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The implementation of ELVEZ use case is going on by testing the sensorized fingers developed at UCLV during the project with the final demo cables.
RoboSECT, a UNIBO spin-off generated within the REMODEL project to exploit the research results related to Use Case 1, wins the third prize at the StartCup Emilia Romagna.
The medical hose surface preparation task for quality inspection has been successfully implemented and tested in the UNIBO laboratory and in the ENKI facility
In the middle of September the installation of two ABB Robots was finalized.
The REMODEL team is working on the implementation of the ELVEZ use case. The tasks was tested during the integration week carried out at UNIBO at the end of September 2022.
A new ROS2 driver for 3D cameras has been developed at PUT and it is in the early stage of testing before public release.
In our previous posts from June and December we have shone light on the optical detection of wires and wire harnesses. However, all these algorithms are based on camera images and return the poses of desired objects in the sensor’s coordinate frame. To incorporate these information a calibration of both sensors, as well as the robotic manipulator is necessary. The fully autonomous calibration pipeline developed at TUM resolves this issue.
One of the most challenging tasks to automatize in the ELVEZ pilot is the separation of the different cable branches of the wiring harnesses to route each of them through the required path of guides.
ELIMCO’s setup has been installed and testing has already begun!
The last 12th and 13th of May, all the REMODEL partners participated in the 6th General Assembly of REMODEL. Finally, and after two and a half years, the meeting was face-to-face!!! The two-day meeting was held at TUM's facilities in Munich.
In the REMODEL project, we continue working on flexible programming. We are improving the application to create robot programs automatically.
At IEMA we have been working on the integration of the robotic cell and on robotic fingers
The coordinator of the REMODEL project Prof. Gianluca Palli participates in the organization of a collection of articles on Frontiers in Neurorobotics about the research topic "Deformable Object Manipulation"
The proximity sensors, based on Time-of-Flight technology, have been integrated into REMODEL fingers and used to implement scanning strategies for thin wires.
A dual-arm robotic platform for the autonomous testing of the electrical connections in a cabled switchgear has been developed and tested experimentally.
The 3D shape reconstruction of a medical hose by means of multiple views gathered from a low cost 2D sensor has been developed and tested experimentally.
Development of wiring harness assembly is pending in order to obtain the TRL5 in M32.
The idea proposed by the REMODEL project is to create an incremental skill-based robot knowledge that, with few iterations of Teaching by Demonstration, allows the robot to operate with less supervision, in such a way that the worker can focus on other more complex tasks increasing the productivity. For this reason we must develop equipment suitable for robot use.
The team at Poznan University of Technology (PUT) is developing a DLO tracking algorithm.
On September 27, Salvatore Pirozzi (UCLV) will participate as keynote speaker at IEEE/RSJ International Workshop RoboTac 2021 (https://www.robotact.de/rbotac2021)
In July 2020 we posted about the completion of our benchmark targets for the evaluation of 3D sensors. While we already summarized the results in our internal deliverable D4.1, which was submitted in January 2021, we are now happy to present our results at 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021) in Prague, Czech Republic
Tampere University (TAU) has been working towards making physical tests with the dual armed Yaskawa robot, to work with the wire harness assembly use case belonging to ELVEZ. TAU has been finetuning the physical setup to be more suitable for the robot, as the originally available environment and devices were designed for a human.
ELIMCO is developing a robotic platform in collaboration with Tecnalia as a means to achieve a fluent manipulation of DLOs in the aeronautic industry.
For greater dissemination of the project's progress, in addition to pubilsh the videos on the web, they will also be published on the Youtube channel
Using a cobot, the objective of the project is to collect cables crimped by Komax 630.
Workshop on "Soft objects robotic manipulation for the future of European factories"
The fingers with integrated tactile sensors have started to be used for DLOs shape reconstruction.
REMODEL partners, Salvatore Pirozzi and Gianluca Palli serve as Guest Editors for the Joint Special Issue "State-of-Art in Sensors for Robotic Applications".
Also in 2021, the REMODEL Consortium will organize a Special Session on “Cyber-Physical Systems for Deformable Object Manipulation” at the 4th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) that will be held in Victoria, Canada, on May 10-13, 2021.
In these hard times a glimmer of hope. At the end of this year strange and full of troubles a big present has arrived in ENKI.
Coronavirus Pandemic has a huge impact not only over the society, health care or economy, but also on the project activities. What actually should we do, when everyday life is turning upside down? How to fulfil the project tasks to push still forward a progress of project? Is that work actually possible at all and the most important thing – is that efficient? In this brief post you will learn all about it.
Company ELVEZ d.o.o., is a manufacturer of specialized products for automotive industry, electrical and mechanical engineering, and white goods manufacturers.
We are returning from holidays, but we did not spend our time without our robots and perception systems. Our team was working on the classification of the wiring harness classification. For that purpose, we were using RGB and depth data.
After a careful design and crafting phase, the test boards for the planned 3D sensor benchmarking are finally ready. The test frames will allow a qualitative and cuantitative comparison of state-of-the art 3D cameras and ensure the selection of the best sensor for each use-case of the REMODEL project.
June witnessed the commencement of the conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, between the 10th and 12th of the month. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the conference which was originally scheduled to take place in Tampere (Finland) was reorganized as a virtual conference, where the participants, presenters and speakers participated online.
To speak about the aeronautical sector is to speak about wealth and sovereignty. It is a strategic sector that clearly differentiates the countries that in their GDP bet on high added value and technology.
To demonstrate the effectiveness of the technologies developed in REMODEL, a comprehensive set of industrial manufacturing use cases involving DLOs manipulation is being implemented and studied.
The 3D model for IEMA use case is ready for production!!!
The realization of sensorized fingers for REMODEL use cases go on...
The REMODEL Consortium will organize a Special Session on “Cyber-Physical Systems for Deformable Object Manipulation” at the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) that will be held in Tampere, Finland,on 9-12 June 2020
REMODEL kick-off meeting was organized by UNIBO in Bologna, from the 19th to 20th of November 2019.
