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Hybrid and intelligent human-robot collaboration – hybrid teams in versatile, cyber-physical production environments
Hybr-iT
The aim of the Hybr-iT joint research project funded bythe Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF) is to intensify flexible collaboration betweenhumans, robots, and production systems. Aninnovative approach in Human-Robot Collaboration(HRC) is taken to design participatory work structures:Self-organization and communication by teammembers will be interlinked and effectively coordinatedwith traditional production scheduling. The project'sofficial kick-off event took place at DFKI in Saarbrückenon January 11, 2017.
Hybr-iT provides a substantial contribution towardsachieving future requirements for conversion capabilityand optimal capacities in manufacturing and assemblyplants. INDUSTRIE 4.0 promises to make productionmore economically profitable – even for low volumeruns. The foundation of production technologies are theextremely versatile manufacturing systems that can
flexibly and quickly adapt to constantly changingrequirements. Although available production systemsare already largely digitalized, networked, and evenpartially capable of conversion, they are not adequatelyequipped for the actual collaboration between humansand robots. In addition to these manufacturingchallenges, Hybr-iT addresses the issues of socio-technical controllability.
Hybr-iT focuses on the development and industrialtesting of hybrid teams, in which humans and robotswork together with software-based assistance systemsin intelligent production environments. Hybr-iTresearches and evaluates the components required forplanning and optimizing hybrid teams in an industrialcontext – in terms of their integration in existing IT andproduction systems and as necessary for their controlin a production operation.
Contact:DFKI GmbHCognitive AssistantsProject management: Dr. Anselm BlocherPhone: +49 681 - 85775 - 5262 E-mail: [email protected]: www.hybr-it-projekt.de
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster, overall project managerin Hybr-iT and CEO of DFKI explained further: "Wetake a holistic view of the individual disciplines ofHuman-Robot Collaboration, intelligent planningenvironments, assistance systems, and knowledgebased robotics. The human workers in the productionprocesses should be assisted by robots, makingteamwork safer, more efficient, and ergonomic forpeople."
From an IT perspective, this will involve heavilydistributed systems with very heterogeneous sub-systems (such as plant and robot controls, safety,logistic, database, assistance, tracking, simulation, andvisualization systems), which are implementedtogether in a comprehensive resource orientedarchitecture (ROA).
The results of the Hybr-iT project are to be applied andevaluated in the production processes of theautomotive and aviation industries that involve a highlevel of manual assembly work.
Together with the industrial partners, the DFKIresearch departments Agents and Simulated Reality,Intelligent User Interfaces, and Robotics InnovationCenter will implement two evaluation scenarios for thedemonstration of hybrid teams in the automotive andaerospace assembly.
Duration: 11/2016 – 10/2019
Partners:
Grant no.: 01IS16026A
Hybrid and intelligent human-robot collaboration – hybrid teams in versatile, cyber-physical production environments
Hybr-iT
Contact:DFKI GmbHCognitive AssistantsProject management: Dr. Anselm BlocherPhone: +49 681 - 85775 - 5262 E-mail: [email protected]: www.hybr-it-projekt.de