INVERSE partners VTT and Konecranes had the opportunity to present the INVERSE project and demonstrate project results at two separate events in September and October 2025.
INVERSE introduced at “Research to Business event” of Konecranes
Hyvinkää, Finland – On the 22nd of September 2025, VTT and Konecranes introduced the INVERSE project and demonstrated INVERSE-results in the internal “Research to Business event” of Konecranes, at the Business Research Laboratory of Konecranes. Human-crane-robot collaborative control was demonstrated using Konecranes full scale overhead crane and VTT’s collaborative robot system. Implemented scenarios were for precise motion control of a crane load, using human operator’s remote joystick control and alternatively 3D visual servo control. In both cases, the robot’s load grasping operation was controlled by detection and localization of the load by 3D computer vision. The audience of 80 people consisted of Konecranes employees and management. The presenters of INVERSE were Mr. Roope Mellanen and Mr. Mikael Haag from Konecranes, and Mr. Taneli Lohi and Dr. Tapio Heikkilä from VTT.
Demonstration of INVERSE results in the open seminar “Zero4 Symposium” of Konecranes
Hyvinkää, Finland – On the 9th of October 2025, VTT and Konecranes introduced the INVERSE project and demonstrated INVERSE-results in the open seminar “Zero4 Symposium” of Konecranes.
Tapio Heikkilä from VTT gave an overview presentation of INVERSE, as well as detailed presentations about “Human-Crane-Robot collaborative control” and “Parameterized learning of robot skills”. Human-crane-robot collaborative control was also demonstrated at the Business Research Laboratory of Konecranes using Konecranes full scale overhead crane and VTT’s collaborative robot system. The implemented scenario was precise motion control of a crane load, using human operator’s remote joystick control and alternatively 3D visual servo control. In both cases, the robot’s load grasping operation was controlled by detection and localization of the load by the 3D computer vision. The audience of 120 people consisted of invited participants from finnish industry and academia. The presenters of INVERSE demonstration were Mr. Roope Mellanen from Konecranes, and Mr. Tuomas Seppälä and Dr. Tapio Heikkilä from VTT.
