This June has been a busy month for the HARTU team. Here’s a brief overview of our activities:

HARTU General Assembly in Bari

We had the pleasure of meeting the consortium in person in Bari, Italy for the project’s General Assembly. During this productive session, we visited Politecnico di Bari’s facility and engaged in detailed discussions. We wrote a recap article on the assembly, highlighting the key takeaways from our meetings.

HARTU General Assembly in Bari

After an extensive work, the HARTU project video is finally on our YouTube channel. This video showcases our project’s approach, objectives, and the five industrial use cases we are focusing on. It was a significant challenge, but the outcome was certainly worth it. Click on the preview below to watch it!

Recording of the HARTU webinar

Speaking of videos… Missed our February webinar? Don’t worry! The video recording is now available, offering valuable insights and discussions about the versatile soft grippers, developed by our partners Omnigrasp and Politecnico di Bari.

Finally, we have now reached the halfway mark of our project, completing 18 months of work. To formalise this milestone, we have been busy compiling reports and deliverables for the EU commission that recaps our achievements and outlines the next steps. While we have made substantial progress, there is still much more to be done. We look forward to reaching the next milestones of this research.

Check out the newest articles that delve into the heart of the HARTU project.

Empowering flexible robotic assembly in industrial operations

HARTU 1st newsletter

If you missed our February newsletter (the first edition), you can read it on our website.

HARTU is proud to collaborate with three innovative sister projects, each addressing key challenges in the sector. Today, let’s take a closer look at these projects and discover the significant opportunities and advancements we are making in the manufacturing industry.

Manual and automated production lines must evolve to “produce more and diverse with less,” addressing issues such as product variabilities, lack of high-level autonomous reasoning, and the need for accurate adaptable control and holistic efficient planning systems. SMARTHANDLE is researching technologies to meet these needs and support the European industry.

AGILEHAND aims to develop advanced technologies for grading, handling, and packaging soft and deformable products autonomously. This will improve the flexibility, agility, and reconfigurability of production and logistics systems in European manufacturing companies.

MASTERLY aims to address customisation challenges by developing flexible robotic solutions. This involves using modular grippers combined with cutting-edge robotic technologies such as mobile, high and low payload industrial and collaborative robots, and smart cranes. These solutions will be enhanced with AI-driven advanced control and perception capabilities, enabling them to operate autonomously and handle a wide range of parts varying in size, shape, and material, making them accessible to workers of all genders.

Although HARTU could not participate, all three sister projects met on June 25th in Madeira during the Madeira Digital Transformation Week. They held a workshop to present some of their work results. As sister projects, we will continue to collaborate and conduct many activities together. Stay tuned for more updates!

Thank you for joining us! We appreciate you reading all the way to the end. Stay connected with us for more exciting updates in our upcoming newsletters. Don’t forget to follow us on social media (LinkedIn and X) to be part of HARTU’s community.

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