ROS- In

 

ROS-industrial: an open source digital platform for industrial robotics

The Project ROS is leaded by the electronics department of Don Bosco, in collaboration with Tecnalia and Armeria Eskola. Its main objectives are to become a reference and an active agent in the thrust of the industrial robotics based in ROS-industrial technology, and the transfer of knowledge (ROS-I Academy) in FP Euskadi (Basque Country VET).

 

ROS (Robot Operating System) is a framework and a tool set, that provides an operating system functionality in a heterogeneous group of computers. The main advantage of ROS is the hardware abstraction functionality, device drivers, communication between multiple machines’ processes, testing tools and displaying, among others. The key feature of ROS is the way it executes software and the way it communicates, so as to give you the chance to design complex software without having to know how certain hardware works. Moreover, ROS is open source and relies on a stable and reliable community in the net.

Every feature of ROS is totally transportable to an industrial environment. Robotic applications’ developer companies that work for industrial plants and for the industry in general can take advantage of the hardware abstraction feature of ROS and speed up the process of implementation of new industrial robots. The same application based on ROS, with some minor variations can be used, for instance, in a KUKA robot or in an ABB robot. Economical and time savings obtained this way can not be achieved with any other existing platform.

Inmoov-Fpga

 

The evolution of humanoid robotics and FPGAs toward open softwares, makes possible the participation in the creation and the access to new technologies that it requires. With this project Don Bosco aims to go in depth in the knowledge and technological competences of the faculty and student body.

 

 

 

 

The FPGAs were privative technology but thanks to Clifford Wolf, with the inverse engineering the Icestorm project was created, releasing Lattice´s FPGA ICE40 family. In this way, the access to FPGAs has been democratized, like Arduino did with the microcontrollers some years ago, creating collaboration ecosystems like FPGA-WARS and Icestudio.

 

 

 

 

Thanks to the possibilities that offers the implementation in the robotics of open source technologies and codes, it is necessary to work on those technologies in humanoid robotics in order to give service to the society.

 

PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER POF

 

This project is led by CIFP Don Bosco LHII’s Telecommunication and Electronics department and Zubiri Manteo’s Informatic department.   

POF is a technology used since the 80s in automotive and aviation sectors, but recently the telephone company’s have bet for it in order to wire houses’ inside, for data (internet), voice (telephony) and multimedia content (TV, Radio) transportation.

 The main objectives of this project are:

·  Search for POF capacities in order to use it in homes’ and offices’ network installations and build a demo installation in our center. This demo installation will have the ability to distribute data for computers within a home or an office, as well as, capacity to  the transmit voice and multimedia content.

 

·  Knowledge transfer. In collaboration with Instagi and other centers, make a presentation explaining how to install POF fiber to companies and installers working in the sector.

 

·  Include POF fiber within the regulated education as well as the non-regulated one (LANBIDE courses, specific to workers etc).

 

 

 - Stem cells on 3D cellulose structures

 

 

Differentiation of human stem cells on 3D cellulose produced by bacteria in culture

The purpose of this project is to manufacture bone and cartilage structures using a cellulose “scaffolding, which we will produce based on bacteria. On said scaffolding, human mesenchymal stem cells will proliferate, expanding, and then differentiating into bone and cartilage cells, thus forming structures similar to the bone and cartilage structures in the human body. This project’s development has an impact on regenerative medicine and other biotechnological areas, for recycling organic waste from food industries.

 

 

 

 

 

PASSTHRU PROJECT

Nowadays repair workshops and automotive schools have to deal with the training and knowledge of new technologies applied in the automotive industry.

According to the law, car manufacturers are required to have online information of the needed resources for repair and diagnosis. Knowledge of the use of these resources is essential.

Considering the complexity and difficulty of acquiring this knowledge and the shortcomings that may come in repair area, the objective of this project is to obtain this information to be transferred to CAV training centers and professionals in the area.

On the other hand, these processes fall within the objectives and activities of the VI Basque Vocational Training Plan. Specifically in this point:

"APPLIED INNOVATION 4th OBJECTIVE: To promote and maintain a relationship between SMEs and training centers in relation to strategic competitiveness."

Since 2011, the PASS-THRU J2534-2 and ISO22900 regulations have become stricter.

Nowadays the workshops and companies in the automotive area (insurance, ITV, spare parts, ...) have to adapt to the new regulations.

We have stay in touch with different collaborators, including AEGA and BAT, and we have seen the need for training and knowledge transfer to the different SMEs of CAV, as well as to the students of the training centers.

To carry out this project we have cooperated five centers of the CAV: CIFP Iurreta LHII, Elgoibarko CIFP Meka LHII, CIFP Aretxabaleta LHII, Ikasauto eta CIFP Don Bosco LHII.

We are ready to provide service to SMEs, in the shortest time possible, considering the rapid evolution to avoid problems in the short and medium term.