BRILLIANT

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.