Introduction of symbiotic human-robot-cooperation in the steel sector: an example of social innovation

Colla, Valentina; Schroeder, Antonius; Buzzelli, Andrea; Abbà, Dario; Faes, Andrea; Romaniello, Lea

doi:10.1051/mattech/2018017

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“…For the current wave of digitisation, this has already been discussed in literature to a lesser or greater extent (e.g. [11,49]). The discussion reflects a huge advance over the time when discussion on technological innovations (such as Computer Integrated Manufacturing in the 1980s) took place (e.g.…”

Section: A New Innovation Paradigmmentioning

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“…For example, the EU funded project SI-DRIVE has developed an "Atlas of Social Innovation" (www.social innovationatlas.net) [10] mapping social innovations all over the world, covering different policy fields (such as energy supply and climate change), practice fields and sectors of innovation in order to meet societal and social challenges. The project EU Research Fund for Coal and Steel funded "Robotic workstation in harsh environmental conditions to improve safety in the steel industry" (ROBOHARSH) deals explicitly with a new innovation paradigm that stresses the interaction of social and technological innovation in the steel industry [11] to advance the allocation of the particular capabilities of human and technology and to improve the production processes.…”

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A new innovation paradigm: combining technological and social innovation

Kohlgrüber

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Matériaux & Techniques

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A new innovation paradigm is needed to answer the societal, economic and environmental challenges the world and companies are facing. The EU funded Horizon 2020 SPIRE Project “Coordinating Optimisation of Complex Industrial Processes” (COCOP) is combining technological and social innovation within a steel company pilot case (Sidenor). The project aims at reducing raw materials consumption (and energy and emissions reduction as well) by plant-wide optimisation of production processes based on a software solution and at the same time changing social practices. Key for COCOP is a methodology integrating technological innovation within a social innovation process of co-creation and co-development by involving (potential) users of the future software system and relevant stakeholders right from the beginning; thereby improving effectiveness and impact of the innovations and the implementation process. This involvement is instructed and measured by social key performance indicators (social KPIs) and operationalised in surveys (questionnaire and interviews) with future users, engineers and external experts (from different industry sectors not involved in the project). The article presents the results of the starting point of COCOP illustrating the future user perspective of the pilot steel company (Sidenor) contrasted by the view of external experts – seriously taking into account the interfaces between technology, human and organisation.

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A new innovation paradigm: combining technological and social innovation

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Yusta³

et al. 2019

Matériaux & Techniques

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“…New sensor data are being produced in this context in order to prove and evaluate the benefits of UAVs in steelworks [59]. RoboHarsh firstly introduced some concepts of human-robot symbiotic co-operation in the steel industry for the development of a complex maintenance procedure [60,61]. In this project, one of the main results is that the operator role is changing, becoming a supervisor, and, therefore, there is no replacement of the worker but a safer and heavyweight operation reduction.…”

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The Challenge of Digitalization in the Steel Sector

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Digitalization represents a paramount process started some decades ago, but which received a strong acceleration by Industry 4.0 and now directly impacts all the process and manufacturing sectors. It is expected to allow the European industry to increase its production efficiency and its sustainability. In particular, in the energy-intensive industries, such as the steel industry, digitalization concerns the application of the related technologies to the production processes, focusing on two main often overlapping directions: Advanced tools for the optimization of the production chain and specific technologies for low-carbon and sustainable production. Furthermore, the rapid evolution of the technologies in the steel sector require the continuous update of the skills of the industrial workforce. The present review paper, resulting from a recent study developed inside a Blueprint European project, introduces the context of digitalization and some important definitions in both the European industry and the European iron and steel sector. The current technological transformation is depicted, and the main developments funded by European Research Programs are analyzed. Moreover, the impact of digitalization on the steel industry workforce are considered together with the foreseen economic developments.

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“…The combination of technological and social innovation as part of a new innovation paradigm (Colla et al, 2017;Howaldt et al, 2017; comprises a broader understanding of innovation by considering social needs and societal challenges (see Figure 2). By opening the innovation process to society, cocreation as a (social innovation) process has to be started getting all relevant stakeholders involved.…”

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Mutual Learning in Innovation and Co-Creation Processes: Integrating Technological and Social Innovation

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New digital solutions are often lacking integration and acceptance by potential users. Therefore, only a small amount of innovative software solutions is really in use. The article describes a co-creation process by integrating end-users and relevant stakeholders right in the beginning in a social innovation process. Within this process, technology is seen as an enabler of innovation getting its relevance from new social practices of the people using it (e.g. working practices). Against the background of EU funded projects conducted by the authors (GT-VET, GREEN STAR, COCOP, and ROBOHARSH) the relevance of mutual learning processes of engineers / researchers / trainers on the one side and end-users / beneficiaries / learners on the other side will become evident. Moreover, new (digital and analogue) skills of employees have been identified as key for a successful digital transformation. Thereby, this article shows a twofold perspective on social innovation in education: new skills demands for employees and mutual learning processes of developers and users/stakeholders. To obtain needed skills, traditional innovation practices have to be changed by setting up a social innovation process. Such a process design has to include stakeholder and user involvement beyond pure feedback on a new technology. Co-creation means that experience, knowledge and ideas of users will be considered to ensure high usability and impact of the new technology framed by organisational and people related measures. In this respect, the innovation process and the innovation itself is much more than technological functionality–it is a contribution to new social practices and performances of the people that innovate and use the technology.

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Introduction of symbiotic human-robot-cooperation in the steel sector: an example of social innovation

Cited by 13 publications

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A new innovation paradigm: combining technological and social innovation

A new innovation paradigm: combining technological and social innovation

The Challenge of Digitalization in the Steel Sector

Mutual Learning in Innovation and Co-Creation Processes: Integrating Technological and Social Innovation

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