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CATEC studies aerospace robots

8th June 2015 - 15:45 GMT | by Shephard News Team

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The Centre for Advanced Aerospace Technologies’ (CATEC) pilot project on aerial robot applications in aerospace manufacturing has been selected to participate in the European Robotic Challenges Forum (EUROC), the company announced on 5 June.

The Aerial Robot Co-Worker in Plant Servicing (ARCOW) project scored second place in the first competition phase. Its objective is to increase the implementation of new unmanned and robotic automation technologies in aerospace manufacturing.

The project will focus on two applications to improve aeronautics manufacturing costs and operation time. The first involves the identification and localisation of goods that cause foreign object damage. The second is in the logistics process of light goods that involve several small parts used in aircraft manufacturing.

Both applications take 10-15% of processing time and 10% of production lead time. The ARCOW project will be developed by a consortium led by University of Seville and shared by CATEC and Airbus Defence and Space through CBC (Centro Bahía de Cádiz) located in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, and the Final Assembly Line of Industrial Site San Pablo, Seville.

CATEC will offer its 15x15x5m indoor test bed featuring a positioning system for the acceleration of the testing and development activities. Airbus Defence and Space will define the resources, constraints and limitations, as well as provide the pilot manufacturing plant.

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