Dual Robot Industry 4.0 Workstation

The testbed consists of an industrial workststionl equipped with 2 robots, conveyors, PLCs, automated parts storage, sensory and safety equipment accompanied with software for industrial grade and advanced integration. It features typical hardware and software components commonly found in industrial setting enables research and testing in fields of advanced Robotics and AI related technologies including bi-manual handling, IIoT, safety algorithms, and Industry 4.0 in general, as well as PoC and prototype development until TRL 6. The testbed serves not only as a research and testing workstation, but also as an environment for training for the building blocks of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0.

Name of Principal Investigator: Zavisa Gordic
Position / institutional role: Research Associate
Info Email: zavisa@etf.rs
ORCID persistent identifier (PID): 0000-0002-4749-0305
Name of Host Organization  University of Belgrade – School of Electrical Engineering (ETF) 
Department or Lab   Department of Signals and Systems, ETF Robotics lab 
Name of Building  Palace of Science 
Physical Address   Kralja Milana 11, 11000 Beograd, Serbia 
Website Links  https://robot.etf.bg.ac.rs 
Institutional contact name  Prof. Kosta Jovanović
Institutional contact email  kostaj@etf.rs
Non-academic stakeholders
Startups; SMEs
Academic stakeholders
Undergraduate students; PhD students; MSc students; Researchers
Other types of stakeholders
Application case: Short description:
ReconCell experiment – Reconfigurable Assembly of Airport Signalization Lights using Collaborative Robots The PoC was performed prior to application to Reconcell project for a company which produces sub-assemblies for companies related to airport signalization on runways, taxiways, and other places with similar function.
The PoC enabled company to apply for the Reconcell and develop and deploy a solution for the automated assembly.
ARP – Agile Robotizad Processing As part of DIH² project, the testbed was used for the initial testing and development of software components for robotized processing of wooden parts.
BOWI – Boosting Widening Digital Innovation Hubs As a result of the project-related activities the testbed was used for showcasing remote access and resource control.

list of hardware components with their brief descriptions:

Denso VS 6577 (6-axis, 7kg, 854mm reach) Industrial robot with RC8 controller

ABB IRB1200 (6-axis, 4kg, 580mm reach) Industrial robot with IRC5C Compact controller

Siemens Safety PLC

Unitronics PLC

Conveyor belts (2 belts, Siemens FR)

HMI (PLC touchscreens, teaching robot pendants, PC)

Safety equipment (laser curtains, safety locks, proximity sensors)

Detection sensors (camera, IR linear, Inductive…)

list of software components with their brief descriptions:

ROS, WINCAPS III, ABB Robot Studio, Siemens TIA, VisiLogics