Collaborative robotics and increased automation – from research to industrial concepts. Remote operation and autonomous systems are increasingly common in industry. When designing such systems, flexibility, safety and best possible cooperation with humans are aimed at. The following examples highlight recent advances in remote handling and robotics in industry and care. The examples also show that the combining European collaboration with Finnish and regional strengths enables both long term visionary research and practical implementations.

1. 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

4. 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 *)

7. − 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 technologyPicture: 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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