Author: Preity Gupta

SafeLog at LogiMat 2019

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 SafeLog at LogiMat 2019

The SafeLog concept was exhibited at the LogiMat trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany from 19th-21st, Feb 2019. A total of 1,624 companies from 42 countries, gathered this year to present their latest developments and system solutions for efficient intralogistics to an audience of industry professionals. LogiMAT 2019 attracted a total of 61,740 industry professionals over three days. The EU-project SafeLog was exhibited at the Fraunhofer IML booth in Hall 1. The Safety concept of Safelog attracted a lot of companies that intend to put forward the safety of human workers in their Warehouses. The human-robot interaction aspect was quite interesting to the acedemic visitors. Overall the project received overwhelming interest from the visitors at the Fair.

 

SafeLog at IROS 2018, Madrid

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The International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is one of the most important robotics conferences in the world. Over 3000 specialists from the Research and Industry participated in the five daylong conference from October 1-5, 2018 to exchange views on the latest innovations and technical developments through workshops, forums, discussions and the accompanying exhibitions. The Conference was sponsored by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), the world’s largest professional association of engineers and scientists.

At the exhibition, companies like Amazon, Bosch, Kuka and several others presented the latest robotic technologies. All the project partners from the research project SafeLog also presented the preliminary results for safe human-robot collaboration in Warehouses at the SafeLog Booth. The results caught attention of many at IROS and were a great success in the end!

Third General Assembly (At University of Zagreb in Zagreb)

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Third General Assembly (At University of Zagreb in Zagreb)

A year into the project, the second periodical General Assembly Meeting and Workshop Day took place at the University of Zagreb on January 24 and 25. The work package leaders were able to show the results achieved in the last year, and a number of proposed deliverables could be finalized. In this process, a number of promotion material was produced which will be available soon. A first significant milestone was reached when the safety concept was tentatively but successfully evaluated by the TÜV Nord for the first time.

In the coming months, AR and VR components will be added into the system, enhancing the potential of our test bed a lot. Together with the already working prototype of the safety vest and the communication modules, the core hardware components will be operative then.

At the workshop the following day, the safety analysis as well as the component framework and its inter-module communication – hardware as well as software – were discussed. An overview of the intended demonstrators and the needed test facilities concluded the meeting.

 

First General Assembly (At KIT in Karlsruhe)

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First General Assembly (At KIT in Karlsruhe)

 

From the 2nd of February till the 4th of February, our Kick-Off-Meeting was held at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Karlsruhe, consisting of the General Assembly on the first day and a more informal scientific work shop on the additional days. We took care of formal issues like the expected work for the deliverables ahead, an introduction to all work packages and a brief discussion on milestones and possible project risks in the General Assembly first. Especially the discussion about the System Architecture with its different interfaces and components gave us a shared understanding of the SafeLog System. During the work shop, a more in-depth look into the peculiarities of the work packages and the technologies envisaged for followed. There we focused in groups on the topics Safety Concept, Safety Vest, Heterogeneous Fleet Management and Augmented Reality.

The third day, during which an update on the interconnection between the tasks could be developed, finalized the meeting. On the 1st of February , a visit at a 3PL (third-party logistics) warehouse at an e-commerce company enabled us to get a hands-on approach to the problems persons working in a highly automated and innovated warehouse are facing today.