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Autonomous Robotic Inspection and Maintenance on Ship Hulls and Storage Tanks
Beschreibung:

The objective of BUGWRIGHT2 will be to bridge the gap between the current and desired capabilities of ship inspec- tion and service robots by developing and demonstrating an adaptable autonomous robotic solution for servicing ship outer hulls. By combining the survey capabilities of autonomous Micro Air Vehicles (MAV) and small Au- tonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), with teams of magnetic-wheeled crawlers operating directly on the surface of the structure, the project inspection and cleaning system will be able to seamlessly merge the acquisi- tion of a global overview of the structure with performing a detailed multi-robot visual and acoustic inspection of the structure, detecting corrosion patches or cleaning the surface as necessary – all of this with minimal user intervention. The detailed information provided will be integrated into a real-time visualization and decision-support user-interface taking advantage of virtual reality technologies. Although ships are the targetted application, BUGWRIGHT2 technology may be easily adapted to different structures assembled out of metal plates, and in particular to storage tanks, our secondary application domain.

The project consists of a large consortium bringing together not only the technological knowledge from academia but the complete value chain of the inspection robotic market: two SMEs, one class society to evaluate the use of these technologies in the certification processes, a marine service provider and two harbors to provide access to ships, one shipyard to deploy the system within a maintenance framework and two shipowners. In addition, specialists in maritime laws and workplace psychologists will ensure that the digitalization of this market sector is designed around user acceptance. Finally, a specialist in innovation will lead the dissemination and exploitation activities.

Schlagworte: Robotics for inspection and monitoring, Robotic system development, Robotics for inspection and monitoring, Ship inspection, Maritime services, Multi-robot system, Virtual-reality, Acoustics
Kurztitel: BUGWRIGHT2
Zeitraum: 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2023
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Projekttyp Forschungsförderung (auf Antrag oder Ausschreibung)
Förderungstyp §27
Forschungstyp
  • Angewandte Forschung
Sachgebiete
  • 202035 - Robotik
Forschungscluster
  • Selbstorganisierende Systeme
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Projektfokus
  • Science to Science (Qualitätsindikator: I)
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Finanzierung

Förderprogramm
Horizon 2020
Organisation: European Commission

Organisation: European Commission

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