Specialization in Robotics 2013

Working lines

1985 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Industrial

FMS CALIBOB RoboFoot

CustomPacker

EasyPro EuskesturPolishing

X-Act

Palletizing

RoboPartner

JatManOverhead

robot

Services

NOA AmIROB Robauco KTBot Mainbot

MiRoR

Flexible manufacturing system

Industrialautomation

Automation of production systems - quality control

IK4-TEKNIKER ROBOTICS Historical perspective

X-act

Advanced and

Intelligent Robotics

Vision Guided Robots

Sensor Fusion

Compliant Manipulation

Mobile Manipulation

Natural Human Robot

Interaction

Autonomous navigation

Complex mechatronic

systems

Research areas in Robotics

Mainbot

MiRoR

RoboFootEasyPro

x-Act

MiRoR

Mainbot

MiRoR

Ktbot

X-ActktBot

X-Act

CURRENT PROJECTSRobotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

Robotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

5

Core

tec

hnol

ogie

s3D PerceptionVision based trajectory generation

Serv

icesAccurate and

easy programmingNew robot applications in footwear

Robots for automation of the footwear industry.

Robotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

6

Core

tech

nolo

gies

3D PerceptionHuman activity recognitionGrasping mechanisms

Serv

icesIndustrial

automationFlexible packingHuma-robot collaboration

Robots for medium to large consumer electronics goods packaging in collaboration with humans.

Robotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

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EASYPRO

Robots easily programmable by manual guidance.

Core

tec

hnol

ogie

s3D PerceptionVision based trajectory generation

Serv

icesAccurate and

easy programming

Robotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

8

Core

tec

hnol

ogie

s3D PerceptionTermographyMobile manipulationAutonomous navigation

Serv

icesNon destructive

testingRobotic inspection

Mobile robots for maintenance and inspection of large facilities.

Robotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

9

Core

tec

hnol

ogie

sMiniaturised mechatronicsMobile manipulationAutonomous navigation

Serv

icesRobotic

InspectionRobotic repair

Robots for inspection and repair in complex and dangerous environments.

Robotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

10

Core

tec

hnol

ogie

sAutonomous navigationPeople detectionReliability and safety

Serv

icesGuider in

eventsHospital logisticsSurveillance and Safety

Assistive robots with advanced functionalities in the home, office, hospital or museum.

Ktbot

Robotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

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Dexterous bi-manipulation robots in collaboration with humans in the factory of the future.

X-actCo

re t

echn

olog

ies3D Perception

Sensor fusion: force and visionPeople detectionReliability and safety

Serv

icesProduction

automationBi-manipulationHuman-robot collaboration

X-act Intelligent

control module

Dual arm robotInstruction Libraries

Voice Instructions

Safe human robot workspace sharing

Optical posture recognition

Highly Intuitive Interfaces

Manual guiding device

Teaching by demonstration

Programming of assembly tasks

Advanced Dual arm programming (mirror etc.)

• Human presence detection• Robot speed adjustment• Trajectory re-planning

Force Sensors

Robotics at IK4-TEKNIKER

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Seamless Human-Robot Cooperation for intelligent, Flexible and Safe Operations in the Assembly Factories of the Future.

Core

tec

hnol

ogie

s3D PerceptionSensor fusion: force and visionPeople detectionReliability and safetyAutonomous navigation

Serv

icesAssembly

automationHuman-robot collaborationLogistics

IK4-TEKNIKER’s FACILITIES & RESOURCES

IK4-TEKNIKER’s FacilitiesIn

dutr

ial R

obot

sABB (2400, 4400), COMAU (NM 45), COMAU RMLDual-arm COMAU

Mob

ile R

obot

sRobosoft robuLAB, iRobot CreateRobucarTT, Mobile ManipulatorSegwayAdvanced Wheelchair, Explorer

Mec

hatr

onic

pro

duct

de

sign

and

deve

lopm

ent.Prototype manufacturing

and assembly floorshop.

IK4-TEKNIKER’s Partners

• ROBOSOFT• COMAU SPA• Consiglio

Nazionale delle Ricerche

• Fraunhofer IPA• Fraunhofer IFF• Fraunhofer IPK• The University of

Nottingham

• ETHZ• TECNATOM• ROBOTNIK• QDESIGN• TORRESOL• University of

Patras• TOFAS• CRF• ROLLS-ROYCE

• Technische Universität München (TUM)

• FerRobotics• Profactor• VTT• DFKI• INESCOP

Collaboration

Associations

• EFFRA: European Factories of the Future Research Association• MANUFUTURE: European Technology Platform on Future Manufacturing Technologies• euRobotics AISBL: European Robotics Association

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