It is at least two decades since the conventional robotic manipulators have become a common manufacturing tool for different industries, from automotive to pharmaceutical. The advances in manipulators and sensors have given robots the opportunity to become useful for more and more applications. Engineers have taken advantage of the extra mobility of the advanced robots to make them work in constrained environments, ranging from limited joint motions for redundant manipulators to obstacles in the way of mobile (ground, marine, and aerial) robots [1]. However, the incorporation some of these abilities and capacities that are already being used in land, have not made their way to the sea domain. This Abstract describes the project consisting in the design, development and manufacture of a prototype manipulator arm for ROVs introducing innovative fabrication technologies. The work has been done collaboratively among ACSM Maritime Agency SL, CIMA Group and the University of Vigo.

In this paper we propose to explore different dedicated hardware solutions in terms of area-speed trade-offs for computing-oriented fuzzy logic systems in the algorithmic abstraction level that fulfil the application requirements applying high level synthesis techniques. The main benefits of this proposal are the capability of selecting the best implementation for any application not being tied down to a predefined architecture, the use of the required number of hardware units and the reduction of the design cycle time. The results obtained in the control of a maximum power point of a photovoltaic plant are presented as an example.

Prototipat, Fabricació additiva, Impressió 3D, Equip Multidisciplinar, Prototip funcional, Prototyping, Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, Multidisciplinary team, Functional prototype, Prototipado, Fabricación aditiva, Impresión 3D, Equipo Multidisciplinar, and Prototipo funcional

Tenint en compte que la missió de la universitat és crear persones conscients i sensibles respecte al que succeeix al seu entorn, en aquest treball es presenta una proposta d’innovació docent, la seva implementació i els resultats obtinguts com a conseqüència. Es pretén mostrar la importància del feedback d’observar el producte final per millorar el disseny i estudiar el cicle de vida complet, des de la idea conceptual fins a la fabricació final. Les limitacions en la docència universitària per mostrar el producte final aplicat a un producte real, pot finalitzar amb la introducció d’un nou procés de fabricació, la fabricació additiva, aplicat a un projecte real.
Taking into account that the mission of the university is to make people aware and sensitive towards what is happening in their environment; this paper presents a proposal for teaching innovation, its implementation as well as the results obtained from it. The main goal of this experience is aimed at showing the importance of the feedback of observing the final product to improve design and study the complete life cycle, from the conceptual idea to the final fabrication. Limitations in university teaching to show the final product applied to a real product, can be overcome by introducing a new manufacturing process, Additive manufacturing, applied to a real project.
Teniendo en cuenta que la misión de la universidad es crear personas conscientes y sensibles a lo que ocurre en su entorno, en este trabajo se presenta una propuesta de innovación docente, su implementación y los resultados obtenidos como consecuencia de la misma. Se pretende mostrar la importancia del feedback de observar el producto final para mejorar el diseño y estudiar el ciclo de vida completo, desde la idea conceptual hasta la fabricación final. Las limitaciones en la docencia universitaria para mostrar el producto final aplicado a un producto real, puede tener fin con la introducción de un nuevo proceso de fabricación, la fabricación aditiva, aplicado a un proyecto real.