SFB 562:  Robotic Systems for Handling and Assembly - High Dynamic Parallel Structures with Adaptronic Components

• Subject Area: Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering ; Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering
• Term: from 2000 to 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5484279

Many applications in the field of production automation (pick place, assembly, etc) require high operating speeds and accelerations. The main goal of the collaborative research centre 562 is the evolution of methodical and component related fundamentals for the development of robot systems based on closed kinematic chains in order to improve the promising potential of these robots, particularly with regard to high operating speeds and accelerations, which are essential for handling and assembly applications. A consequent exploitation of these new machine concepts will be possible as soon as the weak points of today’s parallel robots are reduced as much as possible or - in the optimal case - completely are extinguished. This is the motivation for the collaborative research centre 562, working in the following fields:
-- Basic investigations for new structure and software concepts and the modeling of kinematic and dynamic behavior considering new machine elements.
-- Robot control and information processing with respect to integrated sensors and adaptronic elements; this also includes a general modular software architecture for real-time control and specific parallel robot programming techniques.
-- Development and optimization of single new components of the mechanical structure.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres

Completed projects

• A01 - Wissensunterstützte Entwicklungsmethoden und modulares Baukastenkonzept (Project Heads Franke, Hans-Joachim ;  Hesselbach, Jürgen )
• A02 - Modellierung von Parallelstrukturen (Project Heads Hesselbach, Jürgen ;  Rose, Michael )
• A03 - Regelungskonzepte für aktive elastische Strukturen (Project Head Sinapius, Michael )
• A05 - Softwaretechnik und formale Analyse (Project Heads Goltz, Ursula ;  Huhn, Michaela )
• B01 - Steuerungs- und Kommunikationsarchitekturen (Project Head Michalik, Harald )
• B02 - Lage- und Kraftregelung (Project Head Schumacher, Walter )
• B03 - Maschinennahe Steuerungsfunktionen (Project Head Hesselbach, Jürgen )
• B04 - Roboterprogrammierung (Project Head Wahl, Friedrich M. )
• C01 - Neue Maschinenelemente für Parallelroboter (Project Head Franke, Hans-Joachim )
• C02 - Multifunktionale Aktoren und Sensoren (Project Head Sinapius, Michael )
• C03 - Gelenkintegrierte Sensorik (Project Head Büttgenbach, Stephanus )
• T01 - Development of a software tool for task-oriented configuration of a parallel robot (Project Head Hesselbach, Jürgen )
• Z - Zentrale Aufgaben (Project Head Wahl, Friedrich M. )

• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Braunschweig
• Participating Institution: Technische Universität Braunschweig; Niedersächsisches Forschungszentrum für Luftfahrt (NFL)
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr.-Ing. Friedrich M. Wahl