Flexible and Collaborative Robotics

Experimentation for solving automation challenges

The BDIH Collaborative and Flexible Robotics focus area was established against the backdrop of digital transformation, with the aim of helping Basque companies incorporate automation into their industrial processes and thus enabling them to develop in a more efficient, safe and sustainable digital environment.

This focus area comprises nine stakeholders from the Basque Science and Technology Network, including technology centres and universities that collaborate on issues related to consultancy, design, prototyping and training to jointly offer the best service, adapted to the needs of SMEs.

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Application areas

9 organisations and more than 27 robots and sensors to assist with:

Advanced handling
with robots Internal logistics
with mobile robots Manufacture and assembly
of components by robots Quality Control
with Robots Flexibility for
robotics applications

Advanced handling
with robots

Advanced handling with robots

Advanced manipulation with robots in different environments both in the air and on the ground. Depending on the precision, speed, robustness required in the application (palletizing, Bin Picking, kitting, moving goods, etc.) different equipment is available to test and study the viability of the technology.

Handling elements in large environments on the ground
Handling elements in large environments by air, load> 1T
Handling large elements by air, load <1ton
High Speed Pick & Place Handling
Handling pick in place type Bin Picking or Kitting
Feeding machine/Feeding parts
Orders preparation
Palletized/depalletized

Internal logistics
with mobile robots

Internal logistics with mobile robots

In applications of internal logistics it is increasingly common to incorporate autonomous robotic systems based on mobile platforms for the transport of different loads. These systems depending on the accuracy in position required integrate different navigation technologies.

Customization of autonomous mobile robot / AGV
2D Autonomous navigation based on 2D Slam
3D Autonomous navigation based on 3D Slam

Manufacture and assembly
of components by robots

Manufacture and assembly of components by robots

Processing operations including operations such as (milling, drilling, riveting, sealant application, etc.) and assembly operations require flexible automation solutions using industrial robots. The robots incorporate a series of auxiliary elements, such as feeders (vibrating drums, for example), positioners and the possible sensors that the robot uses to help in its task (efforts, vision, touch, etc.) to obtain the precision and robustness required in this type of applications.

Improved accuracy of robots
Milling with robots
Drilling with robots
Riveting with robots
Sealant application with robots
Assembly of components with robots
Bolted with robot
Sanding and polishing with robots
Deburring with robots
Retained with robots

Quality Control
with Robots

Quality Control with Robots

To guarantee an optimum level of quality, it is necessary to inspect the production with different techniques (artificial vision, US, thermography, etc.) Nowadays many of these applications can be robotized. Depending on the inspection technique and the type of part, we have different robotic solutions for testing.

Dimensional control of parts with robots and 2D vision
Dimensional control of parts with robots and 3D vision
Integrity control and defects of parts with robots and 3D vision
Integrity control and defects of parts with robots with Ultrasounds
Integrity control and defects of parts with robots and with thermography

Flexibility for
robotics applications

Flexibility for robotics applications

The need to personalize products more and more requires a more flexible production, able to adapt to a demand and a changing environment. In this reality, robotics, increasingly integrated into production, is the tool to achieve this. We work on technologies that allow us to develop a flexible robotics: mechatronics for pilot stations, advanced control architectures, manipulators, simple programming, perception systems, planning of self-adjusting trajectories or mobile robotics.

Automatic generation of trajectories without collision
Automatic or easy programming of robotic cells
Detection and localization of vision-based parts to guide robots
Guided robot based on Force control (Compliance control)
Bi-Arm Coordinated movement
Tele operation of robots
Environment simulation and operational planning
Human-Robot Interaction, safe environment monitoring and collaborative robotics

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Damien Salle
FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
damien.salle@tecnalia.com
902 76 00 00

Casos de uso

Improved fruit and vegetable detection through machine vision and real-time image analysis software library

Grabit

Use case

Grabit is a company founded in 2019 that works in the field of machine vision. Its aim is to provide cost efficient solutions for the retail sector that improve the efficiency of processes, for example, in supermarkets. This work constitutes improved customer experience, new business models and increased efficiency.

Need:

The company wanted to improve the detection of fruits and vegetables based on a supermarket scale prototype they had already developed. By achieving this goal, they were also looking for ir to be an available commercial product.