Call3 Monitoring FREE

Public Summary Month 5/2013

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:09:22 GMT

The project activities have been concluded, including:

set up the FREE system by integrating the robot with the components and develope of two different types of pointers and ad hoc algorithms to solve specific issues in the interpretation of the trajectory as acquired by the sensors (Task 7 FREE system integration and experimentation- completed);
dissemination events, including: Affidabilità e Tecnologie held on 17-18 April in Torino and FREE paper for "Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics" (STAR) series (Task 8 Dissemination and Exploitation- completed).

Public Summary Month 3/2013

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:51:21 GMT

The activities proceed in line with the time-schedule, including:

demonstration tests of FREE system in order to assess the system performance (Task 7 FREE system integration and experimentation- on progress);
dissemination events, including: AMICO seminar held at Unione Industriale on last 26 March 2013, Affidabilità e Tecnologie scheduled on next 17-18 April in Torino, FREE paper for for "Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics" (STAR) series (Task 8 Dissemination and Exploitation- on progress).

Public Summary Month 1/2013

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:31:47 GMT

The activities proceed in line with the time-schedule, including:

the Superior Hierarchical Control (Task 6 Robot superior hierarchical control - concluded),
FREE system setting-up (Task 7 FREE system integration and experimentation- on progress),

preliminary version of the FREE multimedia report and identification of new dissemination events (Task 8 Dissemination and Exploitation- on progress).

Public Summary Month 11/2012

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:26:45 GMT

The activities proceed in line with the time-schedule, including:

human-robot interface (Task 5 Human-robot interface - concluded)
first version of “Programming by demonstration” (Task 6 Robot superior hierarchical control - on progress)
presentation of a prototype of the contact-less measuring system at MECATRONIC CONNECTION 2012 (Task 8 Dissemination and Exploitation)

Public Summary Month 9/2012

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:32:40 GMT

The activities proceed in line with the time-schedul, including:

equipments procurement and installation (safety fences, Task 2 Robot equipment and components procurement and installation - concluded)
safety manager prototype (Task 3 Safety Sensors - concluded)
contact-less ARFLEX sensor adaptation (Task 4 Contact-less ARFLEX sensor - concluded)
Human-robot interface (Task 5 Human-robot interface - on progress)
functional architecture of the Robot Superior Hierarchical Control (Task 6 Robot superior hierarchical control - on progress)
dissemination within the new "Smart Factory" Italian Innovation Cluster (Task 8 Dissemination and Exploitation)

Public Summary Month 7/2012

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:56:59 GMT

The activities proceed in line with the time-schedule, including:

equipments procurement and installation (robot &welding system, Task 2:Robot equipment and components procurement and installation - on progress)
safety manager prototype (Task 3:Safety Sensors - almost concluded)
contact-less ARFLEX sensor adaptation (Task 4:Contact-less ARFLEX sensor - on progress)
Human-robot interface (Task 5 Human-robot interface - on progress)
paper for CIRP-ICME (Task 8:Dissemination and Exploitation)

Public Summary Month 5/2012

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:05:12 GMT

The activities proceed in line with the time-schedule, including:

requirements and test plan definition (Task 1:Application requirements and testing definition - concluded)
equipments procurement and installation (robot & welding system, Task 2:Robot equipment and components procurement and installation - on progress)
safety manager programming (Task 3:Safety Sensors - on progress)
contact-less ARFLEX sensor adaptation (Task 4:Contact-less ARFLEX sensor - on progress)
project web-site and paper for CIRP-ICME (Task 8:Dissemination and Exploitation - on progress)

Public Summary Month 3/2012

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:06:02 GMT

FREE addresses the sector of small batch assembly where manual work is still the main manufacturing option since the automated systems are costly and requiring expert staff. The target experiment is the gas metal arc welding in which the robot has to be trained by the observation of a human operator. A Superior Hierarchical Control is under development, able to act as "Safety manager", to perform an “Enhanced Programming by Demonstration” and to achieve a “Flexibility and accuracy improvement".