TALOS protagonista nella newsletter europea EARASHI

La newsletter di luglio 2025 del progetto europeo EARASHI dedica uno spazio al progetto TALOS, la soluzione per linee di assemblaggio dinamiche sviluppata da Eureka System ed Elif Lab.

Al centro dell’articolo, un’intervista a due voci che racconta come intelligenza artificiale, robotica mobile e attenzione al benessere degli operatori possano trasformare davvero il modo in cui produciamo.

Valentina Passarella (Eureka System) e Paola Bonesu (Elif Lab) raccontano l’obiettivo del progetto: trasformare le tradizionali linee di assemblaggio in ambienti di lavoro dinamici e flessibili, grazie all’impiego di robot mobili (AMR), algoritmi di ottimizzazione e tecnologie AI.

L’intervista approfondisce anche gli aspetti culturali e sociali dell’innovazione introdotta da TALOS, con particolare attenzione al benessere degli operatori, alla riduzione dello stress e all’inclusività nei contesti industriali.

Intervista completa (testo originale in inglese)

7.7 million female scientists and engineers in the EU[1]

Across all economic activities present in the statistical classification of economic activities in the EU (NACE rev. 2), women represented 41.0% of the scientists and engineers workforce. This share was higher in services related activities at 45.6%. In manufacturing, women represented 22.4% of scientists and engineers, while in other activities that share was 23.9%.

To support Women in Sciences & technologies and provide examples of success stories to the younger generation, EARASHI is very pleased to promote the TALOS project selected during the 2^nd open call, involving the 2 companies Eureka System and Elif lab, led by Valentina Passarella and Paola Bonesu resp.

The TALOS project tackles one of the main challenges in the recent European manufacturing industry, specifically the increasing demand for assembling small batches of similar products with varying processing requirements. TALOS aims to transform traditional manual assembly lines into dynamic, flexible working environments that serve the worker through a double approach:

• firstly, replacing traditional workstations with mobile workbenches operated by a fleet of Autonomous Mobile Robots – Eureka System’s Helko – leveraging its patented mechanical hook system.
• Secondly, optimizing production tasks, robotic fleet movements, and overall workflows through advanced algorithms and AI that learn from operational data and continuously refine parameters to improve task allocation, timing, and workload balancing, enabling the creation of a dynamic line setup.

Thanks to the innovative combination of advanced mobile robotics, real-time data analysis, and optimization and planning algorithms, TALOS is the ideal solution to address the challenges of manufacturing companies operating in high-mix, low-volume production, plants aiming to transition from linear to modular setups, and manufacturers currently managing manual, disconnected processes without MES/SCADA systems.

TALOS enables the creation of a work environment in which it is no longer the worker who must adapt to the needs of the assembly line because the flexible element is inherent in the technological set-up.

This innovative approach can relieve operators from the micro-planning work and the wearisome chasing of fast and extremely changeable production needs, thus reducing work-related stress and improving ergonomics.

Thanks to EARASHI, TALOS has been introduced into the assembly line of a first customer, who is currently testing the benefits of the solution by applying it to the automotive sector.

“The pilot project within Mita Oleodinamica S.p.A. represents a fundamental step in validating the flexibility and scalability of TALOS in a real manufacturing setting,” says Valentina Passarella.”With TALOS, we apply the advantages of artificial intelligence and robotics to rapidly evolving manufacturing environments that require solutions capable of adapting in real time to changing scenarios,” explains Paola Bonesu.

“HELKO, the AMR at the core of the TALOS project, is now an established technology within Eureka System. Its development marks a strategic evolution for us, as we move from system integrators to OEM developers of flexible robotics,” adds Valentina Passarella.

“We truly believe that technology should adapt to people, not the other way around. That’s why we designed TALOS with Elif Lab to support operators of all profiles — regardless of gender, physical characteristics, or level of experience — by reducing physical strain, improving ergonomics, and relieving cognitive overload through intelligent automation.

EARASHI has played a key role in accelerating this transition, allowing us to test and refine HELKO in a real industrial context and prepare it for broader adoption in dynamic production environments.”

“As women working daily with new technologies, we see in EARASHI an opportunity for technological progress, but a mean to promote also a cultural shift in manufacturing: one where diversity is embraced and innovation serves people first,” says Valentina Passarella.

“Our aim is to ensure maximum operational efficiency while respecting workers’ skills and improving their well-being and their access to new technological assets. In this sense, EARASHI represents a great opportunity to bring together different areas of expertise,” concludes Paola Bonesu.

[1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/edn-20250211-1