22<< ROBOTICS A modular system The companies participating in Coroma have the mission to construct exible prototypes that can carry out up to six different tasks, and to achieve this highly modular robots must be designed. The project will develop seven modules that can also be used to improve the performance of already existing robotic systems. For this reason, the Corona modular platform is an innovative development in itself. One of the modules planned in the initiative will equip the robot with process awareness (Coro-optim). That is, the robots will be capable of detecting vibrations during drilling in order to take a particular measure or check tool wear if a sanding operation is being carried out. The second module (Coro-mob) provides the robot with mobility so it can move autonomously through the work- shop where it is working. The experts are also working on a safety module (Coro-safe) with an arti cial vision system so that the robots can detect the presence of humans and make way. In addition, a cooperation module will be designed (Coro-coop) focused on providing developments for a com- munication platform so that the robot can interact with other machines and robots. “This is so that the robot can ‘talk’ to machine tools and other robots”, added Barrios. The robots will also have a sense of vision for which a vision module (Coro-sense) will be implemented by means of camera systems and laser technology, so that they can understand their environment and nd the part on which they must work. So that the robot responds to operator instructions, a programming module will be created (Coro-prog) that will make it possible for the robot to respond to visual instructions in a simple way. To achieve this, the system will be equipped with a simple interface that will require a minimum programming effort by the human operator. It also has an extremity or robotic hand (Coro-hand), so it can pick up various tools and provide the system with dexterity. Within the project framework, new examples for use will be demonstra- ted and made possible by the intelligent combination of modules. For example, an autonomous robot (Coro-mob) with 3-D vision capability (Coro-sense) could be used for monitoring and maintenance tasks in a nuclear power station. This is an important demonstration because in the industrial scenarios de ned for the project, experiences of this type have not been put into operation until now. New robotic systems, with cognitive abilities, will enable robots to interact safely both with humans and other machines