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WP |
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Objectives |
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0
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Project
management
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The
activity will guarantee the project management and co-ordination of the
project activities including the co-ordination with the Commission (Day to
day project management, Consortium agreement set-ting up management, IPR
management and protection, dissemination and exploitation management etc).
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1
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Overall
system concept and requirements
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Identify
the global perspective of the change induced in the robot industry by the
penetration of the proposed embedded system technology. Define the ARFLEX
functional requirements and system specifications starting from typical
robot operating analysis. Identify the basic needs to be fulfilled for the
intervention with the required precisions, especially with regard to the
basic sensor and actuators. Specify the preliminary mechanical designs and
embedded systems layout design.
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2
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ARFLEX
control system development
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Development
of the ARFLEX control system design and related algorithms including those
for robot dynamics simulation, based on selected operation scenarios.
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3
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Visual
and other key sensor components design
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Definition
of the ARFLEX sensor system, its interfaces to other system components,
integrating data from different sensors and calibration procedures, with
special attention to visual sensors.
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4
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Embedded
system technologies and SW/HW design
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To
identify and design an embedded (sub)system addressing the overall system
functional requirements. To propose a detailed hw/sw architecture that:
meet requirements, can be reused in larger contexts, and be cost effective,
given the lower production rates of the robotic industry. The embedded
system will be designed top down using a layered approach that hides
implementation details of the hw from the functional abstraction at sw
level. Special attention will be given to the integration of the sensor
technologies and to the use of standardized hw and sw components and
interfaces.
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5
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System
operation and reliability assessment on simulator
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Checking
the congruence of the design of the global system and of the individual
subsystems. Verifying the safety performance level achieved on a
demonstrator simulator. Testing the overall performance of the system for
a number of significant simulated operating
scenarios.
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6
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Design
and integration of a robot prototype
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For the
chosen robot case, to review and finalize the control design, all the
novelties suggested by the embedded design technologies and the proposals
made by the partners responsible for sensors and actuators. Providing a
prototype ready for evaluation.
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7
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Demonstrator
robot prototype
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To
evaluate the System Concept initially proposed in WP1 through a
demonstration of an industrial robot used in real conditions.
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8
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Embedded
design for large robot market impact
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To
investigate the potential and benefits of diffusion of the new ARFLEX
concepts. To integrate and generalise project results, to crystallize
objective quantitative benefits of the new technology by investigating
most promising short and long term applications taking into account
critical automation problems, especially in SME production sectors. To
analyse the economical impacts in the form of global business plans. To
identify ways and means to disseminate novel embedded and reconfigurable
technology in the industrial sector for various productions systems, as
well as to extend the project development to service robotic systems (for
both industrial and non-industrial applications) and other related
automation and control systems. To establish cooperation with other
ongoing research activities in developing and promoting new integrated
control techniques.
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