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Bringing Innovative Robotic Technologies from Research Labs to Industrial End-users

The Experience of the European Robotics Challenges

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Editors:
  1. Fabrizio Caccavale

    1. School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

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  2. Christian Ott

    1. Institute of Robotics & Mechatronics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Weßling, Germany

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  3. Bernd Winkler

    1. Department for Robot and Assistive Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany

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  4. Zachary Taylor

    1. Autonomous Systems Lab, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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  • Reports the main scientific and technological achievements of the EuRoC project
  • Describes the potential of the comparative challenge approach for knowledge advancement and technology transfer
  • Written by experts in the field

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR, volume 136)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The EuRoC Project: A General Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The EuRoC Project: Motivations and Design of the Challenges

      • Anne Jan van der Meer, Fabrizio Caccavale, Gergely Eredics
      Pages 3-14

    3. Evaluation and Selection Activities in EuRoC: Innovations and Lessons Learned

      • Ramez Awad, Fabrizio Caccavale, Anne Jan van der Meer
      Pages 15-34

    4. The EuRoC Platforms

      • Daniel Braun, Markus Achtelik, Christian Ott, Bernd Winkler, Zachary Taylor
      Pages 35-54

  3. Achievements in Challenge 1: Reconfigurable Interactive Manufacturing Cell

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-56
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    2. PIROS: Cooperative, Safe and Reconfigurable Robotic Companion for CNC Pallets Load/Unload Stations

      • Federico Vicentini, Nicola Pedrocchi, Manuel Beschi, Matteo Giussani, Niccolò Iannacci, Paolo Magnoni et al.
      Pages 57-96

    3. FLA2IR—FLexible Automotive Assembly with Industrial Co-workers

      • Georg Heppner, Felix Mauch, Stefan Scherzinger, David Timmermann, Pascal Becker, Stefan Ulbrich et al.
      Pages 97-126

  4. Achievements in Challenge 2: Shop Floor Logistics and Manipulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-128
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    2. RSAII: Flexible Robotized Unitary Picking in Collaborative Environments for Order Preparation in Distribution Centers

      • Loreto Susperregi, Ane Fernandez, Jorge Molina, Ander Iriondo, Basilio Sierra, Elena Lazkano et al.
      Pages 129-151

    3. TIMAIRIS: Autonomous Blank Feeding for Packaging Machines

      • Eurico Pedrosa, Gi Hyun Lim, Filipe Amaral, Artur Pereira, Bernardo Cunha, José Luís Azevedo et al.
      Pages 153-186

  5. Achievements in Challenge 3: Plant Servicing and Inspection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-188
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    2. TUM Flyers: Vision—Based MAV Navigation for Systematic Inspection of Structures

      • Vladyslav Usenko, Lukas von Stumberg, Jörg Stückler, Daniel Cremers
      Pages 189-209

    3. GRVC-CATEC: Aerial Robot Co-worker in Plant Servicing (ARCOW)

      • Jose Ramiro Martínez de-Dios, Francisco J. Pérez-Grau, Arturo Torres-González, J. Joaquín Acevedo, Julio L. Paneque, Antidio Viguria et al.
      Pages 211-242
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About this book

This book presents the main achievements of the EuRoC (European Robotics Challenges) project, which ran from 1st January,2014 to 30th June 2018  and was funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. It describes not only the scientific and technological achievements of the project, but also the potential of the comparative challenge approach in robotics for knowledge advancement and technology transfer.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

    Fabrizio Caccavale

  • Institute of Robotics & Mechatronics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Weßling, Germany

    Christian Ott

  • Department for Robot and Assistive Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany

    Bernd Winkler

  • Autonomous Systems Lab, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Zachary Taylor

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bringing Innovative Robotic Technologies from Research Labs to Industrial End-users

  • Book Subtitle: The Experience of the European Robotics Challenges

  • Editors: Fabrizio Caccavale, Christian Ott, Bernd Winkler, Zachary Taylor

  • Series Title: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34507-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and Robotics, Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34506-8Published: 07 February 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34509-9Published: 07 February 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-34507-5Published: 06 February 2020

  • Series ISSN: 1610-7438

  • Series E-ISSN: 1610-742X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 242

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 140 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligence

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