In a production line in Cittadella, it is no longer the operators who have to adapt to the pace of the robots, but the opposite. This is the principle behind CoAdapt, the project funded by the European Union through Horizon 2020 that led the company Bnp, specialized in ergonomic solutions for industrial production, to develop together with the Lab Village of the University of Padua cobots – collaborative robots without the safety barriers of classic industrial robots, replaced by sensors that stop them in case of risk – capable of slowing down when the operator shows signs of fatigue.
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A second project, funded by the Veneto Region and in the start-up phase, will expand the research to humanoid robots, capable of replicating human body movements and moving autonomously in space.
The response to the rising average age in companies
The solutions, already adopted by companies in the automotive and home appliance sectors, are designed to address a demographic problem: the rising average age in companies, a consequence of the demographic winter and increasingly late retirements.
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“The demographic winter and increasingly late retirements have led to a rise in the average age in companies, with positive consequences, such as the greater experience of people, but also negative ones, related to the physical wear of workers, who often have limitations to their activity also certified by medical prescriptions,” explains Carlo Pettenon, CEO of Bnp.
“Thanks to the collaboration with the iNest Consortium and in particular with HtLab of the University of Padua, we have designed innovative production lines in which we overturn the traditional paradigm: people set the pace and robots adapt.”
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