Descripción del proyecto
Los robots asumen el duro trabajo de manipular materiales blandos
Las plantas de producción del futuro dispondrán de robots inteligentes y hábiles. Aunque la llegada de los robots industriales ya ha revolucionado la fabricación, los robots actuales manipulan principalmente objetos rígidos e interactúan con ellos en operaciones repetitivas. ¿Qué ocurre en los sectores en los que los artículos blandos, flexibles y fáciles de dañar requieren un agarre suave y movimientos adaptativos? El proyecto MERGING, financiado con fondos europeos, tiene la respuesta. Creará una nuevo sistema de agarre equipado con películas electroadhesivas que puede adaptarse a los objetos que se van a manipular sin dañarlos, incluso a tejidos o componentes delicados. El uso de la electroadhesión aumenta las fuerzas de agarre directas y permite reducir en gran medida las fuerzas de sujeción.
Objetivo
MERGING will deliver a turnkey robotic solution to automate handling of flexible and fragile objects.
Our ambition is to provide manufacturers with an end-to-end solution to automate the handling of soft objects. The solution will consist of a fingered gripper equipped with an electro-adhesive skin that conforms to the objects to handle, even delicate fabrics or components, without any damage. Electro-adhesion increases the direct gripping forces and thus allows greatly reduced clamping forces. Our solution includes perception and supervision functions to adapt the system's behaviour in real time to the execution conditions and for robot system programming accessible to non-specialists.
Our main motivations are to build a versatile, easy-to-use and low-cost system. To demonstrate this and the possibilities of scaling up, we will design our system using proven laboratory technologies (TRL 4), then carry out proof of concept in realistic environments (TRL 6) in three different applications and sectors: fabric handling for lingerie manufacturing, technical fiber handling for composite bus panel manufacturing, plastic bag handling for the food industry.
MERGING is a four-year project involving the entire value chain of soft object gripping automation.
The CEA leads the project and provides the robotic technologies in collaboration with EPFL (electrical adhesion), AIMEN (perception), LMS (supervision), and SHADOW then OMNIGRASP (capture) and IPC (materials). CEA, EPFL, AIMEN and LMS will respectively use AI technologies for robotic demonstration programming, electro-adhesive skin control, perception and control of the complete system. SELMARK, VDL and THIMONNIER introduce cases of use of fabric, composite and polymer handling respectively. CASP and OPTEAMUM are respectively responsible for the software and hardware integration and the exploitation of the results. OMNIGRASP will release the pliers with electro-adhesive skin after the end of the project.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processing
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmechatronics
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesmicrotechnology
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-NMBP-FOF-2019
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
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