Mixed Reality Human-Robot Interaction (2/4)

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Researchers at DFKI present Mixed Reality Production 4.0, a new form of multiple site Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC). Adaptable and trainable lightweight robots at the exhibit stand of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research interact with their human and robotic colleagues at the DFKI exhibit. Supported by mixed reality and virtual reality systems, employees at one location in combination with robots and colleagues at another location can flexibly perform the task of handling hazardous materials. CeBIT visitors can experience first-hand how the actions of a human at one site directly control a robot's actions at another site. The exhibit is supplemented by displays of what the first-person view of the mixed reality looks like through HoloLens goggles. The demonstration shows how three identical robots at the DFKI stand are telemanipulated by an operator with HoloLens goggles physically located at the neighboring BMBF exhibit stand. The exhibit is expanded by the telemanipulation of two robots (Universal Robotics UR and the logistics robot MiR 100) via live-circuit with the HRC 4.0 Innovation Lab in DFKI-Saarbrücken. Mixed reality systems make it possible to manipulate objects in a three-dimensional virtual representation of the collaborative scenario in real time. The user can interact with the robots by watching a virtual representation of the target object and, through gestures, trigger the required actions by the robot. Additionally, telemanipulation is demonstrated in the immediate vicinity. Three robots at the BMBF stand (ABB Yumi, Universal Robotics UR, and MiR 100) perform tasks together with the operator. The operator controls the activities in a mixed reality environment (HoloLens) by means of gestures. The robots execute the commands, grasp and move objects to a tray or table mounted on the logistics robot. In this way, objects are safely transported between the lightweight robots. The aim here is to achieve the standard of error-free robot action in some remote "hazardous material" scenario. Practical application areas in an industrial manufacturing context are remote maintenance, telepresence, teleproduction and teleoperation as well as Human-Robot Collaboration.