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Robotnik Automation

Robotnik is a company specialized in robot product development and robotics R&D projects. The company's main specialities are:


History

Robotnik was founded in 2002 by Roberto Guzmán[1] and Rafael López[2]. Since then, there have been several milestones throughout the history of the company. In 2004, Robotnik began a line of collaboration with Universities, Research Centers and European companies by means of the participation in the VI European Framework Program. The European projects MASMICRO and RESCUER allowed the development of some of the first mobile platforms of the company and that opened a research line that continues nowadays.

Within this area, it is remarkable the design and implementation of the platform AGVS, one of their most ambitious projects. This platform is an [[UGV|autonomous mobile robot] intended for indoor transportation tasks in hospitals, which is a great help to healthcare workers.

In 2005, Robotnik signed partnership agreements with leading companies in the robotic sector as Barrett Technology and Schunk. Subsequently, these agreements would be extended to companies like Kinova, Shadow and Aldebaran Robotics.

Robotnik is currently involved in six projects in the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union, an area where the company has wide experience.


Research & Development

Robotnik has a large experience in EU research projects, and has taken part in several FP6 & FP7 of them:

  • MASMICRO (FP6): “Integration of manufacturing systems for mass-manufacture of miniature/micro products” [3] [4]
  • RESCUER (FP6): “Improvement of emergency risk management through secure mobile mechatronic support to bomb disposal” [5] [6] [7] [8]
  • GUARDIANS (FP6): “Group of Unmanned Assistant Robots Deployed In Aggregative Navigation supported by Scent detection” [9] [10] [11]
  • ACROBOTER (FP6): “Autonomous Collaborative Robots to Swing and Work in Everyday EnviRonment”.
  • PV-Servitor (FP7): “Autonomous cleaning robot for large scale photovoltaic power plants in Europe resulting in 5% cost reduction of electricity”
  • SRS (FP7): “Multi-Role Shadow Robotic System for Independent Living” [12]
  • Rubicon (FP7): “Robotic UBIquitous COgnitive Network” [13] [14]
  • Flexitool (FP7): "Flexible Tooling for the manufacture of free-form architectural cladding and façades" [15] [16]
  • MoorInspect (FP7): “Developement of an advanced medium range ultrasonic technique for mooring chains inspection in water”
  • Robofoot (FP7):”Smart Robotics for High Added Value Footwear Industry”

Other researches:

Patents:

  • Methods and device for regenerating the interior surfaces of conduits by means of thermal sprayin metals.


Work Groups

Robotnik takes part of the following collaboration groups:

  • CEA: "Spanish Robotics Network"
  • CEEI: "European Centre of Innovation Companies"
  • AER-ATP: "Spanish Association of Robotics and Automation Technologies of Production"
  • EURON: "European Robotics Research Network"
  • EUROP: "European Robotic Platform"


