Beyond humanoid precision.
A wrist-mounted correction module bringing industrial precision to humanoid robots.
An ETH Zurich Focus Project at the Advanced Manufacturing Lab
Team
Meet the team
Nine mechanical engineering students at ETH Zurich, building precision for humanoid robots.
Challenge
Why now
Humanoid robots are becoming affordable and are starting to appear in industrial environments. Calibration alone improves a humanoid's accuracy to a few millimetres, still far from what welding and other manufacturing tasks demand.
That is the gap Akribis addresses.
Project
Coarse from the robot, fine from the tool
We are developing a wrist-mounted correction module and the software that coordinates it with a humanoid. Our current work combines mechanical design, robot motion measurements and simulation – towards precise work directly at the tool.
GoalPrecise robotic welding with humanoid robots.
- MacroHumanoidReach, coarse positioning
- MicroAkribisCorrection
- ProcessTool
Progress
Stage 3 of 8
Current stageDesignIn progress
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Training in simulation explores precise, energy-efficient tool handling. Deployment on the real robot is the next step.
Our humanoid draws while balancing. End-effector sensors help us study its motion as a baseline for precision enhancement.
First accuracy tests connect vision, motion planning and execution: the humanoid follows a detected drawing to establish its baseline.
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