The Robotics Group (RG) is interested in various fields of industrial automation, however, having an emphasis on the utilisation of industrial robots as tools for more autonomous and intelligent manufacturing processes.
The RG was set up gradually based on the work carried out in several TAI Research Center's research projects concerning robots early 1980s. Since the beginning, the number of researchers in the RG has varied a lot mainly based on the extent of the projects being carried out in parallel. The current staff includes five researchers: Antti Autere, Pekka Isto, Johannes Lehtinen, Jaakko Nissinen and Dr. Juha Tuominen (head of the group).
Neural Network based Robots for Disassembly and Recycling of Automotive ComponentsNEUROBOT project aims at developing a new generation industrial robots capable of operating more precisely and cost-effectively in car recycling business using neural network concepts. A multi-sensor subsystem consisting of tactile and non-tactile sensors acquires data on the operating environment and the car to be recycled for the use by the NEUROBOT control system that plans the disassembly actions and robot movements required. A system database includes a set of generic models for example on the car, the robot cell, the tools, and the disassembly sequences. In the NEUROBOT project, the RG is concentrating on the development of the robot control technology.
Figure 5: One objective of the NEUROBOT project is to set proposals for international standards in car recycling
NEUROBOT project aims at developing a new generation industrial robots capable of operating more precisely and cost-effectively in car recycling business using neural network concepts.
With some necessary peripheral device changes, this autonomous robot system will also be able to analyze, disassembly and sort other types of environmantally harmful end-of-life goods or goods that contain materials worth recycling.