The mission of the ARM Lab in robotics is not only to improve the level of autonomy of industrial platforms, but also to develop robotics that puts humans at the center. To achieve this, in addition to developing and implementing comprehensive robotic solutions in every area of industrial production, we have decided to focus our research on three key thematic areas in the robotics of the future.
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Collaborative Robotics
ARM promotes the transformation of the manufacturing sector by developing solutions that enhance human-robot collaboration. Equipped with advanced sensors, vision systems and force-sensing joints, the collaborative robots detect human operators and interact with them and with the surroundings seamlessly. We develop collaborative solutions that enable cobots to learn from interactions and improve over time, enhancing their safety, flexibility and ease of use. With capabilities like speech command, explicit/implicit vision-based cues and personalized training, we create adaptable manufacturing environments that empower workers to collaborate intuitively and ensure that the final product is tailored to the user and use case needs.
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Deliberative Robotics
The new generations of robotic platforms will be able to support people not only by their motion skills, but also by decision making skills that will turn them into trustworthy, autonomous physical agents. The ARM Lab develops robots with deliberative skills by performing cutting-edge applied research on planning, problem-solving and interpretation of human state, to build robotic platforms that adapt their behaviour basing on the requirements and specificities of each use case and human co-worker.
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Mobile Robotics
The ARM Lab focuses on mobile robots capable of moving in unstructured and harsh environments, such as power plants, off-shore plants, and civil infrastructures. The developed robot prototypes are able to deploy inspection, repairing and maintenance technologies, such as ultrasound structural verification, 3D scanning, derusting, coating, and others, even on vertical surfaces, thanks to innovative climbing systems.
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- Design and configuration of robotic island and systems
- Design of reconfigurable industrial robots
- Advanced modeling of kinematics and dynamics for industrial robots
- Design of fully integrated automation project
- Control infrastructure for industrial robots
- Path and trajectory planning design, optimization and control
- Process planning, task sequencing and dispatching
- System ramp-up and monitoring
- Micro-precision manufacturing applications
- Soldering, bonding and mechanical manipulation for Optoelectronics
- Deposition and subtraction technologies supporting green and brown field manufacturing