Collaborative Robotics-Machine Learning by Imitation

Flexible Automation for SMEs Through Intelligent and Collaborative Robotic Assistants

Andrea Giusti, Dieter Steiner, Walter Gasparetto, Sebastian Bertoli, Michael Terzer, Michael Riedl, Dominik T. Matt
JournalIndustrie 4.0 Management
Issue Volume 35, 2019, Edition 3, Pages 43-46
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_19-3_S46-46
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Abstract

The trend towards customer-specific mass production poses great challenges for the classic production methods of small and medium-sized companies. The combination of flexible robotic solutions and artificial intelligence approaches is promising to enable production efficiency and fast adaptability in modern production systems. This paper presents such a solution in the form of a realized demonstrator setup composed of a collaborative robot assistant. The robotic system independently interprets the activities of a human employee and supports the employee in his or her activities by imitation.

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