A new generation of robots
The APRIL project (multipurpose robotics for mAniPulation of defoRmable materIaLs in manufacturing processes) is developing autonomous, dexterous and market-oriented robot prototypes to innovate the manufacturing of flexible and deformable materials in European enterprises.
Robots for industry – for the processing of soft and deformable materials
Human-robot interaction – in collaborative scenarios
New ways of automation – semi- or fully-automated tasks
April Project is running for a period of 48 months with a total budget of almost EUR 8 million provided by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for Research and Innovation (DT-FOF-12-2019: Handling systems for flexible materials, GA #870142).
The project is coordinated by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. The consortium is composed of 14 European partners from 7 EU countries.
“With APRIL, we want to help change the world by empowering the people working in the manufacturing industry with cobots, enabling a broad range of users, particularly SMEs, to lower the barriers to automation.”
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CONTEXT
What once seemed like the far future for many large and small businesses—particularly those in the manufacturing, assembly, and even food-service industries—is now an everyday reality. Robotics technologies have quickly evolved in the last decade, creating a revolution in manufacturing enterprises—including SMEs.
RESEARCH
The APRIL project aims at prototyping low cost and agile, market-oriented, multi-purpose and easy-to-repurpose, autonomous dexterous robots, which will manipulate, assemble or process different soft and flexible products/materials in a production line environment.
SOLUTIONS
APRIL will develop and build demonstrative robotic prototypes optimized for soft and deformable materials processing in the manufacturing environments.
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