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AUTOASSESS Open Call for Tech Solutions
The core innovation of AUTOASSESS focuses on a fully autonomous inspection of ballast tanks and cargo holds of vessels. AUTOASSESS employs an open approach to innovation that relies upon using the entire value chain of the consortium and external stakeholders to assess the best ideas, regardless of their origin.
The overall objective of the open call is to foster/promote the development & deployment of AUTOASSESS solution through the engagement of innovative technological startups & SMEs applying to the open call providing solutions to specific project’s challenges or proposing new ideas/ concepts that generate value to AUTOASSESS.
Open Call for Tech Solutions invites skilled SMEs and Startups to present their technology solutions to the following use-case challenges identified by the AUTOASSESS technical team together with the use-case owners :
1 Reliable high-bandwidth communication for off-board control of drones
2 Stereo event-camera on miniature drone
3 Human Operator interface for FA-IUAS
4 Crack detection with multi-element ultrasound transducer
5 Synchronization of multi-modal sensor data
CH1: Telecommunications, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), control systems, network protocol
CH2: Sensor integration, computer vision, design and development of miniaturized drones, advanced camera systems
CH3: Cargo hull & ballast tank
CH4: Non-desctruvtive testing (NDT), Ultrasound
CH5: Sensor synchronization, sensor fusion, (Time-Sensitive) Networking
Open Call laureates will lead 6-month projects and benefit from :
– grants up to €100k (Funding rate of 70% of the costs for SMEs and 100% for Startups)
– AUTOASSESS team of experts guidance, mentorship, training and access to infrastructure (demonstrators)
– Being part of AUTOASSESS success stories, fostering industry uptake of AUTOASSESS solution
– Contributing to real impact on demonstrators and end-user entities
AUTOASSESS will fund SMEs and Start-Ups applying to the Open Call for Tech Solutions with an individual application or in consortia of 2 entities.
All entities must be eligible to work in the EU or Horizon Europe associated Member State and have a valid VAT.