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BRILLIANT

collaBoRatIve soLutions for fLexIble Artisanal maNufacTuring

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About Project

Scope

Despite the promise of easy-to-program cobots and fast ramp-ups, SMEs like I-TEK, which typically have to deal with huge variability of demand and consequently production of small lots, still struggle with their adoption. Time is over for pilot implementations that may solve specific problems but have no potential for replicability. SMEs need smart packages and methodologies to easily and autonomously implement and manage new collaborative installations that cope with their continuous production changes.

Objectives

BRILLIANT pursues two main objectives towards autonomous uptake of collaborative solutions by SMEs:

  • Developing smart, orchestrated and reconfigurable collaborative work cells to reduce adoption barriers of collaborative solutions for SMEs.
  • Combine flexibility and dexterity of humans with repeatability of cobots towards artisanal manufacturing 4.0.

Outcomes

BRILLIANT implements a flexible and collaborative work cell in the Ideal-Tek SA’s tweezers production system, mainly involving the welding, moulding and polishing operations. The solution targets a reduction of the 30% of the cycle time and 20% of the scraps, thanks to the repeatability of the cobot and higher control of the work cell.

SPS Lab Role

The SPS Lab is in charge of the analysis of the current manual work cell, the design of collaborative work cell, the installation and programming of the cobot and other automation systems and the integration of Intervention Manager, a work cell orchestrator and decision-making system.

SPS Lab competences

The SPS Lab brings in BRILLIANT the following competences:

Collaborative robot and automation programming

Universal robot programming, polishing, welding and finishing machines refurbishment.

Collaborative work cell design

RoboDK simulation, CAD, jigs design.

Human-centred production system

Human-robot interaction, safety, worker well-being.

Collaborative robotics design and deployment

Collaborative robotics, in contrast with traditional auomation and robotics, brings many pros, including lower costs, possibility to collaborate with workers, higher flexibility, no need for relevant programming skills.

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Our Services

Intervention Manager

Intervention Manager is a decision-making system collecting data from the worker-factory digital twin to take decisions and activate interventions to optimise the production system.

Mini-factory

Mini-factory, developed and installed at the SPS Lab and based on the Industry 4.0 paradigm, is test-bed for piloting and teaching activities with local companies on digitised and customised production.

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Our Team

Donatella Corti

Donatella Corti

Professor

PhD, Professor in Quality Management

Andrea Bettoni

Andrea Bettoni

Senior Researcher and lecturer

I am Senior Lecturer-Researcher at SUPSI.

Elias Montini

Elias Montini

Researcher

PhD student, expert in human-centred production systems

Vincenzo Cutrona

Vincenzo Cutrona

Researcher

PhD in Computer Science, expert in software development for IIoT applications

Fabio Daniele

Fabio Daniele

Assistant Researcher

MSc Engineer in Business Engineering and Production.

Andrea Ferrario

Andrea Ferrario

Researcher

PhD in Industrial Engineering, expert in automation and mechanics.

Matteo Confalonieri

Matteo Confalonieri

Researcher

PhD in Industrial Engineering, expert in automation and mechanics.

Lorenzo Agbomemewa

Lorenzo Agbomemewa

Scientific collaborator

Master in business innovation, expert in automation and digital tech.

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Contact Details

To get more information about the project and the activity of the SPS Lab, write to donatella.corti@supsi.ch or to andrea.bettoni@supsi.ch.

Via la Santa 1, Viganello, CH-6962, Switzerland
Phone: +41586666690
Email: donatella.corti@supsi.ch