Robotics Association SKALP

Overview

The SKALP Robotics Association

is an interdisciplinary organization aimed at the promotion of robotics, industry support related to modern technologies and education in robotics and automation, modern production methods and the space industry. We build prototypes, develop new technologies and undertake tasks that are too difficult for others. We offer technological consulting services for companies, including technological readiness audits according to the ADMA methodology. 
Everyone interested in our activities is invited to the Open Robotics Laboratory - a space dedicated to prototyping, experimenting and looking for answers to the most difficult questions. Our laboratory is located in the Gdańsk Science and Technology Park. Members of the Association are currently involved, among others. in the projects of autonomous vehicles, inspection robots and intelligent agricultural robots.

As a non-profit organization, the association reinvests any operating income as part of its statutory activities.
 

As part of cooperation increasing the competences and digital capabilities of small and medium-sized companies with whom we cooperate, we offer a number of services, including:
 

Field meetings with companies. The lack of awareness of the need for change has been diagnosed by us as one of the biggest stoppers in digital transformation. For this purpose, we organize a series of meetings on site, as close as possible to potential customers. The main purpose of the meetings is to arouse the interest and curiosity of entrepreneurs. Therefore, the presented materials will be short, engaging and showing the latest technologies, such as walking robots, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, etc. To this will be attached Use Cases of our partners showing the real benefits of implementing modern industry 4.0 solutions.

 

Visits to the Leaders of Transformation. To show the possibilities and advantages of implementing digital technologies, we organize visits among regional leaders in implementing modern solutions. These are both companies that have previously undergone a transformation process together with the Association, and organizations that have been improving their operations with modern tools for years. The visits are recorded, edited and published on the Association's channels.

 

Digital Maturity Assessment. The next step, after building awareness and the need for change, is to conduct an audit assessing at what point in digital progress the organization is at and what are the further development priorities. SR SKALP in its resources has 3 certified ADMA auditors, it also has audit experience resulting from cooperation with many production companies.

 

Technology demonstrators. In order to understand the potential of emerging new technologies, entrepreneurs must have space to freely familiarize themselves with the latest technological developments. The Digital Innovation Hub should naturally provide the possibility of contact with technologies unavailable elsewhere. As SR SKALP, we focus primarily on solutions in the field of walking robots, autonomous vehicles, including drones, and high-speed manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing.

 

Test Before Invest. High costs and the uncertainty of the return on investment in modern solutions are the biggest brake stopping small and medium-sized companies from implementing new solutions. With this in mind, we provide companies with the possibility of low-cost testing of the technology, using both the Association's personal resources and the space of the Robotics Laboratory at GPNT. Acting quickly and agile, providing customers with prototypes in a very short time, we convince about the advantages of modern solutions, as well as show that experimenting with technology can be cheap and should be a natural element of their business.

 

Digital transformation roadmap. The final stage of the transformation path is the preparation of a complementary plan to implement changes in the organization. This is the stage at which SKALP representatives work with commercial technology suppliers and the client, gradually “handing over” the client ready for full-scale implementation. Only at this stage, the company is aware of the need for change, has mapped key areas that require improvement and has the necessary internal knowledge to ensure the success of the entire transformation process.

  Digital technologies.