Science and Technology : A robot with finger-tip sensitivity

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Two arms, three cameras, finger-tip sensitivity and a variety of facial
expressions – these are the distinguishing features of the pi4-workerbot.
Similar in size to a human being, it can be employed at any modern
workstation in an industrial manufacturing environment. Its purpose is to
help keep European production competitive.


Picture the following: With great care, a robot picks up a gear wheel in one
hand, a housing in the other, and places the two together. When they don’t
immediately engage, it breaks off its movement. Slowly, it twists the gear
wheel round a little and tries again. This time the wheel slots easily into its
mounting. The robot smiles, and places the correctly assembled part on the
conveyor belt.
The pi4-workerbot is capable of making many more movements than a
normal robot and is the jewel in the crown of the EU-funded PISA research
project, which aims to introduce greater flexibility into industrial mass
production by using robots in assembly processes.
All manufacturers operating in Germany need technology that can be
adapted for and cope with a variety of product versions and fluctuating
volumes. And because workforce requirements also change in line with
orders on company books, the idea is that manufacturers should even be
able to lease these robots as and when necessary. Dr.-Ing. Dragoljub
Surdilovic, head of the working group at the Fraunhofer Institute for
Production Systems and Design Technology IPK in Berlin, says: “We
developed the workerbot to be roughly the same size as a human being.”
Which means it can be employed at any modern standing or sitting
workstation in an industrial manufacturing environment.

The robot is equipped with three cameras. A state-of-the-art 3D camera in
its forehead captures its general surroundings, while the two others are
used for inspection purposes. The workerbot can perform a wide range of
tasks. Matthias Krinke, Managing Director of pi4-Robotics, the company
that is bringing the workerbot onto the market, explains: “It can measure
objects or inspect a variety of surfaces.” To give an example, the robot can
identify whether or not the chromium coating on a workpiece has been
perfectly applied by studying how light reflects off the material. Krinke
adds: “If you use two different cameras, it can inspect one aspect with its
left eye, and another with its right.” Moreover, the workerbot is also
capable of inspecting components over a continuous 24-hour period – an
important advantage when precision is of the utmost importance, such as
in the field of medical technology, where a defective part can, in the worst
case scenario, endanger human life.

Full story @ physorg.com
 


md12-fo5g-roboter-workerbot_tcm63-71346.jpg


Two arms, three cameras, finger-tip sensitivity and a variety of facial
expressions – these are the distinguishing features of the pi4-workerbot.
Similar in size to a human being, it can be employed at any modern
workstation in an industrial manufacturing environment. Its purpose is to
help keep European production competitive.


Picture the following: With great care, a robot picks up a gear wheel in one
hand, a housing in the other, and places the two together. When they don’t
immediately engage, it breaks off its movement. Slowly, it twists the gear
wheel round a little and tries again. This time the wheel slots easily into its
mounting. The robot smiles, and places the correctly assembled part on the
conveyor belt.
The pi4-workerbot is capable of making many more movements than a
normal robot and is the jewel in the crown of the EU-funded PISA research
project, which aims to introduce greater flexibility into industrial mass
production by using robots in assembly processes.
All manufacturers operating in Germany need technology that can be
adapted for and cope with a variety of product versions and fluctuating
volumes. And because workforce requirements also change in line with
orders on company books, the idea is that manufacturers should even be
able to lease these robots as and when necessary. Dr.-Ing. Dragoljub
Surdilovic, head of the working group at the Fraunhofer Institute for
Production Systems and Design Technology IPK in Berlin, says: “We
developed the workerbot to be roughly the same size as a human being.”
Which means it can be employed at any modern standing or sitting
workstation in an industrial manufacturing environment.

The robot is equipped with three cameras. A state-of-the-art 3D camera in
its forehead captures its general surroundings, while the two others are
used for inspection purposes. The workerbot can perform a wide range of
tasks. Matthias Krinke, Managing Director of pi4-Robotics, the company
that is bringing the workerbot onto the market, explains: “It can measure
objects or inspect a variety of surfaces.” To give an example, the robot can
identify whether or not the chromium coating on a workpiece has been
perfectly applied by studying how light reflects off the material. Krinke
adds: “If you use two different cameras, it can inspect one aspect with its
left eye, and another with its right.” Moreover, the workerbot is also
capable of inspecting components over a continuous 24-hour period – an
important advantage when precision is of the utmost importance, such as
in the field of medical technology, where a defective part can, in the worst
case scenario, endanger human life.

Full story @ physorg.com

Interesting. Amazing.

I wonder if this stems from NASA and their robotic programs and inventions.
 

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