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The European Robotics Roadmap

The European Robotics Roadmap. David Bisset iTechnic Ltd. The European Robotics Roadmap. Actions under Horizon 2020 are driven by the roadmap. What is the Roadmap? Where has it come from? What does it contain? How is it used?. What is the Roadmap?. Two Documents. Multi-Annual Roadmap.

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The European Robotics Roadmap

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  1. The European Robotics Roadmap David Bisset iTechnic Ltd

  2. The European Robotics Roadmap • Actions under Horizon 2020 are driven by the roadmap. • What is the Roadmap? • Where has it come from? • What does it contain? • How is it used?

  3. What is the Roadmap?

  4. Two Documents Multi-Annual Roadmap • MAR: Technical detail • Updated each year • Context and detail • Now available from… • SRA: High level document • Wide readership • Strategy and targets • Framework of description Hyphen! www.eu-robotics.net

  5. Where has it come from?

  6. euRoboticsaisbl Public Partner Public Private Partnership Private Partner EUROP EURON a i s b l

  7. euRoboticsaisbl Structure Structure of euRobotics aisbl - private side of the Robotics PPP President * (from industry) Industrial chair and vice president Researchchair and vice president Treasurer elect elect elect Communication with the EC euRobotics Industry Board Representatives from industry euRobotics Research Board Representatives from research choose / employ Secretary- General (Secretariat) Board of Directors elect elect General Assembly Industrial Membership • Robot Manufacturers • Partners (suppliers, integrator, end user, …) Research Membership • Research Technology Organisations • Higher Education Establishments

  8. Roadmap Progression • First Workshop in Leuven (September 2012) • SRA 0v2 released (February 2013) • Workshops at ERF 2013 (March 2013) • SRA 0v3 released (July 2013) • MAR Workshop Frankfurt (September 2013) • SRA 0v4 released (October 2013) • MAR Workshop Brussels (October 2013) • Initial release Call 1 MAR (January 2014) • Workshops ERF 2014 (March 2014) • …

  9. euRobotics Topic Groups Aerial Robots Agriculture Autonomous Navigation Benchmarking and Competitions Bio-Inspired Robots Civil Robots Cognitive Systems and AI Companion Robots Healthcare Industrial Robots Maintenance and Inspection Marine Robotics Materials Mechatronics Miniaturised Robots Natural Interaction with Social Robots Perception Physical Human Robot Interaction Systems Engineering Space Robotics Telerobotics Education Entrepreneurship Ethical-Legal-Societal Issues Standardisation Field/Service Robots in unstructured Environments

  10. What does it contain?

  11. What does it contain? • The SRA contains • a descriptive framework • an overview of strategy • goals and targets for 2020 • The MAR contains details of • market domains • technologies • combinations • step changes • system abilities

  12. Domains

  13. Market domains vs. robot markets

  14. Domains Healthcare Agriculture Manufacturing Logistics and Transport Consumer Civil Commercial Surgical Therapy & Rehab Training Assistive Robotics ... Agriculture Forestry Fisheries ... Production Food SME Manufacture ... Domestic Appliances Assistive Living Entertainment Education Monitoring and Security … Civil Infrastructure Environment Search and Rescue Law Enforcement Emergency Services Science Support … Mining and Minerals Utilities and Service Construction and Demolition Inspection and Monitoring Marketing … Goods Transport People Transport Warehousing …

  15. Domains in Call 1 (ICT23) Healthcare Agriculture Manufacturing Logistics and Transport Consumer Civil Commercial Surgical Therapy & Rehab Training Assistive Robotics ... Agriculture Forestry Fisheries ... Production Food SME Manufacture ... Domestic Appliances Assistive Living Entertainment Education Monitoring and Security … Civil Infrastructure Environment Search and Rescue Law Enforcement Emergency Services Science Support … Mining and Minerals Utilities and Service Construction and Demolition Inspection and Monitoring Marketing … Goods Transport People Transport Warehousing …

  16. Domains in Call 2 (ICT24) Healthcare Agriculture Manufacturing Logistics and Transport Consumer Civil Commercial Surgical Therapy & Rehab Training Assistive Robotics ... Agriculture Forestry Fisheries ... Production Food SME Manufacture ... Domestic Appliances Assistive Living Entertainment Education Monitoring and Security … Civil Infrastructure Environment Search and Rescue Law Enforcement Emergency Services Science Support … Mining and Minerals Utilities and Service Construction and Demolition Inspection and Monitoring Marketing … Goods Transport People Transport Warehousing …

  17. Market domains vs. robot markets

  18. Technologies

  19. Technology Clusters

  20. Domains Set Requirements Drive Limits Capability Provide Technologies

  21. TechnologyCombinations

  22. Technology combinations • Have broad impact • Areas of significant growth and opportunity • Provide step changes in system ability

