The Project
The CheckMate project aims to develop a collaborative, interactive, and flexible tool to assist the operator in quality control of products manufactured on production lines using differentiated images and sensors. With this human-robot relationship, it is intended to enhance what each one can do better, increasing the efficiency of the processes and simultaneously improving the quality of life of these operators by relieving them of tasks that demand high effort, bad posture, or that can cause physical or psychological fatigue.
Goals
In order to successfully achieve this outcome and Introsys’ strategic interests, the following general objectives were outlined:
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- Implementation of a technological innovation strategy aligned with Industry 4.0;
- Ensure the health and wellbeing of the operator with a solution that improves ergonomics in the workplace;
- Contributing to the optimisation of production processes used in the industry;
- Researching new interactive and collaborative models and behaviours;
- Expanding INTROSYS’ offer of industrial solutions;
- Contribute to the creation of specialised jobs.
Project Activities
A1 - Overview, requirements, and specifications
This phase began with a study of the state-of-the-art directed towards a detailed analysis of technology, directives, and safety standards, followed by the definition of industrial requirements, general architecture, use cases, and metrics for system validation. Finally, a business model tailored to this new field was proposed.
A2 - Human-robot collaborative interaction and inspection models
In this phase, the development of theoretical models that manage the fundamental behaviours of the system, namely, collaboration, natural interaction, visual and sensorial inspection, and safety, were conceived.
A3 - Design of the hardware platform for collaborative inspection
The third activity focused on the conception of the physical platform for the collaborative system, including the mechanical structure and electronic components. The platform was divided in three main modules: interaction, inspection, and safety.
Finally, the integration of the developed modules and functional testing was realised, respectively.
A4 - Design of the software platform for collaborative inspection
The fourth activity complemented the developments of the previous one. This aims at creating the software platform of the cyber-physical system, including data acquisition and processing, as well as logical behaviour. The software platform was divided in four main modules: interaction, visual inspection, sensory inspection, and safety. Finally, integration of the developed modules and functional testing was performed, respectively.
A5 - Integration, testing, and final validation of the system
This phase of the project focused essentially on the final integration and testing of the different modules developed in the previous phases; after their validation, they were tested in a controlled environment at first, and in a factory environment at later.
A7 - Project Management
This last activity had as its main objective the assurance of the administrative and financial management, as well as technical and procurement aspects of the project.
A6 - Divulgation and dissemination
This activity had as its main objective the assurance of a wide dissemination and scientific and industrial promotion of the project results among potential stakeholders. To this end, several dissemination actions were carried out, including a workshop, participation in industrial fairs, the development of this website, and other materials as, for instance, promotional videos and brochures.
Results
The CheckMATE project ended in March 2023, with the following proposed achievements standing out:
• Development of a Mobile “Checking Station” for Analysis of structural characteristics and detection of defects after final assembly;
• Development of a system for inspecting defects in the paintwork, such as wrinkles, runs, dirt, craters, boils, solvent marks, deformations, damage, the “orange peel” effect, a lack of paint, and a lack of varnish;
• Development of a system to control the tonality quality of painted car parts;
• Integration and validation in a controlled environment at Introsys facilities;
• Publication of a paper in the conference – https://ecndt2023.org/;
• Elaboration of the flyer for dissemination of the project results (Download here );
• Creation of video summary of the results of the project;
• Creation of CheckMATE system product video
Events
Project closure workshop
In the scope of the dissemination activities of the CheckMate project, the closing workshop took place on March 2, 2023. This event had a technical-scientific character in which the achieved results were presented and, finally, a demonstration of the different technologies was carried out.
Este evento teve um carácter técnico-científico no qual foi apresentado os resultados alcançados e por fim, realizada uma demonstração das diferentes tecnologias.
MOLDPLAS 2022
In November 2022 Introsys participated in the MOLDPLAS fair at the Expo Salão in Batalha, where the first public presentation of one of the demonstrators developed under the CheckMate project was made.
Contacts & Location
Address
Estrada dos 4 Castelos Lote 67
2950-805 Quinta do Anjo, Portugal
Castelo Branco Delegation
CEI – Centro de Empresas Inovadoras, Salas S2.05 e S0.02
Av. do Empresário 1,
6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal
GPS: N 39°48’51.8 W 7°30’24.1
Contacts
+351 212 951 499
(National mobile network call).
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