soccer robot turtle-5k - corporate social responsibility throughout collaboration (may 2014)

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Corporate Social Responsibility throughout

collaboration

ACE ingenieurs- & adviesbureau

Frank Steeghs

7 mei 2014frank.steeghs@ace.eu

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Agenda

• introduction ACE

• vision & mission

• general approach

• redesign by value engineering

• results & reflection

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Established 1977

Locations

Eindhoven, Delft (NL)

Hasselt, Gent (B)

250 employees

ACE ingenieurs- & adviesbureau

Werktuigbouwkunde en Elektrotechniek

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product development

industrial automation

high-tech systems

construction technology

four specialized

business units

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Core activities

Analysis

Development

Design

Engineering

Prototyping

Realization

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Secondment of technical staff

Outsourcing design & engineering

Farmout partner (co-development)

Turnkey projects

Services

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Vision

Vision of RoboCup:

“In 2050 a team of soccer playing robots defeats the human world champion team”.

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Mission

Mission of Prof. Rene van de Molengraft, director Tech United, TU/e:

“Develop an affordable robot so more teams will join the RoboCup.”

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Develop low-cost soccer robot

• For easy entrance and competing in the middle sized leagues RoboCupevents

• Attract new teams and drive knowledge throughout competition.

• Competition is based on open source and sharing the gained knowledge.

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Main goals ACE

1. To deliver a (non-commercial) contribution to society and show Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

2. Show capabilities throughout developing a soccer robot as a demonstrator.

3. Collaborate with complementary partners and Technical University

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CSR contributionPromote technology and drive knowledge on autonomous robotics.

Explanation: The gained knowledge finally can be applied to challenge the contemporary social themes such as autonomous robots in fields as homecare and rescue.

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General approach

• Define project scope

• Find partners for collaboration

• Create work breakdown structure

• Redesign by value engineering

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Project scope

• Cost down of the current soccer robot

• Same functionality as world champion 2012

• BOM of current robot is approximately 25k

• Target cost price BOM = 5k

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High level project work breakdown structure

• Complete redesign of mechanics

• Complete redesign of electronics

• Cost down of goods

• Conversion to ROS (Robotic Open Source)

• Project coordination by ACE

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Find partners to collaborate in this multidisciplinary project

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Project plan

• Redesign and built prototype

• Present prototype on RoboCup event in June 2013 Eindhoven

• Exposure to 40.000 visitors and 2.500 participants out of 40 countries

• Optimize and built first series

• Establish turtle 5k team for further development and learning purposes

• Share design for free use / replication

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Redesign byValue Engineering• Analyzing

• BOM, Specs, hardware, electronics

• Designing• Function tree

• Value analysis & Engineering

• 3D Modelling

• Deliver technical product documentation

• Realization

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Function tree

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Value analysis - mapping the costs

Shoot ball

Store power/force/energy

Control trajectory Exert force

Vary shot angle Move swing arm

Solenoid/magnetic coil

Pulley system

Use swing arm

Capacitor

€ 3052.82 € 3052.82 € 880.- € 880.-

€ 1407.35 € 1407.35 € 1407.35

€ 112.77 € 112.77

€ 652.70

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Value engineeringFunction

Current price of function [euro]

Value of function [%]

Value of function multiplied by the goal price of 5000

Savings factor

Control robot 2100,00 18 900 2,33

Manage power 2002,81 16 800 2,50

Percept enviroment 2387,50 14 700 3,41

Move robot 3190,90 13 650 4,91

Handle ball 5769,94 11 550 10,49

Shoot ball 3052,82 9 450 6,78

Communication 1710,80 8 400 4,28

Structural integrity 3819,58 5 250 15,28

Protect robot 375,00 4 200 1,88

Identification 305,00 2 100 3,05

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Brainstorming

Ideas

Morphological chart

3 Lines

Decision

Value engineering

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Realization proto

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Value engineering

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Results & Reflection

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Difficulties in the project• Cost reduction of 5 times

• No commercial business case not for profit

• Voluntary (pro-bono) contribution of consortium

• All relying on the goodwill of the partners

• Final integration of disciplines

• Speed-up timing for second customer ASML

• Priority on low-volume non-commercial projects

• Constraints on available human resources

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Results

• Cost price around € 7.000,- at series of 11

• 2 teams

• International potential customers

• Participation of TURTLE-5k at RoboCup Brasil 2014

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Reflection on collaboration• All took responsibility for bringing

this to a good end

• High commitment (of all team members)

• All strived to deliver a professional quality

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Spin-offs

• Exposure: articles in press (magazines, newspaper, video etc.)

• New and more intensive cooperation's

• Future demonstrator on primary en secondary schools

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Thank you

More information about TURTLE-5k at www.turtle5k.org

More information about ACE at www.ace.eu