References

  1. ^ Roberto Guzmán has been Lecturer and Researcher in Robotics of the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation of the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the Department of Process Control and Regulation of the FernUniversität Hagen (Germany). During the years 2000 and 2001 he has been R&D Director in Althea Productos Industriales.
  2. ^ Rafael López worked for the R&D Department of Althea Productos Industriales during year 2000. In the year 2001 he is contracted by IBM as System Engineer for wide area networks in Madrid and Barcelona.
  3. ^ Rafael Lopez, “CHAPTER 19: Robotics in Micro-manufacturing and Micro-Robotics”, Elsevier Book “Micro-manufacturing engineering and technology”
  4. ^ A.J.Sánchez-Salmerón, Rafael López-Tarazón, Roberto Guzmán-Diana, C.Ricolfe-Viala, “Recent development of micro handling systems for micro-manufacturing”, Reference: PROTEC9409, Journal title: Journal of Materials Processing Tech., Special issue: 2005 International Forum on the Advances in materials Processing Technology - Edited by Professor Y. Qin, Professor W. B. Lee.
  5. ^ C.Beltrán, A.Gasteratos, A.Amanatiadis, D.Chrysostomou, Roberto Guzmán, A.Toth, L.Szollosi, A.Juhasz, P.Galambos, “Methods and techniques for intelligent navigation and manipulation for bomb disposal and rescue operations", IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR2007), Rome, Italy, 27-29 September 2007
  6. ^ G.Arz, A.Tóth, D.Bratanov, N.Zlatov, Roberto Guzmán, S.Burdzhiev, A.Gasteratos, D.Pereira, C.Beltran, U.Delprato: “EU FP6 Project RESCUER: the development of a dexterous robot and intelligent information technologies for EOD/IEDD/rescue missions”, Bolyai Szemle, Vol. 15., No. 1., (2006), pp:21-27
  7. ^ G.Arz, A.Tóth, D.Bratanov, N.Zlatov, Roberto Guzmán, S.Burdzhiev, A.Gasteratos, D.Pereira, C.Beltran, U.Delprato, “EU FP6 Project RESCUER: the development of a dexterous robot and intelligent information technologies for EOD/IEDD/rescue missions” 5th Conference on Robotwarfare (Bolyai Szemle - Hungarian military journal)
  8. ^ G.Arz, A.Tóth, D.Bratanov, N.Zlatov, Roberto Guzmán, S.Burdzhiev, A.Gasteratos, D.Pereira, C.Beltran, U.Delprato: "EU FP6 Project RESCUER Develops Intelligent Robot and Information Technologies for EOD/IEDD/Rescue Mission", 1st Midlle-East European Conference on Military Technology, 19-20 October 2005, Budapest, Hungary
  9. ^ Nomdedeu, L.; Sales, J.; Cervera, E.; Alemany, J.; Sebastia, R.; Penders, J.; Gazi, V.; An Experiment on Squad Navigation of Human and Robots. at: 10th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 2008
  10. ^ J.Penders, E.Cervera,U.Witkowski, L.Marques, J.Gancet, P.Bureau, V.Gazi, R.Guzman, “Guardians: a Swarm of Autonomous Robots for Emergencies”
  11. ^ E. Cervera, U. Witkowski, L. Marques, J. Gancet, P. Bureau, V. Gazi, Roberto Guzman, J.Penders. “GUARDIANS: Robot Assistants in Hazardous Emergencies”. ICRA 2007 Workshop on Robotics in challenging and hazardous environments, pp. 3-8, Rome,Italy. April 10, 2007
  12. ^ R. Qiu, Z. Ji, A. Noyvirt, A. Soroka, R. Setchi, D.T. Pham, S. Xu, N. Shivarov, L. Pigini, G. Arbeiter, F. Weisshardt, B. Graf, M. Mast, L. Blasi, D. Facal, M. Rooker, Rafael Lopez, D. Li, B. Liu, G. Kronreif, P. Smrz, “Towards Robust Personal Assistant Robots: Experience Gained In the SRS Project”, IROS 2012
  13. ^ S.Adbdel Naby, G.Amato, D.Bacciu, M.Broxval,S.Chessa, S.Coleman, M.Di Rocco, M.Dragone, C.Gallicchio, C.Gennaro, Roberto Guzman, Rafael Lopez, H.Lozano, L.Maguire, T.M.McGinnity, A.Micheli, G.M.P.O'Hare, F.Pecora, A.Ray, A.Renteria, A.Saffiotti, D.Swords, C.Vairo "Robotic UBIquitous COgnitive Networks". Poster at 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems - CogSys2012
  14. ^ Giuseppe Amato, Mathias Broxvall, Stefano Chessa, Mauro Dragone, Rafael Lopez, Martin McGinnity, Alessio Micheli, Arantxa Renteria, Gregory M.P. O’Hare, Federico Pecora “Robotic UBIquitous COgnitive Network”, ISAmI 2012 proceedings in the Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing series of Springer Verlag
  15. ^ S.Z. Su, M. Z. Li, C. G. Liu, C.Q. Ji,R. Setchi, J. Larkiola, I. Panteleev, I. Stead and Rafael Lopez, “Flexible Tooling System Using Reconfigurable Multi-Point Thermoforming Technology for Manufacturing Freeform Panels”, 2012 Key Engineering Materials Vols. 504-506 (2012) pp 839-844
  16. ^ D. Bacciu , M. Broxvall , S. Coleman , M. Dragone , C. Gallicchio , C. Gennaro , Robero Guzman , Rafael Lopez , H. Lozano-Peiteado , A. Ray , A. Renteria , A. Saffiotti , C. Vairo, “Self-Sustaining Learning for Robotic Ecologies ” - SENSORNETS 2012 -1st International Conference on Sensor Networks, 24-26 February 2012
  17. ^ J.Garrido, V.Egea, Roberto Guzmán, R.Zotovic. “Un Vehículo Autoguiado Basado en Linux.” Linux-Focus, Octubre 1998
  18. ^ R.Zotovic, Roberto Guzmán, J.Garrido, V.Egea, V.Franch. “A PC-Based Autoguided Vehicle”. Revista Yugoslava de Ingeniería, Enero 1999
  19. ^ Roberto Guzmán, R.Zotovic. “A PC- based autonomous guided vehicle” ICEE 2003 International Conference on Engineering Education 2003


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