SkillPro

  • contact:

    Thomas Maier

  • funding:

    EU - FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF

  • Partner:

    IPR (KIT), AkÈo Plus  ACTIMAGE, DDE, FAUDE, FZI, IOSB (Fraunhofer), KMET, LMS (University of Patras), RBCT, TECNALIA, VIS 

  • startdate:

    01/10/2012

  • enddate:

    30/09/2015

SkillPro

Skill-based Propagation of "Plug&Produce"-Devices in Reconfigurable Production Systems by AML (Grant 314247, Call FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF)

Objectives

The objective of SkillPro is to bring the vision of a smart reconfigurable manufacturing systems into application. It considers a modern production system as a combination and collaboration of cyber-physical assets that offer different skills. SkillPro provides an extension of the Plug-and-Produce paradigm using knowledge about the skills of the diverse automation system components and about their composition and cooperation and is based on the open standard of AutomationML. The main objectives of SkillPro:

 

  1. Significant reduction of ramp-up time, due to the Skill-based propagation of "Plug&Produce"-devices in reconfigurable production.
  2. Extensive reduction of process planning effort and production lead-time, due to the automated process planning capabilities of production system, as well as the re-configurability of the production resources.
  3. Noticeable reduction in costs related to energy consumption in existing manufacturing systems (short term savings) by the selection of the most suitable production processes and resources and by increasing the Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
  4. Increase production flexibility, through improved reconfigurability of the production system.
  5. Increase of market share, due to the shorter ramp-up time for new product models.

 

  

Research Strategy & Solution Statement:

SkillPro conceptThe objective of the first work package is to specify the requirements of the SkillPro framework as well as the underlying methodology. The next step is meant to define the functions and architecture needed in order to realize the project's software components. These components will provide a framework for the skill-based propagation of 'Plug & Produce'-Devices in flexible production system by AML. After develop, implement, test and validate the cloud-based Asset Management System an agent-based Manufacturing Execution System has to be realized.

Furthermore the Skill Execution Engine for autonomous task execution has to put into practice. The objective of the last step is the development and validation of the SkillPro framework. There for the effectiveness of the SkillPro framework will be evaluated in real-world scenarios. It is our goal that SkillPro will significantly contribute to the wider adoption of technological advances within the area of robotics, machines and automation. There for the project consortium will form a carefully targeted Exploitation strategy to maximize the impact of the developed SkillPro solutions.

 

Consortium 

 

actimage

 

    ACTIMAGE  

 

ACTIMAGE CONSULTING SAS

AKEO Plus

 

    AKÉO+

 

AKEO PLUS

dresden elektronik

 

    DDE

 

DRESDEN ELEKTRONIK INGENIEURTECHNIK GMBH

 Faude

 

    FAUDE

 

FAUDE AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNIK

 FZI

 

    FZI

 

PDE - Prozess- und Datenmanagement im Engineering
Forschungszentrum Informatik

 KIT

 

    KIT (IPR)

 

Institut für Prozessrechentechnik, Automation
und Robotik (IPR)

 IOSB

 

    IOSB

 

Fraunhofer-Institute of Optronics, System Technologies
and Image Exploitation (IOSB)

 KMET

 

    KMET

 

K.MET AS (KMET)

 LMS

 

    LMS

 

University of Patras - Laboratory for Manufacturing
Systems and Automation (LMS)

 RBCT

 

    RBCT

 

ROBOCONCEPT SL (RBCT)

 TECNALIA

 

    TECNALIA

 

TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (TECNALIA)

 VIS

 

    VIS

 

Visual Components Oy (VIS)