SMErobot

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SMErobot was an integrated project, funded in the 6th Framework Program of the European Union (FP6) under grant number 011838, to strengthen the competitiveness of small and medium-sized production companies . The project was designed for 4 years and was extended by 3 months. The project started on March 1, 2005. The project ended on May 31, 2009.

The follow-up project from the 7th Framework Program of the European Union (FP7) is called SMErobotics and started on January 1, 2012 and ended on June 30, 2016.

Research results and public presentations

From May 7th - 8th, 2009 the project took part in the first European SME week (SME week) and presented all research results in a final two-day workshop. Among other things, the following research results (20 in total) could be seen.

  • a plug'n'produce cell for the handle-in-the-box
  • Programming by manual guidance and graphic post-processing
  • a carpenter's assistant
  • a table robot with PKM / Tau principle for teaching as well
  • The worker's third hand

From 10th to 13th June 2008 SMErobot presented automation solutions for small and medium-sized production at the AUTOMATICA 2008 trade fair in Munich. The following results could be seen among others

  • A new robot with parallel kinematics for industrial applications (e.g. foundries )
  • A SMART robot for every production area (e.g. in metal forming )
  • A robot as the third hand of the worker (universally applicable)
  • A carpenter's assistant (for small and medium-sized craft businesses )
  • A “plug-and-produce” table-top robot for teaching
  • A tool for life cycle cost assessment as well
  • Training tools for corporate development

Research goals

Adapted to the typical fields of application of small and medium-sized production companies, fundamentally new automation solutions are to be developed in SMErobot, which are based on a new generation of industrial robot systems:

  • The SMErobot systems should allow sliding degrees of automation with low life cycle costs.
  • New business models are intended to create options for financing and operating automation solutions with variable, uncertain quantities, short product lifetimes and simple qualification of staff.
  • The value chain from operational planning through operation to maintenance is to be streamlined with a view to the needs of medium-sized end users.

Innovations

Fundamental innovations are necessary for automation solutions on a smaller scale. Therefore, new robot kinematics and components, new system technologies as well as new calibration and programming methods are to be developed in order to realize the following innovations:

  1. Robots that are able to carry out human instructions
  2. Safe and productive technologies for the interaction of robots and humans in a common work environment
  3. Robot systems that can be adapted to new processes in a new working environment within three days.

Research consortium

For the first time, the five largest European robot manufacturers have joined forces in the SMErobot project to work closely with manufacturers of key components, with leading research institutes and universities as well as with consultants for interdisciplinary R&D , public relations and training programs.

The project is coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation and managed together with the GPS Society for Production Systems. The central aspect of the project is the involvement of SMEs in the work and structure of the consortium. For this purpose, the SMEEIG, a European economic interest grouping, was founded in which the SMEs come together. The SMEEIG is managed by Pro Support BV, Netherlands.

External reports

  • WirAutomotizer (July 2009)
  • computer & automation (from May 13, 2009)
  • The Economist (June 19, 2008)
  • the Handelsblatt (dated May 29, 2008)
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung (June 13, 2008, p. 13, May 14, 2008, p. 29 and May 28, 2008)
  • Metalunvers (Spain) (from June 2, 2008)
  • Industrie et Technologies (France)
  • Ny Teknik (Sweden) (from June 4, 2008, June 11, 2008 and June 12, 2008)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nilsson, K .; Johansson, R .; Robertsson, A .; Bischoff, R .; Brogårdh, T .; Hägele, M .: Productive robots and the SMErobot project. Third Swedish Workshop on Autonomous Robotics Stockholm, September 1-2, 2005.
  2. ↑ SMErobotics , Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics , German Aerospace Center , accessed on July 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Press Release Final Workshop, PDF
  4. ^ Final Workshop Exhibits
  5. ↑ SMErobot Automatica 2008 project flyer, PDF
  6. ^ Armbruster, Heidi; Kirner, Eva; Kinkel, Stefen: New customer groups for industrial robots - Where is there untapped application potential for robots in the German manufacturing industry? In: Communications from the production survey . No. 38, March 2006, Karlsruhe, Fraunhofer ISI
  7. ↑ Bierfreund, B .: Entlernen and New Learning: Challenges in the development of a new generation of industrial robots for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In: Journal ARBEIT 2008
  8. ↑ Haddadin, S .; Albu-Schaeffer, A .; Hirzinger, G .: Safe Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Measurements, Analysis and New Insights. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR2007) Hiroshima, Japan, November 26-29, 2007
  9. ↑ Naumann. M., Wegener K., Schraft, RD : Control Architecture for Robot Cells to Enable Plug and Produce. In: Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , ICRA 07, page 287-292, Rome, April 2007
  10. ↑ http://www.wirautomatisierer.de/branchentalk/-/articles/22469894/26408149/Topmeldung160609/bp_articles_list_WAR_articlesportlet_INSTANCE_GybF/maximized/;jsessionid=7B9C8BC4B17574B07DF3EF36A23BD902?_bp_articles_list_WAR_articlesportlet_INSTANCE_GybF_aoe=false&_bp_articles_list_WAR_articlesportlet_INSTANCE_GybF_returnToFullPageURL=javascript%3Ahistory.go(-1)%3B
  11. ↑ http://www.computer-automation.de/nachrichten/feldebene/mechatronik/article/fraunhofer-institut_praesentiert_results_des_forschungsprojekts_smerobot/13562/a6900c64-3fac-11de-94b6-001ec9efd5b0  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.computer-automation.de  
  12. ↑ http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11575170
  13. ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/mittelstand_aktuell/automat-fahren-eine-geisterschicht;1435460
  14. ↑ http://www.metalunivers.com/Tecnica/Noticias/Noticia.asp?ID=21941
  15. ↑ http://www.industrie-technologies.com/article/page_article.cfm?nrub=1069&idoc=140820&navartrech=1  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.industrie-technologies.com  
  16. ↑ Jonas Hållén: Mjuka robotar gör entré på Automatica. (No longer available online.) In: nyteknik.se. June 4, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 18, 2008 (Swedish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nyteknik.se  
  17. ↑ Jonas halls: Svensk parallellrobot drog full mässhall. In: nyteknik.se. June 11, 2008, Retrieved September 18, 2008 (Swedish).
  18. ↑ Jonas Hållén: Roboten Justin allt mer lik enhabenka. In: nyteknik.se. Retrieved June 12, 2008, September 18, 2008 (Swedish).

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