Competences
Industrial robotics involve systems used for manufacturing. Most products consist of different parts that need to be handled and assembled, and since industrial robots are automated, programmable and capable of complex movements, they can perform a variety of such tasks.This spawns from traditional assembly, welding, painting, picking, palletizing, milling, packaging, and testing, to the construction of composite structures and handling of flexible objects in the food industry. Our research in robot technology for industrial applications is based on three core competences:
Modeling and control of robotic processes
- Planning and programming process trajectories
- Sensor-based control for compensation
- Process control optimization
Computer Vision
- Object recognition and pose estimation
- Inspection
- 3D sensor technologies
Model-Based Robot System Engineering
- Digital Twins
- Visual Programming of complex combined tasks
- Co-simulation with MATLAB and ROS
Facilities
The facilities at SDU Robotics include a 800 m2 faculty-driven Industry 4.0. Lab, where hyper-flexible production facilities and realistic industrial cases can be developed and analyzed in an interdisciplinary collaboration between students, researchers, and companies. The Lab contains the newest robotics technology, storage cells, mobile robots, AR/VR technology, and digital twins. Our facilities also include two separate robotics labs; one for education and one for research.
Why it matters
Automation changes the way we work and live by improving productivity and reducing mundane manual tasks. This enables companies and countries to become more competitive.
On a global scale, the World Economic Forum estimates that robots and automation will soon replace 75 million jobs, but also create 133 million new ones, with robots and humans working safely side by side.
According to the UN, sustainable industrial development can unleash economic growth which can drive progress, create decent jobs and improve living standards.
Project examples
Understanding and preparing for the future requires strong partnerships between researchers, institutions, and companies. At SDU Robotics we work closely with our partners to develop new solutions and real products. Project examples include:
MADE Fast
SDU Robotics is leading the work stream about Agile Production Systems. The work by SDU Robotics addresses many aspects of robotics and computer vision for industrial applications and involves collaboration with a lot of companies, RTO institutes and other Danish universities.
N3XTCON
N3XTCON is a project funded by Innovation Fund Denmark to develop a solution that brings 3D Concrete Printing to an industrial scale. SDU Robotics role is to analyze and optimize the system in user case simulations.
PIRAT
PIRAT is focusing on increasing the flexibility and adaptability of robotic assembly by enabling people without traditional programming skills to do fast robot programming of high precision assembly tasks that require force-based control.
For more information contact Henrik Gordon Petersen
