Events and Trade Shows

Topic Group Industrial Robotics / Sustainability – "Industrial Robots and Sustainability"

June 28, 2022

16:10-16:15 
Introduction to the Workshop
José Saenz, Mathias Brandstötter

16:15-16:20 
General Overview of Sustainability and the New Topic Group
Franziska Kirstein, Sharath Chandra Akkaledevi

16:20-16:30 
Sustainabilty – an Industry Perspective
Harald Sehrschön, FILL GmbH

16:30-16:40 
Robotic Solutions for Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Recycling Plants
Dimitrios Giakoumis , Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - Information Technologies Institute (CERTH - ITI)

16:40-16:50 
Electronics Disassembly and Re-use of Valuable Materials: Experiences and Challenges
José Saenz, Fraunhofer IFF

Part 2 Discussion

16:50-17:25 
Discussions / Polls

17:25-17:30 
Wrap-up

Discussion Questions:

• Previous experience towards working with the SDGs:
  • Are audience members considering SDGs in their project work?
  • If yes, can they give examples of targets, goals, activities or processes that they have initiated?
• Why is it important to contribute to the SDGs and work in a more sustainable way?
  • Is it because it brings financial and economic benefits to the company/organization,
  • because regulations require them to work in a more sustainable way or
  • because it is in their belief to contribute to a better world.
• Challenges in working towards sustainability and the SDGs.
  • How is it possible to balance the interactions of the SDGs, are there situations where they conflict or reinforce each other?
  • Are carbon pricing, costs of energy, etc. started to become a concern?
  • What factors are considered when introducing Industrial robots to support sustainability?
  • Have costs, carbon footprint of robots, etc. been a concern so far?
• How is your organization addressing the topic of sustainability?
• What robotics applications are the low-hanging fruit and what are the larger challenges that the EU robotics community needs to focus on?
• Should carbon footprint and life cycle evaluations of all projects be mandatory?
  • Do we have the correct methods and metrics to be able to estimate and compare these across projects / developments?
• What can robotics be doing more of?
• What needs to change within robotics generally given this new urgency?

Topic Group Safety - »AI Meets Safety«

June 29, 2022

11:40-11:45 
Introduction to the Workshop
José Saenz, Magnus Albert

11:45-12:00 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Anthropomorphic Imagination (AI): How Much of Each AI Does a Safe Robot Need?
Giulio Sandini, Italian Institute of Technology IIT

12:00-12:15 
AI and Safety in Context of Robotics
Daniel Schneider, Kaiserslautern

12:15-12:30 
A System and Technology View on the Usage of AI in Industrial Safety
Patrik Feth, SICK AG

Part 2 Discussion

12:30-12:55 
World Cafe / Discussions / Polls

12:55-13:00
Wrap-up

Topic Group Safety – »Challenges and Innovations«

June 30, 2022

14:30-14:35 
Introduction to the Workshop
Magnus Albert, Daniela Cancilla

14:35-14:45  
Safety Field Monitoring in Omni-Directional Mobile Robots – Results from the OMNISafe COVR Award and Future Prospects
Keshav Chintamani, Tractonomy Robotics

14:45-14:55 
Safety Implementation in Industrial Domain Across 11 Use Cases: Methods, Technology and Standards
Paolo Barattini, Kontor 46

14:55-15:05 
Boosting Solutions in Human Robot Collaboration with Augmented Reality
Christoph Hofmann, SICK AG

15:05-15:15 
From COVR to Standardization: A Bumpy Road With Many Pitfalls
José Saenz, Fraunhofer IFF

15:15-15:25 
How Robotics Can Benefit From AI in Terms of Safety
Werner Kraus, Fraunhofer IPA

Part 2 Discussion

15:25-15:45 
World Cafe / Discussions / Polls

15:45-15:50 
Wrap-up