Intelligent circular lifecycles of industrial robots, outdoor power products, and electric vehicles (iCircular3)

工业机器人、户外电源产品、电动汽车的智能循环生命周期（iCircular3）

• 批准号: EP/X030814/1
• 负责人: Robert Shorten
• 金额: $ 67.6万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX030814%2F1
• 关键词: Intelligent; circular; lifecycles; industrial; robots

Circularity has opened up new markets and business opportunities, domestically and outside the EU. However, opportunities are being missed due to low reuse and recycling rates. iCircular3 creates a cohort of future leaders in research, policy, and business through its innovative training programme focused on the Circular Economy. Three leading universities supported by four industry partners will address the incorporation of circular economy principles using digital technologies throughout the product lifecycle, for three innovative and strategic sectors for the European economy: industrial robots, outdoor power products, and electric vehicles.Each sector will explore the possibilities of a circular lifecycle through four perspectives:1. Product and service design: exploring opportunities for circularity in the design of outdoor power products, electric vehicles, and industrial robots.2. Reverse supply chains: understanding and overcoming recovery barriers in these industries.3. Users and stakeholders: ensuring stakeholder engagement in the transition towards more circularity, for instance by engaging outdoor power product consumers in the development of Reverse Logistics systems, and improving the recycling rates of electric vehicles from a consumer perspective.4. Systems: developing digital tools and decision support systems that foster circularity.iCircular3 will recruit and train 9 Researchers to conduct sector-specific projects related to circular lifecycle perspectives; combined together, the projects will contribute to the development of new guidelines and digital tools for the integration of circularity in industry, as well as the identification of cross-sector commonalities. The strong academic/industry interaction in iCircular3 will ensure the relevance of each research project. Researchers will receive high-level industry-led research training and professional development courses, with a view to open up their career perspectives.

循环性在欧盟内外开辟了新的市场和商业机会。然而，由于再利用和再循环率低，机会正在被错过。iCircular 3通过其专注于循环经济的创新培训计划，在研究，政策和业务方面培养了一批未来的领导者。在四个行业合作伙伴的支持下，三所领先的大学将致力于在整个产品生命周期中使用数字技术将循环经济原则纳入欧洲经济的三个创新和战略部门：工业机器人，户外电源产品和电动汽车。每个部门将从四个角度探索循环生命周期的可能性：1.产品和服务设计：在户外电源产品、电动汽车和工业机器人的设计中探索循环的机会。逆向供应链：理解和克服这些行业的复苏障碍。用户和利益攸关方：确保利益相关者参与向更循环的过渡，例如通过让户外电力产品消费者参与逆向物流系统的开发，并从消费者的角度提高电动汽车的回收率。系统：iCircular 3将招募和培训9名研究人员，以开展与循环生命周期观点相关的特定行业项目;这些项目将有助于开发新的指导方针和数字化工具，以整合行业循环，以及识别跨行业共性。iCircular 3中强有力的学术/产业互动将确保每个研究项目的相关性。研究人员将接受高水平的行业主导的研究培训和专业发展课程，以开拓他们的职业前景。