The above picture shows the SIMERO system as it was built up at the »university of Kaiserslautern. Click on any object to get more information or use the navigation bar at the left side.

About SIMERO:

The aim of the SIMERO system is safe human-robot-coexistence and cooperation. Currently, humans and robots have to be separated by physical barriers like fences, as the robots cannot perceive their environment.

To achieve higher productivity and to allow new ways of production, a closer interaction between robots and humans is required. Robots are strong, fast and precise. However, they have difficulties with complicated manipulation tasks. Humans on the other hand, are very good at manipulating complicated objects with their hands. Therefore, a close cooperation of humans and robots could be used to increase the productivity.

What has been achieved:

Currently, when a robot cell needs to be cleaned or modified the automatic system has to be shut down. The SIMERO system allows the robot to run continuously even while the human is in the work cell.

Demonstration system:

In the demonstration system, the robot picks up a small blue object at the “conveyor belt” and transports it to the “inspection machine”. While the object is “inspected”, the robot waits. After “inspection”, the robot picks up the object again and transports it back to the “conveyor belt”.

Video & Publications:

The demonstration video is avaiable in two sizes: AVI 1MB and AVI 2.5MB. More information on the system can be found in the publications.

Future development:

Now, the SIMERO system is developped further by my successor »Thorsten Gecks at the »Lehrstuhl Angewandte Informatik III of the »university of Bayreuth. The current project page is »here.