ROBARTE will extend the physical and cognitive capabilities of mobile manipulators to allow a robust implementation of advanced handling approaches for deformable objects. The capability to manipulate deformable objects is considered a lifeblood capacity and a significant barrier to automation, given the difficulties to predict the behaviour of deformable objects, to grasp and to shape them without any damage, to position them accurately in large workspaces and cluttered environments. ROBARTE will gather partners from different European countries working together on two specific classes of deformable objects: Deformable Linear Objects (DLO) and Deformable Planar Objects (DPO). The project will develop a novel mobile manipulator integrating simulation, real-time models, multimodal sensing, multi-level control, multi-robot coordination and artificial intelligence. The capabilities of the resulting solution will be demonstrated in different industrial use cases: wiring and assembly of electrical control cabinets for the machinery sector and composite draping for the aeronautical and helthcare sectors. The associated processes are still very manual and moving outside Europe due to the high labour cost, and difficult working conditions and low attractivity among the young workers. The project outcomes will open new automation and business opportunities and contribute to improve the European competitiveness.

Materials for sUstainable Sodium Ion Capacitors responds to the need of a new supercapacitor technology that reaches energy density comparable to that of power batteries, but still recharges within few seconds and offers long cycle life with minimum efficiency loss over time. Moreover, MUSIC incorporates a strong policy of sustainability and environmental friendliness. Thus, any use of CRM will be avoided for the development of the SIC technology and will develop advanced novel carbonaceous electrode materials, binders and green electrolytes that are sustainable by design. Finally, the consortium will develop new manufacturing processes and industrial value chains by developing a new, transversal-to-other EES technologies, presodiation approach, which is low-cost and solution processable, enabling the industrialization of the technology. MUSIC will fabricate SIC prototype cells and will develop a 12V module prototype that incorporates an innovative management system to monitor the SoC, SoH, SoP of individual cells.