Research project “Robonet 4.0” uses a Yaskawa MOTOMAN GP50

Intuitive robotics solution suitable for the skilled trades

“The fundamental idea was to determine whether it was possible to implement a robot in the skilled trades without special knowledge of programming,” project manager Thomas Planer explains the goal in the development of “Robonet 4.0”. As part of the Skilled Crafts Digital Research Project the Chamber of Trade for Lower Franconia and the Augsburg Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology (Fraunhofer IGCV) investigated the use of robot technologies of the future by small and medium-sized businesses in assembly and production. Research was focused on the option of intuitively programming robots without a complicated programming code. The robot was to be operated and controlled by human gestures using AR (augmented reality) glasses.