Press Release: Robots lending a helping hand to build Airbus planes

The European Commission on the 20 August 2014 published information about the EU-funded project VALERI, which aims at inventing robots to help with the construction of airplanes. The construction of airplanes includes trying to squeeze into tight spaces, carrying out highly repetitive tasks and living with back injuries. By bringing robots onto the factory floor to carry out these uncomfortable and tedious tasks, VALERI hopes to place a higher value on human know-how.

VALERI project, which consists of seven partners including Airbus, from Spain, Germany and Austria, received 3.7 million euros of funding from the European Commission under the ‘Factories of the Future’ Public-Private Partnership.

European Commission: DG Research & Innovation: Key Enabling Technologies: Public Private Partnerships in Research: Factories of the Future (FoF) http://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_technologies/factories-of-the-future_en.html

Website: Digital Agenda for Europe: European Commission: News: VALERI: Robots lending a helping hand to build planes https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/valeri-robots-lending-helping-hand-build-planes

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