CARLOS

CooperAtive Robot for Large Spaces manufacturing

 Coordinatore ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE 

 Organization address address: CALLE RELVA TORNEIROS 27A
city: PORRINO
postcode: 36410

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Gala
Cognome: Pérez Pérez
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 986344000
Fax: +34 986337302

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Spain [ES]
 Totale costo 1˙422˙102 €
 EC contributo 1˙028˙000 €
 Programma FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
 Code Call FP7-SME-2013
 Funding Scheme BSG-SME
 Anno di inizio 2013
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2013-09-01   -   2015-08-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE

 Organization address address: CALLE RELVA TORNEIROS 27A
city: PORRINO
postcode: 36410

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Gala
Cognome: Pérez Pérez
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 986344000
Fax: +34 986337302

ES (PORRINO) coordinator 36˙380.00
2    DELTAMATIC ENGENHARIA E AUTOMACAO INDUSTRIAL SA

 Organization address address: PARQUE IMODELTA - FACCOES P e Q - ZONA INDUSTRIAL DE PINDELO
city: PINDELO OLIVERA DE AZEMEIS
postcode: 3720-444

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Estela
Cognome: Bastos
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 256860030
Fax: +351 256860039

PT (PINDELO OLIVERA DE AZEMEIS) participant 334˙668.22
3    C.A.T. PROGETTI SRL

 Organization address address: VIA SAGITTARIO 21
city: SASSO MARCONI BOLOGNA
postcode: 40037

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Paolo
Cognome: Bertuzzi
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 3282860048

IT (SASSO MARCONI BOLOGNA) participant 319˙614.37
4    ROBOTNIK AUTOMATION SLL

 Organization address address: CALLE BERNI Y CATALA 53 BAJO IZQ
city: VALENCIA
postcode: 46019

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Rafael
Cognome: López Tarazón
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 963383835
Fax: +34 963383580

ES (VALENCIA) participant 239˙811.27
5    ASTILLEROS JOSE VALINA

 Organization address address: CALLE GALILEO GALILEI 25
city: A CORUNA
postcode: 15008

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Enriqueta
Cognome: Valiña Tajes
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 981 285 000
Fax: +34 981 280 733

ES (A CORUNA) participant 39˙888.64
6    AALBORG UNIVERSITET

 Organization address address: FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 5
city: AALBORG
postcode: 9220

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Morten
Cognome: Henriksen
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 99409510

DK (AALBORG) participant 20˙960.00
7    ATEIN NAVAL SA

 Organization address address: CARRETERA DE CIRCUNVALACION AS LAGOAS 28 ENTREPLANTA
city: A CORUNA
postcode: 15002

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Roberto
Cognome: Rodríguez Orro
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 981382450
Fax: +34 981388141

ES (A CORUNA) participant 18˙377.50
8    INESC PORTO - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES DO PORTO

 Organization address address: "Campus da FEUP, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 378"
city: PORTO
postcode: 4200 465

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Marta
Cognome: Barbas
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 222094000
Fax: +351 222094050

PT (PORTO) participant 18˙300.00

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competitiveness    mechatronics    designed    solution    civil    superstructures    worker    ship    semi    cabin    smes    components    full    fit    robot    shipyards    prototype    inside    industrial    shipyard    autonomous    services    robotic    sensing    productivity    manipulator    validation    position    team    outfitting    addition    mobile    bulkhead    capability    navigation    blocks    automation    platform    construction    operations    modular    technologies    welding    manufacturing    perform    stud    marking    carlos    preliminary    market   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The CARLoS project aims to apply recent advances in cooperative mobile robotics to a representative industrial scenario in shipyards. CARLoS robot will be built using off-the-shelf technology under a modular approach. The prototype will be demonstrated as a robot co-worker for fit-out operations inside blocks of ship superstructures. Most of technology for developing such a robot exists, but there is not yet a solution on the market with capabilities that meet the special requirements of shipyards. The CARLoS project will contribute to strength the technological level and market position of: -European SMEs that develop, supply, and integrate mechatronic, sensing, and electronic technologies for industrial applications. -European SMEs providing fit-out services to shipyards and to industrial and civil construction. The main features of CARLoS robot are: • high mobility inside ship blocks • semi-autonomous decision-making on the work to do • autonomous stud welding capability • autonomous pre-outfitting marking capability • easily controlled by a shipyard worker The working plan has been designed to develop a full robot for stud welding and marking. The project is divided in 7 WP including RTD, dissemination and management tasks, comprising: • Development of a mobile navigation system for shipyard blocks • Development of a sensing and control system for full automation of marking and stud welding • Development of a skilled human-robot interaction system suited to the tasks at hand • Continuous integration towards a final prototype • Demonstration and validation of the system in real-world conditions CARLoS will yield: • Higher flexibility, productivity, and reliability • Increase of the market share for the end users • Improved outfitting competitiveness • New market for high-tech products in which Europe stands out (e.g. mechatronics, machine vision, embedded processing)'

Introduzione (Teaser)

A mobile manipulator has been developed based on modular components to work inside blocks of ship superstructures. The robot navigates autonomously and performs bulkhead viewing and stud welding.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Many repetitive processes in shipbuilding are still performed manually to the detriment of job conditions and of the competitive position of the numerous small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that provide fit-out services to shipyards. CARLOS consortium is developing a robotic solution focused on stud welding and marking inside blocks of ship superstructures with EU support (http://carlosproject.eu/ (CARLOS)).

The robot will perform semi-autonomous navigation inside ship blocks. Using information from a computer-aided design file, it will automatically perform stud welding processes. In addition, it will mark information onto cabin walls to support fit-out operations (to equip the cabin as needed) by personnel.

Within the first nine months, the team has already made impressive progress. Investigators have designed, assembled and partially tested the main components of the robot, consisting of the platform, robotic arm, sensors and tools. Using the manipulator and a commercial welding gun attached to the robot's wrist, preliminary stud welding trials have produced promising results.

Initial versions of the control software for autonomous robot navigation, bulkhead sensing and process execution have been developed, as has a preliminary version of a user interface. In addition, the team has defined the laboratory testing protocols and benchmarking metrics to support full optimisation and validation.

The subcomponent technologies of mechatronics, sensing and electronics will support the viability and profitability of numerous SMEs. Automation will be an important step towards more reliable process control and process management.

Overall, CARLOS technology will enable an important increase in productivity and competitiveness for EU shipbuilders while reducing manufacturing faults. The platform will be of interest in other environments as well, including industrial manufacturing and civil construction.

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