) Industrial Pilot Cases for work piece handling in full production line The technologies will be tested for flexibility, efficiency & user acceptance in three use cases from different productions sectors, aiming to demonstrate production line and cross sector applicability and adaptability: Elevators manufacturing, focusing on the assembly of electrical cabinets of lifts (KLEEMANN), Sportswear, focusing on warehouse logistics and packaging (DECATHLON) and Aeronautics production, focusing on production of large composite panels of aircraft wings (AERNNOVA).

在过去的几年里，生产已经从传统的大规模生产转向定制化，传统上专注于一种产品变型或一系列产品的生产线确实显示出其在应对新需求方面的局限性，例如前所未有的全球性事件。最近的大流行危机，更加表明需要灵活的生产系统，可以快速将生产切换到完全不同的生产系统（例如汽车制造商必须生产呼吸器、口罩等）作为应对措施，MASTERLY 旨在开发灵活的机器人解决方案，构成模块化夹具与最先进的机器人技术相结合，例如移动、高低负载工业和协作机器人以及智能起重机，并通过人工智能驱动的先进控制和感知能力进行增强，使它们能够自主行动，处理各种尺寸、形状和材料各异的零件，同时能够被男女劳动力所接受。开发将围绕以下 5 个支柱进行：1) 用于存储、检索、输送和分拣的创新、高效和低消耗系统。 - 放置使用结合技术的多学科方法 2) 强大的搬运设备和系统，具有集成的人工智能驱动的高级控制 3) 用于机器人/机器控制和编程的用户友好界面 4) 可互操作的软件和硬件界面 5) 工业试点完整生产线中的工件搬运案例 这些技术将在来自不同生产部门的三个用例中测试灵活性、效率和用户接受度，旨在展示生产线和跨部门的适用性和适应性： 电梯制造，重点是装配电梯电气柜（KLEEMANN）、运动服装（专注于仓储物流和包装）（迪卡侬（DECATHLON））和航空生产（专注于飞机机翼大型复合板的生产）（AERNNOVA）。