Cebit 2017
Hand in hand with the robot
With 'Mixed Reality Production 4.0', DFKI researchers and the BMBF will be presenting new, cross-location forms of human-robot collaboration (HRC) for cross-location production at this year's Cebit.
Specifically, visitors to the stand of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI - Hall 6, Stand B48) can experience how three identical robots are telemanipulated via Hololens glasses by an operator located at the neighboring stand of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF - Hall 6, Stand A34). Researchers will also be demonstrating the telemanipulation of two robots (Universal Robotics UR, MiR 100 from Smartrobotics) via a live connection to DFKI's HRC4.0 innovation lab in Saarbrücken.
Another topic is telemanipulation in the immediate environment. Three robots - an ABB Yumi, a Universal Robotics UR and a MiR 100 mobility robot - will perform actions together with the operator at the BMBF stand. The operator controls the processes in a mixed reality environment (Hololens) using gestures. The robots execute the commands and grip or move objects on a tray mounted on the mobility robot. The object is thus transported safely between the lightweight robots. The aim is to practise the error-free handling of the robots in a hazardous goods situation. Practical areas of application include remote maintenance, telepresence, teleproduction and teleoperation as well as human-robot collaboration (HRC).
The Head of Mixed Reality Development at DFKI, Mohammad Mehdi Moniri, will explain further details on human-robot collaboration on Cebit Wednesday (March 22) from 3 to 3:30 p.m. at the Future Talk lecture forum in Hall 6, Stand A65.
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