  23. Step Changes&System Abilities

  24. Domains Requirements Capability Technologies

  25. Domains Requirements System Abilities Capability Technologies

  26. Domains Step Change System Abilities Applications Requirements System Technologies

  27. System Abilities Configurability Adaptability Dependability Manipulation Ability Motion Capability Interaction Capability Perception Ability Decisional Autonomy Cognitive Ability

  28. Perception Ability • Divided into five components: • Perception ability • Tracking ability • Recognition ability • Scene perception • Location perception • And five Parameters: • Object orientation • Object composition • Scale and range • Object types • Environment

  29. Tracking Ability Level 0 - No tracking Some robots will be able to carry out their tasks without any tracking ability. Level 1 - Tracked Feature Perception Features detected in the sense data are tracked over time. The tracking of features is used to build internal models of the environment. The tracking of markers in the environment is equivalent to tracking derived features. Level 2 - Static Object tracking It is possible to track a detected object. The detected location of the object can be maintained with a reliability and accuracy that is compatible with the task. Level 3 - Dynamic object tracking It is possible to identify an object and track it using sense data. As the object moves the system is able to disambiguate the motion of the robot from the motion of the object. Level 4 - Flexible object tracking It is possible to identify a flexible or deformable object and track it. Level 5 - Animate objects It is possible to identify and track an animate object and extract the pose of the object.

  30. Using ability levels • Domain focus • Identify the sets of levels needed in an application. • Robot vacuum cleaner needs • Perception Tracking Ability-Level 1 – Tracked feature perception • ... • Cloth handling robot needs Level 4 • Perception Tracking Ability-Level 4 – Flexible object tracking • Technology focus • Technologies will impact on: • A specific ability level, possibly in a specific application. • Or on an ability parameter.

  31. Step Change Impact • Some applications are not viable • Because the technology capability is not available. • Because the system ability is at too low a level • Step changes make new applications possible System Applications Step Change

  32. Technology Step Changes • Domain focus • What step changes are needed to enable an application? • What is the impact on end user function? • Technology focus • What needs to be done to achieve the step change? • What will the scope of the step change be? • How will it impact on abilities? • Answering these questions builds links between Domain Applications and Technologies.

  33. Technology Step Change • Mechatronic step changes: • Smarter mechatronic design • Robust control methods • Smarter Mechanical System Design • Interface standardisation • Modular mechatronic components • Soft robotic systems • Bio-compatible robotic components • Reducing mechatronic component cost by a factor of ten

  34. Technology Readiness Levels

  35. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) TRL 9 Actual System Proven in Operational Environment Cost TRL 8 AdvancedDevelopment System Complete and Qualified TRL 7 Technology Development System Prototype Demonstration in Operational Environment Research TRL 6 Technology Demonstrated in Relevant Environment TRL 5 Technology Validated in Relevant Environment TRL 4 Technology Validated in Laboratory TRL 3 Experimental Proof of Concept TRL 2 Technology Concept Formulated Level of maturity in an application TRL 1 Basic Principles Observed

  36. TRL vsStep Change

  37. TRL Progression Application A 1st Domain Application B Application A 2nd Domain Application B Technology

  38. TRL Progression Link... Application A 1st Domain Application B Link... Application A 2nd Domain Application B Technology

  39. Where is the roadmap used?

  40. RTD to advance abilitiesandkey technologies relevant for industrial and service robotics In terms of market domains, the priorities are: manufacturing, commercial, civil, agriculture The primary goal is to significantly improve the level of industrial and service robotics abilitiesin the context of the above mentioned market domains by addressing: adaptability, cognitive ability, configurability, decisional autonomy, dependability, flexibility, interaction capability, manipulation ability, motion capability, perception ability. To reach this ambitious goal, keyrobotics technologies need to be advanced in the particular fields of cognition, human-robot interaction, mechatronics, navigation, perception. This includes technology combinations such as grasping and dexterous manipulation, physical HRI, mobile manipulation, reactive planning and other combinations, in particular those that connect the key technologies above. To prove the exploitation potential of the results the project outcome is to be shown in market domain-relevant demonstrations proving an increased TRL. It will be essential for the deployment of robots to establish systems development processes (from requirement analysis to testing and validation) and to develop techniques and technologies for system design, engineering, architecture, integration, system of systems, modelling and knowledge engineering which are applicable across market domains. Call text...

  41. Using the roadmap • Read the SRA. (Two hours) • Understand the terminology used in the Call • Technology combination, Ability, Domain etc… • Use the SRA and MAR as a resource in writing proposals • Use the terminology • Relate to market impact (in the key domains) • Identify project step changes (Ability and Technology) • Identify required Ability levels (Applications & Use Cases) • Identify TRL progression

  42. Contribute to the next update... • The SRA and MAR are the result of community action • You can still get involved • Attend The European Robotics Forum (March in Italy) • Contribute to Topic Groups • Join euRobotics

  43. The Wiki

  44. 252 registered users Editing access to SRA and MAR text

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