VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND LTD

FoF conference – Materialising Factories 4.0

Collaborative robotics and increased automation

– from research to industrial concepts

Riikka Virkkunen

VTT Smart Industry and Energy Systems

September 16th, 2016

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Outline

Glance at Finland

Examples of research results

flexible and collaborative robotics

remote handling solutions

non-industrial applications

Summarizing the importance of

European collaboration and

regional specialization.

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Glance at Finland

Reboot Finland

100 concrete steps towards digital

Strategic Governmental Program for Growth

Employment and competitiveness

Skills and education

Wellbeing and health

Bioeconomy andn clean solutions

Digitalisation, experimentation, deregualtion

Increase the use and development of

robots in Finland

IoT, big data, cybersecurity, smart transport

Team Finland

VTT Program

ForIndustry

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Oulu (ICT)

Tampere

(Smart Machines and

Manufacturing Hub)

Turku

(Marine Hub)

Botnian Arc

(Energy, Steel and

Metal Hub)

Helsinki Metropolitan

(Variety of hubs: circular, bioeconomy)

Regional Innovation Hubs (examples)

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VTT in European PPP’s and platforms

examples associated with digitilizing industry

*) www.researchranking.org 2015

Robotics

5G

Photonics

SPIRE (Sustainable process industry)

ECSEL (Electronic Components and Systems )

FoF (Factories of Future)

EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Association)

Platforms and alliances: Manufuture,

EERA, Data space, Additive manufacturing

BDVA (Big Data)

A project

portfolio of

45 M€ in H2020

TOP 1 VTT is the single

largest EU

funding recipient

in Finland

VTT involved in

445

international

public funded

projects (2015)

JIIP, Earto, etc.

TOP 11 In European

Research

ranking *)

− Increasing ease of use,

deployment and maintenance

− Human-Robot Collaboration

− New ways of working with

robots

− Improved robot “senses”

− Improved ROI

− Training the robot employees

of the future

Robotic trends [source: www.isa.org; www.abb.com ]

[Source: RethinkRobotics.com] [Source: isa.com]

[Source: RoboticsBusinessReview.com]

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National review and road-map for robotics

Contact Olli.Venta@vtt.fi

Robotization and automation

Various brances

Industrial robotics

Service robots (care, aid..)

Medical

Field robotics (e.g. work machines)

Transport

Foreseen advancing of technologies

Impacts to industry, society,

employment

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Exmple 1:

Mobile Welding device for shipbuilding

• Lightweight, portable, self moving, robotic Friction

Stir Welding device

• Successful demonstrations for long Al plates

EU FP7 SME

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Example 2:

Dynamic Safety System for Industrial Robots

Safety Configurator tool

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Example 3:

Co-creating Human-System / Human-Robot Interaction

Observations

Interviews

Self-assessment

Focus groups

Ethical issues

Acceptance studies

Experimenting

Core task

analysis

Workshops

Humans

and robots

in action

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Example 3:

Application areas

Service and industrial robot developers

Industry

Process industry

Manufacturing companies

Logistics centres and warehouses

Care service providers

Companies

Cities and municipalities

Hospitals

Consumer service providers

Shopping centres and retail

Culture and entertainment

RE-

MOTE

CLOSE

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Hands-on

experience

of remote

operation

Example 4:

Remote operations of container cranes

User experience:

• Feeling of safe operation

• Sense of control

• Feeling of presence

• Experience of fluent co-operation

Lamong Bay container yard Copyright © Konecranes Konecranes

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Being one

with the

ship and

the sea

User experience goals

• Accurate situation awareness

• Awareness of one’s role in the system

• Feeling of community

• Human-environment system harmony

• Feeling of comfort in using technology Picture: Rolls-Royce Oy Ab

Example 5:

Future Operator Experience Concept

konseptivideon

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Example 6

Social robotics

http://www.mummer-project.eu/

Picture: Rolls-Royce Oy Ab

• MultiModal Mall Entertainment

Robot (MuMMER)

• A robot (SoftBank Robotics’ Pepper)

with the social intelligence to

interact naturally

• Engaging and entertaining

experience in shopping malls

Example 7

Care robotics

• Robots and the Future of Welfare

Services (ROSE)

• Applicability of robotics in care

• Control the robotic arm as a

natural representation of the body

Image © SoftBank)

http://roseproject.aalto.fi/en/ Academy of Finland

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From European initiatives to

national benefits and vice versa

Shared vision and strategy

Inspiring collaboration

New business partners

Co-investment, shared risk

Networks of hubs

Enabling long term development

Business benefits

Societal influence

Boosting strenghts

Visionary concepts

Cross-sectoral

Collaborative robotics and increased

automation – from research to

industrial concepts

Tampere

(Machines & manuf.)

Turku

(Marine) Helsinki

OULU ICT

Remote operation

Human factors

Control, sensors

IMPACT

Summary

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Thank you

Riikka Virkkunen

Riikka.Virkkunen@vtt.fi

Tel. +358505202381

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