Projects

Safety validation process in autonomous machine systems

Schedule:2022-2023

Valmisteilla oleva uusi eurooppalainen koneiden turvallisuutta koskeva lainsäädäntö ’New proposal for a regulation on machinery products’ esittää autonomiaan liittyviä uusia vaatimuksia, mutta ei määrittele miten riskien hallintaprosessia pitäisi kehittää, jotta…

Partners: VTT

Platform Economy for Autonomous Mobile Machines Software Development

Schedule:1.3.2021 - 1.6.2023

PEAMS is a Business Finland funded co-innovation project with research partners from Tampere University and University of Helsinki. Project includes 4 company projects and 6 company pilots. The project is…

Partners: FIMA Forum for Intelligent Machines ry

Empirical evaluation of software lifecycle management tools

Schedule:01/2021 - 12/2024

GOAL Empirically evaluation of the lifecycle management software standard known as Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC)* The evaluation demo is a fleet controller in a open air warehouse concept…

Partners: Tampereen Yliopisto

AI in Safety Systems

Schedule:2019 -2022

Ai in Safety Systems is a forerunner project to study the challenges to combine AI methods and safety systems. It will be carried out in the Doctoral School of Industry…

Partners: Tampere University

Battery Technology Watch

Schedule:2022 - 2024

Batteries play a key role in the electrification of transport and mobile work machinery. Currently, Li-ion batteries are the dominant battery technology, but there are a wide variety of Li-ion…

Partners: VTT

Electro-Mechanical vs More electric Actuators

Schedule:2022-2024

EMMA2 focus covers high-power actuator solutions and their system integration, in addition to green business evaluation.       EMMA2 objectives are: Create a knowledge base high power linear actuator…

Partners: Tampere University

To reduce stress from machine and operator

Schedule:2022-2024

The SANTTU project focuses on the development of systems for operators of work machines and heavy industrial machines. The aim is to simplify the control and operation of the machines…

Partners: LUT, Aalto Unversity, Oulun Yliopisto

SeeWork 2.0

SeeWork , Digital See-through Structures in Work Machines, project was completed 2016-17. Since then major improvements has been seen in technology of depth sensors, laser/led projectors, projection films and AR…

Digital Feel for Accurate Operation of Work Machines

Schedule:15.2.2018 – 14.2.2020

Currently, the technology available for remote operation of heavy mobile work machines does not allow for the desired level of performance. The view from the machine and its complex environment…

Partners: Tampere University of Technology, University of Tampere

Ennustava simulointi ja säätö

Schedule:1.1. -30.6.2019

ESTO on proof-of-concept projekti, jossa selvitetään  ”tietoisuuteen” perustuvaa ohjaus- ja säätömenetelmää tulevaisuuden automaattisille työkoneille. Menetelmä yhdistää tekoälyn ja teholaskennan niin, että kone kykenee ymmärtämään monimutkaisia fysiikkaan perustuvia syy-seuraussuhteita.

Partners: LUT, Aalto Yliopisto

EZE -Easy zonal hydraulics

Schedule:1.5.2019 - 30.4.2021

FIMA is jointly participating in a new research project with several Finnish companies. The backround of the project is last year completed EL-Zone. The target is to study and develope…

Partners: Aalto Yliopisto

Digital See-through Structures in Work Machines

Schedule:01/2016 - 06/2017

Very often the operation of mobile work machines is significantly impeded by the lack of visibility due to engine rooms, moving booms and safety features obstructing the view. The project…

Partners: TTY, VTT

Electric driven zonal hydraulics

Schedule:10/2015 - 09/2018

Project developed concepts for zonal (or decentralized) hydraulics for mobile working machines and stationary (process) machinery. This idea is first introduced in the aircraft industry. In a fully zonal system,…

Partners: Aalto University, Dept of Engineering Design, Fluid power, Aalto University, Dept of Engineering Design, Fluid power

Boom2020

Schedule:2014-2018

The project ensures the lead in modern boom technology in work machines. It studies new competitive, service free sensors to measure boom movements and structures and work piece position. The…

Partners: Tampere University of Technology

Immersive Visual Technologies for Safety-critical Applications

Schedule:2018-2021

FIMA is a industry partner organisation in the Marie Skłodowska Curie European Training Network  ImmerSAFE, coordinated by TUT and to be funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. The main…

Partners: Tampere University of Technology

Co-creation Based Real-Time Simulation (Proof-of Concept)

Schedule:01/2017 - 06/2017

The project focus was to develope a toolset that will allow the multiple stakeholders to access machine research and development through virtual worksites providing fully configurable, real-time, virtual prototyping. The…

Partners: Lappeenranta University of Technology

Future hybrid work machine

Schedule:2012 - 2015

Tubridi project developed systems and components for the future hybrid work machine. Two research platforms are made for testing: full scale hybrid work machine and HIL simulator. Project studies electric…

Partners: Aalto University, Lappeenranta university of Technology

Future Semi – Autonomous Machines for Safe and Efficient Worksites

Schedule:2011 - 2014

The objective of FAMOUS project was to achieve essential steps towards future work site automation without compromising safety and efficiency requirements. The main research domains were operator assistance systems, adaptive…

Partners: Aalto University, Tampere University of Technology, VTT, MTT

Design patterns for safety functions in intelligent mobile work machines

Schedule:01/2015 - 02/2016

Researches and specialists from member companies compiled together tens of new design patterns for details of functional safety systems. The focus was in software design and architectures. The result is…

Partners: Tampere University of Technology

Data management in a multi-machine environment

Schedule:2009 - 2014

The research objective was to define control architectures and communication models for a multi-machine fleet. As result MOTTI created opens source software libraries. GIMnet is a remote communication infrastructure designed…

Partners: Aalto University, Tampere University of Technology, VTT

Dependability management from standard to practice

Schedule:2010 - 2012

The main objective of RelSteps was to define a model for the dependability management in the mechanical engineering companies. The results give guidelines when applying the common standards such EN-50126…

Partners: VTT, Tampere University of Technology, University of Tampere

Human detection in work machine environment

Schedule:2007 - 2009

The main target of HIMA project was to develop reliable human detection in the immediate vicinity of a mobile work machine that meets safety regulations on feasible cost level (safety…

Partners: VTT, Aalto University, University of Oulu

Database centric development of machine control systems

Schedule:2009 - 2011

The purpose of the project was to create systems engineering tools to reduce the time needed for the development of complex control systems. The idea was to develop database oriented…

Partners: VTT, Aalto University, University of Patras (Greece), University of Dresden (Germany)

From measurements data to information

Schedule:2009 - 2011

The focus in TOLKKU project data mining. The main research question was how to manage and utilize the huge amount of data which is generated in the control and sensor…

Partners: Aalto University, Tampere University of Technology, VTT, CITRIS (UC Berkeley, USA)

Electrical energy recovery and reuse in work machines

Schedule:2007 - 2010

The target of the project was to improve efficiency of work machines. Various principles to build electric-hydraulic hybrid systems was studied. Special focus was on optimal use of energy storages.…

Partners: Tampere University of Technology, Lappeenranta university of Technology

Automated testing during the work machine integration stage

Schedule:2008 - 2009

TINAT project studied demands and methods of automated testing for complex control systems. It generated a concept which uses simulation models in automated control system tests. The main features are…

Partners: Tampere University of Technology, VTT

Generic Intelligent Machine platform

Schedule:2007

The target was to build an infrastructure and test machines for the future autonomous worksite research. The GIM testbed is situated at Tampere University of Technology. The worksite includes outdoor…

Partners: Aalto University, Tampere University of Technology