CORE is the result of a collaboration between Delta Automation – a company based in Val di Sangro, Abruzzo, that designs and manufactures industrial automation systems, Gunpowder – a software house based in L’Aquila – and the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation – a public-private research organisation that develops advanced robotics and artificial intelligence technologies. The CORE project was funded by the Italian Ministry of University’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan through the Vitality Innovation Ecosystem.
CORE was born out of the concrete needs of a company like Delta Automation. Researchers at Gran Sasso Tech and Gunpowder, leveraging artificial intelligence, enhanced the capabilities of cobots (collaborative robots) by developing a voice interface that enables operators to interact with robots in a natural and intuitive way — re-programming them without programming skills or knowledge of machine language. The project responds to real business challenges and marks an important step toward a future in which collaborative robots will serve as intelligent assistants across the industrial sector. CORE helps lower the barriers to adopting robotic solutions in manufacturing — barriers typically linked to high costs and to the need for advanced technical expertise—making this technology more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises and enabling them to grow and remain competitive in today’s market.
The presentation was attended by Alessandro Pajewski — CEO of the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation; Marco Secone — CEO and CTO of Gunpowder, Salvatore Fedele — Founder of Delta Automation S.r.l.; and by the researchers involved in the project: Gianluca Filippone — Associate of the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation — and Gran Sasso Tech’s Software Architects Stefano Paradisi and Vladimir Berdibekov, who gave a live demonstration from the laboratory of the AI-enabled cobots’ interactive capabilities.