In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, digitalization has emerged as a driving force behind the transformation of factories worldwide. Industries are increasingly harnessing the power of simulations and digital twins to revolutionizeRead More…
The realm of robotics and simulation has witnessed a rapid evolution in recent years, marked by breakthroughs in areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced material modelling. Still, handling and manipulatingRead More…
Deploying robotized solutions in hybrid workspaces has been hindered by safety concerns for the past decade. Current solutions like physical barriers, safety monitoring systems, and wearable sensors are costly and require significantRead More…
Modern manufacturing lines need to be more flexible and flexible systems require more complex orchestration strategies Smaller product lifecycles require recurrent changes either on the bill of resources, their layout arrangement, orRead More…
The European project MERGING (Manipulation Enhancement through Robotic Guidance and Intelligent Novel Grippers), that launched in November 2019, aims to design a versatile, low cost and easy-to-use robotic solution that manufacturers canRead More…
A new scientific article by the LMS team in Merging, was published on CIRP Annals 2022. Sotiris Makris, Emmanouil Kampourakis, Dionisis Andronas, On deformable object handling: Model-based motion planning for human-robot co-manipulation,Read More…
The EPFL team in MERGING presented a paper, in the form of an on-demand presentation, at the SPIE Smart Structures & Non Destructive Evaluation Conference, held between 1 and 4 April 2022.Read More…
The MERGING project was present in two events at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021) held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 27 September to 1 October 2021.Read More…
Soft objects robotic manipulation for the future of European factories A European Robotics Forum 2021 workshop, organised by the H2020 projects APRIL – MERGING – REMODEL – SOFTMANBOT 13 April, 11:20 amRead More…