Project cluster relation: Yes: EU Projects: 

AI PRISM (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101058589,); 

FELICE (https://www.felice-project.eu/; ); 

RaRe2 (https://portal.effra.eu/project/15709) 

RESPECT (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101007673/es); 

FEROX (https://cordis.europa.eu/pr 

Areas mainly addressed: Agile Production, Robotics and AI/Big Data Value, Autonomy, Collaborative Robots and cloud robotics 

Main questions to be answered: 

· How can HRC+AI be applied and implemented in real-world industrial applications that encompass tasks that are difficult to automate and where speed and versatility are essential? 

· How can workers with limited, or even no experience, in robotics learn how to work with such complex, hybrid robot-human collaborative systems? 

· How can AI enable robots to be comprehensively aware of what human workers are currently doing and also to predict their upcoming actions, to enable more natural, trustworthy and productive interactions with human workers? and How can AI endow logistics f 

WS Description: Collaborative robots (HRC) in many industries are underused, being regarded as expensive hi-tech tools with limited autonomy and intelligence that can only relieve workers of physical fatigue. To overcome these and other negative preconceptions, we must show how robots can learn to understand tasks at hand and how they are able to make joint decisions with fellow human-workers. In industrial scenarios which have tasks that are difficult to automate, and where speed and versatility are essential, competence and safety perception are fundamental. Another adoption barrier that impedes deployment is the skill requirement of workers to operate with robots. In this workshop, we will explore the HRC+AI topic via preliminary results, insights and challenges coming from 5 Horizon Europe projects that are trying to solve different industrial challenges and improve workers’ capabilities. 

Intended outcome: Workshop on recent developments in technology or applications, Workshop discussion topics of common interest, success stories, use cases, etc 

Approach: (80 minute WS slot) 

00:00 – 00:03 Opening comments by the organizers 

00:03 – 00:50 6 impulse talks 

* Nacim Ramdani (male), University of Orleans (Academia) (Horizon project: RESPECT) – “Resilience task scheduling in HRC hybrid fleet management” 

* Sharath Chandra Akkaladevi (male), Profactor GmbH (RTO) (Horizon Project: FELICE Flexible Assembly Manufacturing With Human-Robot Collaboration And Digital Twin Models) 

* Francisco Fraile (male), UPV, Spain (Academia) (Horizon projects:AI-PRISM – AI Powered human-centred Robot Interactions for Smart Manufacturing) 

* Paul Chippendale (male), Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy (Research) (Horizon projects: FEROX, AGILE-HAND) – “Collaborative robots: An extra pair of hands, and eyes” 

* Baptiste Gradoussoff (Male), CEA, France (Horizon project MERGING – Manipulation Enhancement through Robotic Guidance and Intelligent Novel Gripper) 

* Markus Ikeda (Male), Profactor GmbH, Austria (Zer0P – Zero Defect Manufacturing für die nachhaltige Produktion / Zero Defect Manufacturing for Sustainable Manufacturing) 

00:50 – 01:15 Panel discussion (6 panelists; this will include the speakers) with parallel interaction with the audience (menti-meter/ polls) 

01:15 – 01:20 Concluding remarks by the organizers 

Contributors: Confirmed Speakers: 

1. Nacim Ramdani (male), University of Orleans , France 

2. Sharath Chandra Akkaladevi (male), Profactor GmbH , Austria 

3. Francisco Fraile (male), UPV, Spain 

4. Paul Chippendale (male), Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy 

5. Baptiste Gradoussoff (Male), CEA, France 

6. Markus Ikeda (Male), Profactor GmbH, Austria 

Organisers: 

· Sharath Chandra Akkaladevi, sharath.akkaladevi@profactor.at, Profactor GmbH

· Nacim Ramdani, nacim.ramdani@univ-orleans.fr, University of Orleans 

· MariaPateraki, mpateraki@mail.ntua.gr, Institute of Communications and Computer Systems, NTUA 

· Paul Chippendale, chippendale@fbk.eu, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Panel Discussion

Moderated by: Christian Eitzinger, Profactor GmbH (DRAPEBOT Project)

Areas mainly addressed: Healthcare, Agri-Food, Maintenance and Inspection, Agile Production, Robotics and AI/Big Data Value, Autonomy, Collaborative Robots and cloud robotics, Cybersecurity in Robotics, Control technology including virtualisation and edge/cloud 

Main questions to be answered: 

· What are the current major enablers of cloud robotics applications? 

· Which are the major constraints, especially in terms of data privacy and security? 

· What is state-of-art in cloud robotics outside Europe? 

WS Description: Cloud robotics is gaining widespread adoption in sectors such as warehouse and logistics automation, healthcare, mining, agriculture, and construction. Key players are launching innovative solutions that can handle computationally heavy tasks, enable power and cognitive collaboration, are easy to scale and manage, and increase the available data to share. However, data privacy and security considerations remain relevant, and highly distributed processes gain traction to solve security issues. In this context, we will follow up on the conclusions of the ERF 2022 workshop to characterise cloud robotics applications in their different dimensions and understand where and how they can function together with distributed processes. This year we would also like to bridge work being done in other parts of the world (especially in Asia and in the US). 

Intended outcome: Workshop discussion topics of common interest, success stories, use cases, etc, Workshop expected to create a roadmap or white paper, Workshop on recent developments in technology or applications 

Approach: 00:00 – 00:08 Introduction and workshop goal setting, including what I saw in IROS 22: Is the cloud really used by roboticists? – Giovanni Toffetti, ZHAW 

00:09 – 00:14 Q&A + Mentimeter (interactive) questions with the audience 

00:15 – 00:26 State of art and future prospects for cloud robotics – Gajan Mohanarajah, Rapyuta Robotics, Japan (via tele-conference) 

00:27 – 00:33 Q&A + Mentimeter (interactive) questions with the audience 

00:34 – 00:40 Noos Open: A cloud-based management platform for warehouse robotics – Vassilis Mizaridis, Noosware BV 

00:41 – 00:52 Cloud Robotics 3.0: Distributed edge to Cloud computing in future of robot software architectures and research. Camilo Buscaron, Robotics Technologist 

00:53 – 00:59 Q&A + Mentimeter (interactive) questions with the audience 

00:60 – 00:69 Why Open Source is the way to go and how Eclipse can help you – Florent Zara, Eclipse Foundation 

00:70 – 00:77 Open floor for suggestions and comments 

00:78 – 00:80 Final comments from organisers and wrap-up 

Contributors: Stratos Arampatzis – Ortelio Ltd 

Giovanni Toffetti – ZHAW 

Florent Zara – Eclipse Foundation 

Vassilis Mizaridis – Noosware BV 

Gajan Mohanarajah, Rapyuta Robotics, Japan (via tele-conference) 

Organisers: 

· Stratos Arampatzis, sa@ortelio.co.uk, Ortelio Ltd

· Giovanni Toffetti, toff@zhaw.ch, Zurich University of Applied Sciences – ZHAW