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SMErobot™ Project Results |
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SMErobot™ was an Integrated Project within the 6th Framework Programme of the EC
to create a new family of SME-suitable robots and to exploit its potentials for competitive SME manufacturing (March 2005 - May 2009).
The following web page gives an overview of its project results.
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At a glance |
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SMErobot™ presented its project results twice to a large public: in June 2008 at Automatica trade fair in Munich, Germany,
and in Mai 2009 at its final workshop in Stuttgart, Germany.
All results and all exhibits are well documented on the concerning webpages
AUTOMATICA Special and Final Project Workshop.
If you want to have a first impression on the project vision and the final results. Please download the project movies
"Coffee Break" and
"Final Project Video" or watch them directly on the
SMErobot youtube channel.
If you are more interested in the scientific results of SMErobot, please also visit our
Scientific Articles website.
The project has established itself as a brandmark and has received highest recognition and
reward from robotics research, robot equipment suppliers and particularly end-users of all
domains and sizes. The Consortium has very much enjoyed the project in
all its facets:
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Results |
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The wide variety of results, both in terms of knowledge, demonstrators, prototypes and software tools have to undergo the typical product
life-cycle following the project runtime: from pre-competitive products and services towards
innovations for the benefit of a European automation supply industry and end-users:
- In the short term, it is estimated that especially software-related components will reach
marketability. These products out of SMErobot research will be:
robot safety controllers,
teaching by demonstration and
automatic programming,
shop-floor-suitable simulation tools,
life-cycle costing tools,
SMErobot Toolbox (teaching, training),
object detection and identification
(bin picking).
- In the midterm, component-oriented results are aimed to reach market maturity levels
such as
high-performance drives,
force-torque-sensors,
parallel-kinematic designs,
variable stiffness joints,
new grippers,
integration of novel interfaces in robot instruction such as
voice,
scanning,
pointing,
plug&produce networks
and optical sensors
for active safety monitoring etc.
- Larger systems such as
novel kinematic designs for SMEs,
variable stiffness robotic arms,
SME assistants
will reach maturity levels in the long term.
Already exploitable results are:
- InTeach Programming Environment:
Please visit external website of Fraunhofer IPA
- Visual Components’ 3DCreate 3.2 :
Please visit external website of Visual Components
- Visual Components’ 3DCreate 2009:
Please visit external website of Visual Components
- Final report on the user potential of the developed new robotic technologies: Please visit external website of Fraunhofer ISI
- Report on the socio-economic impacts of the new robotics solution: Please visit external website of Fraunhofer ISI
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Contact Persons |
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Here you find direct contact information in terms of web addresses and names on responsible persons from all SMErobot partners.
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Lead
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Fraunhofer - Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (IPA)
Martin Hägele - Head of Department of Robot Systems,
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Germany
Christian Meyer - Researcher at Department of Robot Systems,
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA,Germany
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Industry
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ABB Automated Technologies Robotics
Dr. Torgny Brogårdh - Senior Researcher for Corporate Research,
ABB AB, Sweden
Dr. Jens Hofschulte - Researcher at Corporate Research Center Germany,
ABB AG, Germany
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COMAU S.p.A.
Luca Lachello - Head of Software Engineering of COMAU Robotics,
Comau S.p.A., Italy
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Güdel AG
Walter Zulauf, Manager Engineering R&D, Güdel AG, Langenthal, Switzerland
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KUKA Roboter GmbH
Rainer Bischoff - Project Manager Cooperative Research Projects,
KUKA Roboter GmbH, Germany
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Reis Robotics GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
Dr. Manfred Dresselhaus - Coordinator of Research and Collaboration,
Reis Robotics, Germany
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Prospektiv Gesellschaft für betriebliche Zukunftsgestaltung GmbH
Barbara Bierfreund - Senior Researcher, Managing Director,
Prospektiv Gesellschaft für betriebliche Zukunftsgestaltung GmbH, Germany
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Rinas ApS
Sven Søhald, Manager, Rinas Aps, Denmark
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Visual Components Oy
Ricardo Velez, R&D Manager, Visual Components Oy, Helsinki, Finland
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Casting technology International LTD by Gurantee
Peter Haigh, R&D Manager, CTI, Rotherham, United Kingdom
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Research
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Fraunhofer - Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (IPA)
Martin Hägele - Head of Department of Robot Systems,
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Germany
Christian Meyer - Researcher at Department of Robot Systems,
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA,Germany
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German Aerospace Center - Institute of Robotics and Mechatronic
Gerhard Grunwald, Department of Robotic Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
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Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione
Dr. Nicola Pedrocchi - Research Associate,
Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation (ITIA), Italy
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Lund University / Institute of Technology
Dr. Klas Nilsson - Professor at Department of Computer Science,
Lund University, Institute of Technology (LTH), Sweden
Prof. Gunnar Bolmsjö - Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Lund University, Institute of Technology (LTH), Sweden
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University of Coimbra / ADDF
Prof. Norberto Pires, Mechanical Engineering Department, Industrial Robotics Laboratory, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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Fraunhofer - Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung (ISI)
Dr. Steffen Kinkel - Head of competence center Industrial and Service Innovations,
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany
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Fraunhofer - Institut für Siliziumtechnologie (ISIT)
Jörg Eichholz, IC Design und Foundry Service, Frauhofer Institut für Siliziumtechnologie (ISIT), Germany |
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Project Management
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Pro-Support B.V.
Maarten Bonke - Senior Consultant and Partner,
Pro Support B.V., Netherlands
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GPS Gesellschaft für Produktionssysteme GmbH
Thilo Zimmermann, Project Manager, GPS Gesellschaft für Produktionssystem GmbH |
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Information |
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General information
SMErobot™ Project Management
Thilo Zimmermann
GPS Gesellschaft für Produktionssysteme GmbH
Nobelstraße 12
70569 Stuttgart
Phone +49 711 687031-42
Fax +49 711 687031-55
E-mail zimmermann(at)gps-stuttgart.de
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