ERF 2019 – Collaborative Robots

The “Collaborative robots for industrial and professional service tasks” workshop is organized by PROFACTOR  during European Robotics Forum (ERF 2019), the most influential meeting of the robotics community in Europe, held in Bucharest, Romania, on 20-22 March 2019.

This workshop aims to bring together different fields of science to aid in the application area of collaborative robot programming. The focus is on challenges faced by human robot collaboration in both manufacturing and service industries. Along these lines, the CoLLaboratE project aims to revolutionize the way industrial robots learn to cooperate with human workers for performing new manufacturing tasks, with a special focus on the challenging area of assembly operations.

The following topics will be discussed:

• Enabling technologies for teaching collaborative robots
• Challenges in Human Robot Collaborative use-cases
• Self-learning and adaptation capabilities of Robots in collaborative scenarios
• Role assignment in Human Robot Collaboration

Workshop programme (20 March 2019, Braila Room)

08:30 – 08:35        Opening comments by the organizers

• Prof. Markus Vinze, TU Wien
• Prof. Zoe Doulgeri, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

08:35 – 09:05        Impulse talks by our invited speakers:

• Dr. Michael Zillich, CTO, Blue Danube Robotics
• Prof. Ole Madsen, Aalborg University
• Alessandro Zanella, Centro Ricerche Fiat
• Aleš Ude, Jožef Stefan Institute
• Jordi Pagès Marco, PAL Robotics

09:05 – 09:35        Group Discussion

09:35 – 09:55        Panel Discussion

09:55 – 10:00        Wrap-up of findings by the organizer

Marriott Hotel, Bucharest, Romania

Offcial ERF 2019 Programme: https://www.eu-robotics.net/robotics_forum/programme/index.html

The workshop is co-organized by CoLLaboratE Project, Profactor, PAL Robotics

Join us in the online event M3d+it 2020 on Medical 3D-printing and Innovative Technologies!

After two successful editions organized by the Medical University of Vienna at the Vienna General Hospital, this year, M3d+it 2020 will be an online event organized by PROFACTOR and Johannes Kepler University Linz.

The online event 2020 will also act as a teaser for the M3d+it 2021 to be held at Kepler Universitätsklinikum in Linz, again as physical event.

Looking forward to welcome you in this online event!

For registration, please use following link: https://www.m3dit.org/

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UPDATE

Die Open Studios Steyr finden aufgrund der neuen COVID19-Maßnahmen nur noch am Freitag, 25. September 2020 statt!

Nähere Details dazu sind hier zu finden.

Von 24. – 26. September 2020 finden in Steyr und Umgebung zum zweiten Mal die Open Studios statt.

Auch PROFACTOR nimmt Teil und stellt Ergebnisse aus der Zusammenarbeit mit Künstlern im EU-Projekt Re-FREAM (https://www.re-fream.eu/) wie Julia Körner (https://www.juliakoerner.com/) und YOKAI (https://www.yokai-studios.com/)  zum Thema „Mode aus dem 3D Drucker / Urban Manufacturing“ vor.

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Nähere Infos zum Programm finden Sie hier.

Aufgrund von Corona-Sicherheitsmaßnahmen ist eine Anmeldung unbedingt notwendig!

Anmeldungen können hier vorgenommen werden: https://creativeregion.org/events/open-studios-steyr/

In conjunction with the European Robotics Forum 2020, 03-05 March 2020, Malaga, Spain

Aim and Scope

Collaborative robots in industry are mostly underused, since they are mainly regarded as tools that relieve workers of physical fatigue and enhance their capabilities, but enjoy very limited autonomy and intelligence.

There is an immediate need for endowing robots with intelligent processing skills and shared autonomy capabilities, so that they can take over some tasks, thus relieving human operators of mental and physical effort, especially in complex tasks and scenarios.

There are various challenges to efficiently integrate HRC system to the industrial workplaces, among which include intuitive and ease of interaction, safety and intelligent interaction.

The following topics will be discussed:

• What are the current challenges and experiences when integrating HRC to industrial workplaces
• How can user easily interact with the robot
• What AI technologies can be exploited to endow intelligence to HRC systems for faster integration

To facilitate different perspectives, two speakers (one from industry and one from academia) each for one topic, will shortly discuss and present their findings. This is followed by a group discussion, where the two speakers responsible for the topic will actively moderate the discussion. A panel discussion at the end will present the relevant conclusions and ex-tempore discussion.

This workshop is adapted continuation of a successful past ERF workshops (ERF2018 – Beyond Smart Robots and ERF2019 – Collaborative robots for industrial and professional service tasks), bringing together end users, academics, industry and policy makers. The workshop aims to present lessons learned from various EU and industry projects, the real deployment of robots in different industrial applications as well as needs and potential uses identified by the end users.

Workshop Agenda (4 March 2020)

08:30 – 08:35 Opening comments by the organizers:

• Prof. Markus Vincze, TU Vienna
• Fotis Dimeas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

08:35 – 09:05 Impulse talks by our invited speakers:

• Sylvain Calinon, IDIAP
• Turgut Köksal Yalcin, Arcelik A.S.
• George Michalos, Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation
• Christoph Walter, Fraunhofer IFF Magdeburg
• Carlos Celemins Paez, Delft University of Technology
• Sotiris Manitsaris, Mines Paristech
• Jure Skrabar, Kolektor

09:05 – 09:35 Group Discussion

09:35 – 09:55 Panel Discussion

09:55 – 10:00 Wrap-up of findings by the organizers:

• Sharath Chandra Akkaladevi, Profactor
• Franziska Kirstein, Blue Ocean Robotics

Organizers

The “Human-Robot Collaboration & AI for industrial applications” workshop is jointly organized by PROFACTOR, TU Vienna and the CoLLaboratE Project