This book presents the main achievements of the EuRoC (European Robotics Challenges) project, which ran from 1st January,2014 to 30th June 2018 and was funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. It describes not only the scientific and technological achievements of the project, but also the potential of the comparative challenge approach in robotics for knowledge advancement and technology transfer.

Inhalt

Bringing innovative robotic technologies from research labs to industrial end-users.- Part I: The EuRoC project: A general perspective.- The EuRoC project: motivations and design of the Challenges.- Evaluation and selection activities in EuRoC: innovations and lessons learned.- The EuRoC platforms.- Part II: Achievements in Challenge 1: Recon gurable Interactive Manufacturing Cell.- PIROS: Cooperative, safe and recon gurable robotic companion for CNC pallets load/unload stations.