Cognitive robotics and artificial intelligence for the safe handling of hazardous industrial waste drums.
The RoboQuimIA project investigates robotics and artificial intelligence technologies applied to the handling of dangerous substances and waste in mobile containers, managed by the companies of the Tradebe Group, during the logistics of receiving and accepting waste stored in drums.
These operations, involving meticulous and complex handling and currently carried out manually by workers, are the previous step in the management of waste, with a view to its subsequent transfer, treatment and recovery.
Likewise, the operations allow determining the acceptance or not of a certain batch of waste, as well as its sampling and classification, in order to determine the most suitable type of treatment or recovery depending on its nature, degree of danger, and the most appropriate place. of storage of said item, prior to its subsequent management.
Given the great heterogeneity of the containers and contents received from hazardous waste, the automation of the process is very complex. RoboQuimIA hopes to achieve a suitable technological solution through research into cognitive robotics and artificial intelligence systems.
Eurecat participates in the RoboQuimIA project through different Technological Units, in charge of different objectives:
- The Robotics and Automation Unit launches intelligent robots and artificial intelligence for programming robot trajectories and robotic manipulation for dexterous tasks.
- The New Manufacturing Processes Unit contributes to non-destructive inspection systems.
General details
Project
RoboQuimIA – Cognitive robotics and artificial intelligence for the safe handling of hazardous industrial waste drums
Project reference
2021/C005/00153979
Programme and call for tender
Project funded by the 2021 aid line on Research and Development Projects in AI and other digital technologies and their integration into the C005/21-ED value chains of RED.ES