Germany Artificial Intelligence Tender

Artificial intelligence to automate demanding two-handed tasks - this is the idea that won a team of researchers from Leuven in Belgium the KUKA innovation competition worth 20000 euros.The goal of Chorrobot from Belgiums Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Flanders Make@KU Leuven is to leverage artificial intelligence in order to enhance the productivity of car manufacturers as well as small and medium-sized enterprises by facilitating and expediting the deployment of bimanual robot manipulation tasks.The concept enables users without extensive expertise in robotics to demonstrate some aspects of the task and to intuitively specify other aspects via a graphical user interface. This approach facilitates the commissioning of challenging bimanual tasks including assembly operations that involve non-rigid and non-fixed elements as well as bimanual inspection operations in unstructured environments.Award ceremony via video streamAn international jury selected the winner of the award during Hannover Messe 2021. In a virtual ceremony Dr. Kristina Wagner Vice President Corporate Research presented the award. AI and machine learning especially in combination with robotics open up a wide range of new possibilities and new fields of application - so theres a lot of potential for KUKA. Thats why this years KUKA Innovation Award was all about artificial intelligence. And we received impressive concepts from all over the world.After the preliminary round five international teams were in the finals of the competition which was broadcast entirely digitally due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finalists were provided with KUKA robots free of charge to implement their ideas and were accompanied by experienced KUKA experts throughout the competition.