DR.13.2 Robot Automation Industry meets Robotics

FP6-001917
EURON
European Robotics Network
Network of Excellence
Information Society Technologies
DR.13.2
Robot Automation Industry meets Robotics Research
Due date of deliverable: 10/6/2006
Actual submission date: 10/5/2006
Start date of project: May 1st, 2004
Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable:
IPA
Revision: V1
Dissemination Level: PU
Duration: 48 months
Member of the Joint Booth at Automatica 2 0 0 6 ( 1 6- 1 9
May 2 0 0 6)
as part of the Innovation P la ttform ServiceRobotik
Dec i s i on to par t i c i pate at A UT O MA T ICA
EURON was one of the partners at the “InnovationPlatfrom Service-Robots at
AUTOMATICA 2006, the world’s leading trade fair on automation. The
Decision to participate had been taken at the EURON Management Meeting in
Ljubljana in November 2005. The participation was offered to companies,
research and universities by the organizer of AUTOMATICA, Messe Munich, at
attractive terms. EURON had been one of ten participants, see following
table.
Exhibi t
Partner Name
Country
Fraunhofer IPA
D
Mobile Robots Mona & Oskar
GPS GmbH, NEOBOTIX
D
EURON - European Robotics Network
EU
Mobile Platform MX-500
MobileArmSCARA
EURON-Video, interactive screen
Fraunhofer AIS, Autonomous Robots
D
Mobile robots Kurt3D
Shadow Robot Company Ltd.
UK
Shadow Dexterous Hand
Neuronics AG
CH
CEA LIST, Dept. DTSI
F
FZI, Univ. Karlsruhe, SFB 588 "Humanoide
Roboter"
D
Schunk GmbH & Co. KG
D
k-Team S.A.
CH
Katana intrinsically safe robot
arm
AVISO, robot systems as
handling aids for the disabled
Interactive humanoid service
robots
3-finger dexterous grippers,
tactile skins, robot-bar
Robot camel jockey, Kepheraminiature robots
Present at i on of EUR ON
For this occasion, information brochures, an interactive presentation and a
video had been produced. All material was on display. A moderator engaged
the participants in regular presentations. Between presentations, visitors
were motivated to inform themselves at the various booths. Due to the
intense marketing for the event, press releases before the event and press
coverage during and after the trade fair1 , partners reported outstanding
public interest, see photo-sequence of the booth.
Rosario Marino of the University of the University of Naples served as > contact
person to EURON. In regular presentations he introduced the > network to the
1
http://www.automaticamuenchen.de/id/16313/CMEntries_ID/140733/cubesig/9146b7621a5fe5375cf41a18e9e03184
numerous audience. Especially on Wednesday and Thursday the trade fair
ground was crowded with visitors2 .
2
http://media.messe-muenchen.de/Automatica/Standard/SelectCatalog_Presse.jsp
P hoto Shoots from the Innovation P lat form
ServiceRobotik at AUTOMATICA 2 0 0 6
Thursday morning at 9:30. The trade fair just opened
The first show. The EURON Video is presented
Edmund Stoiber (Minister President of Bavaria), his
wife and Norbert Bargmann (director of MesseMunich)
The interviewer Andreas Herrmann interviews
Susanne Oberer of IPA who is explaining mobile
robotics.
The EURON presentations by Rosario Marino of the
University of Naples
The mobile robotics arena with ARMAR II of the
University of Karlsruhe