SInBot
Current industrial robots play an important role in performing repetitive tasks predominantly in massproduction of consumergoods. They perform their tasks cost effectively and accurate over a longer period in time. The European production industry is moving toward a higher added value production that must be lean and flexible in order to survive in a competitive market.
This trend can be seen for instance in the use of production cells, fast changing production systems or the introduction of so called ‘one off’ production. This is increasingly realized by the introduction of automation, software integration, sensing, communication and cooperation by systems.
This shift has not started yet in the design and usage of industrial robots. Industrial robots need to get an even higher intelligence, collaborative and multitask deployment and effortless transfer of processes by which one-off or limited series can be produced simultaneously in one production environment.
The focus of SInBot will be on the development of the methods and tools for simplifying defition, selection and use of intelligent, decentralized cooperation of industrial robots for manufacturing purposes.