Arbeitssitzung 14. August 1996

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SMErobot-Initiative for a NewRobot Family of
Small andMedium Sized ManufacturingMartin
HägeleFraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart
AcknowledgmentThis work has been partly funded
by the European Commissions Sixth Framework
Programme under grant 011838 as part of the
Integrated Project SMErobot.
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World Robotics 2008 First resultsWorld 1
million industrial robots operating
Estimated worldwide operational stock of
industrial robots
1.200
994
951
1.000
923
750
800
605
'000 of units
600
454
400
200
66
3
0
1973
1983
1990
1995
2000
2005
2006
2007
preliminary data
Source IFR Statistical Department
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World Robotics 2008 EuropeMaterial handling is
surging
Estimated yearly supply in Europe
of industrial robots 2005 - 2007 by applications
Handling
Welding
Assembly
2007
Dispensing
2006
2005
Processing
Others
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
in 1000 units
preliminary data
Source IFR Statistical Department
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World Robotics 2008 EuropeDemand of
non-automotive is growing
Estimated yearly sales of industrial robots 2001
- 2007
Share of Automotive - Non-automotive Industry
in Europe
Automotive
70
all others
60
60
60
59
60
54
54
53
50
47
46
46
41
40
40
40
40
units
30
20
10
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
preliminary
Source IFR Statistical Department
data
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Robot Unit Costs Falling1
1,4
Price index (1990100)Labor cost (Germany)
1,2

• Industrial Robots
• 40 of unit price in 1990
• Performance increaseSpeed, accuracy,
  MTBF,Tele-service/diagnosis

1
0,8
0,6
Price-index industrialrobot 1990100
0,4
0,2
1Rule of Thumbrobot unit price ¼ oftotal
robot system price
0
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
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Robots in SME Manufacturing?

• Why robots?
• Increase productivity
• Improve quality
• Qualified and safe jobs

• Havent industrial robots
• meanwhile become a
• symbol of high-tech?
• commodity?
• synonym for flexible automation?

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Why havent robots made it in SMEs?

• Example Cutting and deburring

• Todays industrial robots lack of
• Alternative rapid instructions methods to robot
  pendants
• Intuitive instruction schemes for
  force/torque-control
• High process forces when needed

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Why havent robots made it in SMEs?

• Example Wood working

• Todays industrial robots lack of
• Intuitive instruction (instruction time versus
  process time)
• Plug n Play retooling
• Safe worker-robot cooperation

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Why havent robots made it in SMEs?

• Example Machine tending and handling

• Todays industrial robots lack of
• Mobility for placing and clamping to machines
• Robust object localization
• Multi-purpose grippers

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Requirements of Future Robotic Designs
Changeover Programming Workcell cost Sensor
equipped Maintenance

• lt once/year
• offline
• 4robot unit price
• 5 of installations
• Trained staff

Photos KUKA-Roboter GmbH, SMErobot
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SMErobot A Family of New Robots
Three Major Innovations 1. Robot capable of
understanding human-like instructions 2. Safe and
productive human-aware space-sharing robot 3.
Three-day-deployable integrated robot system

• FP6 Integrated Project
• 17 partners, major European robot manufacturers
• Project runtime March 2005 - May 2009
• www.smerobot.org

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Intuitive Instruction
New interaction devices and their use
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Industrial Robots Safety
prEN ISO 10218-12006 Robots for industrial
environments Safety requirements (supersedes
EN775, released in Autumn 2006) Robots designed
for collaborative operation shall .. comply with
one or more of the requirements
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Safety-Controller
?

• Safe reduced speed
• b) The robot shall maintain a separation
  distance from the operator with safe reduced
  speed, safe monitored position
• c) The robots power and force is limited by
  inherent design or a safe control system to 80
  W and 150 N.
• acc. to at least category 3 of ISO 13849...
• All possibilities rated by risk assessment,
  limited by exposure to additional hazards (e.g.
  pinch points, shearing hazards) .

Safe (3D) sensors
?
Intrinisicallysafe robots
?
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Safe, Human-aware Space-sharing
Physically harmless and low-cost robot mechanics
Safe robot working without fences
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The 3-day deployable robot workcell
Plug-and-Produce
Robot program generation bydistributed
product-process data
Ethernet network
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Training, Socio-Economics
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Showcasing SMErobot
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Thanks you!Questions?
AcknowledgmentThis work has been partly funded
by the European Commissions Sixth Framework
Programme under grant 011838 as part of the
Integrated Project SMErobot.
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Project-Partner
Project-lead

Robotics-industries

End-users

Suppliers
Transfer
Research