EuRoC (European Robotics Challenges) is a project funded by the EU under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), aiming to strengthen the competitiveness of the European manufacturing industry through three industry-driven robotics challenges. Teams from research, industry, and end users compete in staged competitions (simulation, lab experiments, field tests) to develop innovative robotic solutions. The program promotes the technological implementation in real production environments and supports sustainable technology transfer.
Duration
2014-01-01 until 2017-12-31
Project partners
C.R.E.AT.E Consorzio di Ricerca per L'Energia e Leapplicazioni
Alstrom Inspection Robotics AG
Ascending Technologies GmbH
Centre National de la Rechercher Scientifique
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt
Eidesgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Innocentive EMEA Ltd.
Frauenhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung
7th EU Framework Program for Research, grant number 608849
Project details
The European manufacturing industry needs competitive solutions to maintain global leadership in products and services. Within the EUROC FP7 project, the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, together with the system provider company KUKA, is organizing an industry-relevant competition in the field of manufacturing logistics and manipulation. The participating teams from scientific institutions, end users and technology developers are provided with technologically and scientifically advanced mobile manipulation systems to measure themselves in realistic laboratory experiments. The integration of scientific questions from the core areas of perception, planning and regulation is a key unique feature of this industry-oriented competition. The final project phase will lead the best teams to conduct pilot experiments under real conditions at the production sites of the participating end users.
