The Adaptive Robotics Lab at Fontys University in Eindhoven, Netherlands, has a high “Q” factor (think “007”). Groups of students are always working on robotics projects. Systems are constantly humming. Robots are continually moving around. Amid the melee, Circuit Cellar interviewed Professor Henk Kiela about the lab, innovations like adaptive robotics, and more.
“Adaptive robotics is the new breed of robots that are going to assist workers on the shopfloor and that will take care of a high variety of routine activities. Relieving them from routine work allows the workers to concentrate on their skills and knowledge and prevent them from getting lost in details. In a car-manufacturing operation you have a lot of robots doing more or less the same job, a top-down controlled robotization. We recognise that the new generation of robots will act more like an assistant for the worker— a flexible workforce that can be configured for different types of activities.”—Henk Kiela Sponsor this Article
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