Robotix-Academy Roadshow 2017Université de Liège

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Robotix-Academy Roadshow 2017 Université de Liège 14.02.2017

Arthur Lismonde, M.Sc., ULg 1

Robotix-Academy Roadshow 2017

The first edition of the Robotix-Academy Roadshow on February 14, 2017 was a great success!

More than 35 persons working in the industry and interested in robotics registered to the event.

This number is above our initial expectations.

The roadshow was organized around 5 discussion tables on the following topics.

The University of Luxembourg (UniLux) presented their “Free form following for grinding

application”. Thanks to its integrated sensors and suitable algorithms, the Kuka LBR 4 robot is

able to guide a grinding tool along a free form surface with a given force.

In order benefit from the advantages of both humans and robots, ZeMA gave useful guidelines

for the design of Human-Robot-Cooperation applications. The features of currently available

human friendly robots such as the UR3 from Universal Robots, the LBR iiwa from Kuka and the

APAS system from Bosch were shown during the event.

Sophie Klecker, UniLux

Robotix-Academy Roadshow 2017 Université de Liège 14.02.2017

Arthur Lismonde, M.Sc., ULg 2

The Umwelt Campus of the University of Trier in Birkenfeld (UCB) showed their “New

dismantling strategies” using an UR3 robot. They showed innovative ways to communicate with

the robot to assist humans in various tasks by combining speech detection in the system,

integrated camera and force limitation in the gripper.

The fourth table, is a successful collaboration between Citius Engineering and the University of

Liège working on “Robotics in the Reverse Metallurgy project”. Two Delta robots from ABB are

Tobias Masiak, ZeMA

Sebastian Groß, UCB

Robotix-Academy Roadshow 2017 Université de Liège 14.02.2017

Arthur Lismonde, M.Sc., ULg 3

integrated into a metal recycling line that sorts crushed metal parts according to their

composition.

The last discussion table, led by the University of Liège (ULg), demonstrated the possibility to

interface classical industrial robots, such as the IRB 120 of ABB, with innovative sensors in order

to design new programing and control strategies based on human motion.

Company Citius Engineering

Laura Joris, ULg

Robotix-Academy Roadshow 2017 Université de Liège 14.02.2017

Arthur Lismonde, M.Sc., ULg 4

Finally, Prof. Abba from the University of Lorraine gave a talk about the activities of his group in

the field of industrial manufacturing using robots. In his lab, applications such as Friction Stir

Welding processes and Forging processes are eased by the use of robots. Some example

showing the advantage of Human-Robot collaboration were also shown.

During the day, all the participants had thus the opportunity to discover the activities of the

partners of the Robotix-Academy based on live demonstration and interactive discussions.

On behalf of all the partners of the Robotix-Academy, we would like to thank all participants for

making this event a success! We will keep you updated for further events. We look forward to

meeting you again to discuss about state-of-the-art robotics!

Prof. Olivier Brüls, ULg