ForNextCobot project aims to provide a new generation of collaborative robots with functionality that will help them, based on the analysis of human behavior patterns, replace humans or work alongside humans on tasks where this has not been possible in a safe, efficient and ergonomic way.
Through the ForNextCobot project, we will try to answer in what way do humans, by reconfiguring the arm position and muscle activities, manage the contact tasks interaction dynamics so that these patterns can be utilized while planning the work of the robot that should either replace humans on these tasks or cooperate with humans on the same task.
Tools that combine mathematical models and sensory measurements that estimate the mechanical impedance of humans and robots will be developed, and that will enable us to, on the one hand, analyze human behavior patterns and, on the other hand, give the opportunity to control the robotic closed-loop feedback systems.
Finally, the project result will also be the algorithms for the realisation of the desired mechanical impedance of the robot’s tools by using the combination of the robot reconfiguration and mechanical impedance of the actuator which controls the movement of that robot.
“The ForNextCobot project is one of the research activities backed by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia in its path towards the final objective to form a research team base in our country regarding the new attention-grabbing field of cooperation between humans and robots.
By forming a team with expertise in the field of robotics and biomechanics, we are creating a database with the purpose of contributing to the development activities in this field as part of the development teams at the international level.
We have a desire to create the opportunity for highly-skilled young engineers and scientists, who are getting educated in this field in our country, to become a valuable asset in the improvement of European and world robotics by working in Serbia.”
Through the ForNextCobot project, we will try to answer the question of how man, by reconfiguring the position of the arm and muscle activities, manages the interaction dynamics of contact tasks so that these patterns can be used to plan the work of a robot that should either replace a human in these tasks or collaborate with him.
Project ForNextCobot is financed on behalf of The Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, PROMIS, #6062528.
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