The Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics (IAD) of the Technical University Darmstadt has completed the Adaptive Workstation Phase II prototype for integration into the Campus Manufacturing Line of the Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) in Melfi, Italy in September 2023. In current production systems, the assembly of larger work objects, such as car doors, can…
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Visual monitoring of human behaviour during work activities is important for task progress monitoring to support fluency in human-robot collaboration, and for worker safety in industrial environments by assessing potential ergonomic risks through posture analysis. Ongoing integration activities of ICCS and FORTH aim to a) optimise the real-time extraction of 3D human pose information by…
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In a time of great change, automotive companies must adopt an approach focused on greater production flexibility to maintain profitability and product quality. Flexible manufacturing is able to respond to fluctuations and changes in demand that occur in increasingly shorter timescales than in the past. The FELICE project aims to support the increase of flexibility…
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Fraunhofer IML is currently working on the detection of the stress of human workers utilizing a Brain Computer Interface (BCI). Simple cognitive tests are conducted with several subjects. At the end, the subjects have to complete a questionnaire in addition. This helps the researchers to better understand cognitive load under certain circumstances and help robotic…
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Within the FELICE project, besides the main showcase at CRF in Melfi, a second alternative showcase is in use. This demonstrator is developed at the R&D department of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. The goal of this second demonstrator is to prove the versatility and ease of use of the FELICE framework and…
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A. Papadaki and M. Pateraki published a new peer-reviewed FELICE publication in the Journal of Imaging titled ‘6D Object Localization in Car-Assembly Industrial Environment’. In this work, a visual object detection and localization workflow integrated into a robotic platform is presented for the single-view 6D pose estimation of objects with challenging characteristics in terms of weak…
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Human-Robot Collaboration & AI in challenging industrial applications Collaborative robots (HRC) in many industries are underused, being regarded as expensive hi-tech tools with limited autonomy and intelligence that can only relieve workers of physical fatigue. To overcome these and other negative preconceptions, we must show how robots can learn to understand tasks at hand and…
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The FELICE project partners agreed to expand the project by three months until the end of September 2024 to a total project runtime of 45 months. The updated work plan including the information on the Amendment can be found here.
From 11.07.-15.07.2022 the FELICE consortium meets at the Stellantis plant in Melfi, Italy for the integration of the technologies into the phase I FELICE system prototype. After a long period of working together remotely, the team is excited to present the progress of the first 18 months and to combine their efforts into a single…
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The workshops are co-organized with the H2020 project FELICE. In conjunction with the European Robotics Forum 2022, 28th – 30th June 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. More information: https://erf2022.eu/programme/ Date and Time Workshop Name June 28th at 14:20, Room 2 @ ERF 2022 Sustainability Track: Application of Robotics in Sustainability and Environmental aspects June 28th at 16:10, Room 2 @ ERF 2022…
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