TAPAS
Robotics-enabled logistics and assistive services for the transformable factory of the future
| Coordinatore | KUKA Laboratories GmbH
Organization address
address: Zugspitzstrasse 140 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Germany [DE] |
| Totale costo | 5˙179˙257 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙400˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-10-01 - 2014-06-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
KUKA Laboratories GmbH
Organization address
address: Zugspitzstrasse 140 contact info |
DE (Augsburg) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
AALBORG UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 5 contact info |
DK (AALBORG) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG
Organization address
address: FAHNENBERGPLATZ contact info |
DE (FREIBURG) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
Convergent Information Technologies GmbH
Organization address
address: SCHULSTRASSE 2 contact info |
AT (HAID BEI ANSFELDEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV
Organization address
address: Linder Hoehe contact info |
DE (KOELN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
GRUNDFOS AS - GBJ GRUNDFOS WATER EQUIPMENT AS GRUNDFOS ELECTRONICS AS GRUNDFOS INTERNATIONAL AS
Organization address
address: POUL DUE JENSENS VEJ 7 contact info |
DK (BJERRINGBRO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
GRUNDFOS HOLDING AS
Organization address
address: POUL DUE JENSENS VEJ 7 contact info |
DK (BJERRINGBRO) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
Today's automation and logistics paradigms make it difficult, time consuming, and costly to change the type of the product manufactured and to scale the production up and down in response to market volatility. Consequently, and with the increasing market uncertainties, it becomes more and more difficult to justify new automation lines. To keep production in Europe instead of shifting it to low-wage countries, this project will break new ground in robot-based automation and logistics as the backbone of a transformable factory of the future, enabling an economic production regardless of changes in volumes and product type.TAPAS pioneers the following tasks in real production environments: mobile robots with manipulation arms will make logistic tasks more flexible and more complete by not only transporting, but also collecting the parts needed and delivering them right to the place were needed. Since moving parts around the shop floor does not create value by itself, TAPAS robots go even beyond: they will automate assistive tasks that naturally extend the logistic tasks, such as preparatory and post-processing works, e.g., pre-assembly or machine tending with inherent quality control. Through this additional creation of value and by a faster adaptation to changes with new levels of robustness, availability, and completeness of jobs TAPAS robots promise to yield an earlier return of investment.To reach the objectives, the TAPAS consortium will iteratively test and validate the developments with two pilot installations of increasing complexity and scale. The drivers behind TAPAS are a robot manufacturer and a system integrator, providing both their production environments for intensive testing and validation, and a software technology provider. Teaming up with three excellent research partners they will develop logistic and assistive robotic solutions for transformable automation that are generally applicable and scalable.