SMErobotics

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The European Robotics Initiative for
Strengthening the Competitiveness of
SMEs in Manufacturing is set to bring
cognitive robotics from vision to reality
in a key segment of EU-manufacturing.
We aim to create SME-suitable robots → a work system based on the
SME needs and challenges
that assist in managing uncertainty
→ adaptation of ’known unknowns’,
learning, inference, etc.
by symbiotic Human-Robot-Interaction
→ mixed initiative interaction evolving
based on resulting knowledge
(HRI) and embedded cognition
→ reasoning embedded in equipment,
based on explicit knowledge
going beyond flexibility → cognition for robustness
without explicit engineering
by semantic integration.
 → exploitation and enhancement of
data/meaning along the IT-chain