CENTAURO
The industrial sector in Spain is currently facing several difficulties due to factors such as labour shortages, low productivity or the high cost of certain production processes.
CENTAURO is a project within the framework of the Misiones, Ciencia e Innovación 2023 (TransMisiones) programme promoted by the CDTI and the State Research Agency whose main objective is to respond to this structural challenge of the industrial fabric through ‘Research in new technologies to promote a new national industry of autonomous robotic solutions’.
To this end, the aim is to develop a new generation of autonomous mobile manipulators with Artificial Intelligence (AI), designed to operate in production environments with flexibility, safety and efficiency.
In addition to the advances that robotics and adjacent technologies bring to industry, we will focus on strengthening the robotics ecosystem in Spain and decreasing technological dependence on foreign countries.
The main lines of work include:
- Creation of autonomous mobile manipulators with advanced perception capabilities.
- Integration of AI and learning algorithms to optimise decision-making.
- Implementation of 3D SLAM for indoor and outdoor navigation.
- Development of intuitive interfaces and teleoperation systems for ease of use in industry.
ROBOTNIK AT THE PROJECT
Robotnik, as an expert in robotics and autonomous mobile manipulation, provides the CENTAURO project with the mobile manipulators RB-VOGUI+, RB-KAIROS+ and RB-ROBOUT+.
In addition, Robotnik is responsible for the development and improvement of the advanced capabilities of perception and navigation of these manipulators and the optimisation of human-robot interaction algorithms to improve operational efficiency in industrial environments, thus facilitating greater autonomy and safety in process automation.
Some of the tasks to be developed in this project:
- Autonomous navigation: 3D SLAM implementation and route planning in dynamic environments.
- Intelligent manipulation: AI algorithms for optimal object detection and grasping.
- Advanced perception: Integration of 3D sensors, including cameras such as Zivid, to improve precision in manipulation tasks.
- Secure interaction: Development of intuitive interfaces and teleoperation.
- Cybersecurity: Implementation of measures to ensure the security of data and communications in robots connected to the cloud.
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