EuRoC' research project
Innovative robotics solutions for industry
The current research project 'European Robotics Challenge' (EuRoC) has now selected six winning teams with their ideas for robotics applications. The final development stage is now imminent. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the innovative robotics solutions.
Cooperating safe and reconfigurable robots for loading and unloading pallets in CNC milling machines: In the finalist team 'Piros' project, the operator can assign tasks to the robot at runtime while monitoring different machine tools. End users of machining or assembly systems benefit from the fact that operators have more time for value-adding and less tiring activities and that ergonomics are improved.
© EuRoC project, Team PirosThe aim of the 'EuRoC' research project, which is designed as a competition, is to support the European robotics industry with innovative technologies for products and services. To this end, researchers, technology suppliers, system integrators and application experts from all over Europe have been working together in teams since 2014. They are developing robotics applications for processes in the three disciplines of production, logistics and inspection. Three years ago, 15 teams - five per discipline - qualified with their solution from the original 103 research teams. They worked on the simulation of their robotics solution in so-called 'Realistic Labs' with the support of Fraunhofer IPA, DLR and ETH Zurich. An international jury of robotics experts has now selected two winners per discipline from the 15 teams. They will now enter the pilot phase with their application:
The solutions developed range from applications with several robots, in which different robot arms cooperate to carry out tasks, to mobile manipulators that navigate, grip and assemble objects in factories, through to drones. These perform inspection tasks and can find lost tools.
The EU is funding the project with over 5 million euros.
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