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SCORE: a software environment for developing robotic programming interfaces and supervised control systems

CEA-List built on its many years of research in teleoperation, cobots, and collaborative robotics to develop the SCORE environment. SCORE facilitates the development of robotic programming interfaces and supervised control systems, making it an ideal companion tool to CORTEX.

Objectives

Simplify the development of robotic programming interfaces and supervised control systems

SCORE, or Supervisory COntrol framework for Robotic interfacE, is a software environment engineered by CEA-List robotics experts to facilitate the development of robotic programming interfaces and supervised control systems.

It’s a natural companion to the CORTEX controller development software suite.

SCORE was originally built to meet the control and supervision needs of robots that work in severe or hazardous environments. Since then, it has evolved into a tool well-suited to advanced manufacturing use cases, with innovative capabilities that significantly improve cobot and collaborative robot systems.

Features

Meeting major needs

SCORE drastically improves any robotic system, be it a teleoperation, cobot, or collaborative robot system, by:

  • Improving performance and reliability:
    • Helping the machine deliver precision and reliability without sacrificing cognitive abilities or adaptability by the user.
    • Optimizing task efficiency and speed.
  • Reducing user workload:
    • Eliminating the need for continuous human attention to unproductive or low-productivity tasks.
    • Allowing users to focus their attention on tasks that create more value.
  • Improving safety:
    • Offering the user failure detection and protection in the event of potentially dangerous failures.
Features

Interactive on-line command-control

SCORE outpaces conventional robot programming approaches, which are based on off-line programming (OLP), by enabling continuous in-line interactive control via a digital twin synchronized in real-time with the physical robotic system.

The SCORE digital twin features:

  • Physical-model-driven anticollision, virtual guidance, and other control capabilities.
  • A graphical model for interactive, 3D visualization of operations.
  • A semantic interaction model for contextually triggering user assistance functions.

The SCORE physical model is generated by the interactive multiphysics simulator XDE.

SCORE is in constant development. It integrates new, advanced in-line programming functionalities to respond to the ever-evolving needs of advanced manufacturing, guaranteeing more flexibility in the implementation and use of robotic systems and facilitating access to robotics by non-roboticists.

Use cases

Heavy equipment assembly assistance

Assembling heavy equipment is a recurring problem in many industries. It is often done by hand, which is arduous and dangerous, or using cranes, which is complex and very time consuming.

Working with Cobomanip, a load-carrying cobot, SCORE can guide the user through assembly, especially when insertion tolerances are low. Anticollision zones can be programmed to allow SCORE to avoid damaging the part being installed or its surroundings, while virtual guides reduce the amount of degrees of freedom the user has to manage when orienting and precisely positioning the part in the work area.

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