The European Robotics Forum 2021 (ERF 2021), the most influential meeting of the robotics community in Europe, was held as a virtual event 13-15 April 2021. The ERF2021 covers all aspects and current themes related to the field of robotics. Researchers, engineers, managers, and a growing number of entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and public funding officers from…
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The Footwear Technology Centre, INESCOP, within the framework of the European SoftManBot project, is working on the development of a robotic system for the sole demoulding, with the aim of protecting the health of workers, as well as freeing them from repetitive tasks that require a lot of strength. The footwear industry, traditionally a manufacturing…
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The handling of soft materials with robots will play a significant role in the factories of the future, in sectors such as the textile, food, electric and electronics industries. SOFTMANBOT project, together with 3 sister projects funded by the European Commission are currently working to advance the state of the art on this challenging scientific…
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Working with our European partners on SOFTMANBOT EU H2020 project, Decathlon is going to introduce robots for the execution of contact-based challenging tasks: a robotic perception system, an AI-based multi-sensor control and planning platform and a smart dexterous gripple, will help human operators in handling flexible and deformable materials within labour-intensive production processes. The automation…
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RObotic MAnipulation of Deformable Objects workshop – Thursday, November 19, 2020 Novel solutions for the robotic manipulation of deformable objects can enable new real-world tasks in areas of strategic interest. These include the manufacturing industry, agriculture, or medicine. However, deformable objects are complex to model and require the manipulation system to have high adaptability and…
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SIGMA Clermont is collaborating directly with Michelin in the #SoftManBot project in order to prepare a first demonstrator.In this setup, installed at Michelin facilities at Ladoux, a robotic arm system will use Zimmer Group‘s grippers in order to assemble the components of a #tyre. The general software architecture proposed by SIGMA Clermont will not only be useful for this Michelin demo but…
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AIJU moves on in the design and construction of the testing moulds and the preparation of the mock-up robotic cell in our facilities. Fresh out of the oven and ready to be in again, our testing moulds have already been shipped to our European partners, in order to be able to replicate at their facilities…
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SIGMA Clermont, Softmanbot’s coordinator, is a School of Engineering in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Its research activities are conducted in affiliation with Institut Pascal, an interdisciplinary research laboratory. SIGMA Clermont is a technical partner focused on developing novel methodologies for the handling of soft objects in the targeted industrial use cases. In the first year of the…
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As we enter 2021, it is a good time to recapitulate INESCOP’s participation in the SOFTMANBOT project. As an integration partner, INESCOP is involved in one of the four use cases: the demoulding of PLASTINHER’s injected shoe soles. Our focus is to help the development of the robotic workcell and to guarantee that it is…
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One year has passed since the start of the SOFTMANBOT project and we are several steps closer to the aim. Industria Auxiliar Juema S.L. as a toy manufacturer, participates in the project as an end user to integrate a robotic technology into its production process and faced this year a number of challenges in defining…
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