{"id":15424,"date":"2022-06-15T16:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T15:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.profactor.at\/?page_id=15424"},"modified":"2022-08-18T10:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T09:47:42","slug":"erf-2022-applications-sustainable-robots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.profactor.at\/en\/events\/erf-2022-applications-sustainable-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"ERF2022 Workshop on Robotics for Sustainability – Manufacturing of Sustainable Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In conjunction with the European Robotics Forum 2022<\/a>, 28th<\/sup> \u2013 30th<\/sup> June 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands<\/p>\n

The workshop is held on the 30th<\/sup> of June at 08:30 CET during the ERF 2022, see ERF 2022 Programme<\/a> for more details<\/p>\n

This workshop is conducted within the Sustainability Topic Group<\/a> and the Analytical Laboratory Robotics Topic Group<\/a> of EURobotics<\/p>\n

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AIM and Scope<\/h2>\n

The use of robotics is increasing around the world and soon every household might have at least one robot in use. Robots can support sustainability across all sectors e.g., fighting climate change, helping to recycle, decreasing waste in manufacturing, reducing the use of chemicals in farming, etc. However, the manufacturing of robots themselves can outbalance the positive impact of robotics if not addressed by the robotics community. This workshop focuses on how robots can be manufactured in a more sustainable way around the aspects of energy, materials, lab and recycling\/ circular product design. We expect the audience of the workshop to come from industry (especially robot manufacturers) as well as academia (both from robotics, manufacturing or sustainable production).<\/p>\n

The workshop aims to discuss the following topics:<\/p>\n

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  1. Results from workshop \u201cSustainability and Industrial Robots\u201d, where the audience will be asked about their attitudes towards the SDGs, how they contribute to the SDGs and the challenges they have met or anticipate on their journey towards a more sustainable way of working.<\/li>\n
  2. Knowledge exchange around attempts for a more sustainable manufacturing of robots: What attempts have been made to manufacture robots in a more sustainable way: where and how to start? What are the experiences and outcomes of this? What are the low-hanging fruits in this journey and where are the real challenges?<\/li>\n
  3. Inspirational exchange on new innovations to push for more sustainable manufacturing of robots: What are sustainable materials? How can robots be designed in a more sustainable way to facilitate better recycling or a circular design? How can a Life Cycle Assessment help to reduce e.g. CO2 footprint? How should the production set-up look like to e.g. use the right energy at the right time? How can labs contribute to increasing the standard of sustainability in robotics manufacturing and educating robotics companies in their sustainability practices?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Expected Outcome:<\/h2>\n