Despite the fact that robots have very well proven their flexibility and efficiency in mass production and are recognized as the production resource of the future, their adoption in lower volume, diverse environment is heavily constrained. The main reason for this is the high integration and deployment complexity that overshadows the performance benefits of this technology. In order for the robots to become accepted across the different production industries, real evidence that they are able to operate in an open, modular and scalable way is required. ODIN aspires to fill this gap by introducing technology from the latest ground breaking research the fields of:

• Collaborating robots and human robot collaborative workplaces,
• Autonomous robotics and AI based task planning,
• Mobile robots and reconfigurable tooling,
• Digital Twins and Virtual Commissioning
• Service Oriented Robotics Integration and Communication Architectures.

The vision of ODIN is: “to demonstrate that novel robot-based production systems are not only technically feasible, but also efficient and sustainable for immediate introduction at the shopfloor”.

The ODIN Large Scale Pilot concept visualizes, several robotics technologies which are being integrated for the execution of a specific production task grouped in 4 main ODIN components:

• Open Component (OC).This component is a small footprint, small scale pilot instances for the development, integration and testing of cutting-edge technologies.

• Digital Component (DC) is a virtual instance of the selected pilots implementing an accurate Digital Twin representation that allows the commissioning, validation and control of the actual pilots.
• Industrial Component (IC) is a full-scale instance of the pilot, integrating hardware and software modules from the Open and Digital components and operating under an actual production environment.
• Networked Component (NC) is an integration architecture with open interfaces for the communication of all robotics hardware and control systems through safe and secure means.

• Automotive Pilot Line: This pilot investigates the assembly process of a vehicle car engine. The selected assembly process is divided in 3 different operations : a) motor and gearbox connection b) additional parts installation on the assembled motor and c) quality inspection of screws, connectors and other parts of the motor and gearbox assembly.
• Aeronautics Pilot Line: The Aeronautics pilot line focuses on the automation of the tasks required for A320 Neo Fan-cowls production using a mobile dual robot. The involved operations are: a) template base drilling operations, b) safe autonomous transportation and c) assembly inspection.
• White Goods Pilot Line: : This ODIN pilot is focused on making customization easier and improving the current robot solution in the white goods industry. This pilot case is centralized on Human – Robot Collaboration for the transformer’s installation in an oven but also cooktops and knobs placement on the top of a cooktop burner.