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Robotics-related Projects in IST and the Framework Programme.
This is a selection of Robotics-related projects funded by the EU Framework Programme.
Most if not all of the project fact sheets can be found via Cordis,
either the central RTD Projects database or the IST-Web projects lists.
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- TELEDIMOS - Factsheet
- Telepresence simulation platform supporting civil works machines in remote dismantling waste disposal and large demining operations.
- Keywords: Remote robot monitoring and control.Waste disposal. De-mining.
- ROBOVOLC
- A Robot For Volcano Exploration
- Keywords: Exploration and measurement robot.
- ROBOSENSE
- Robotic delivery of sensors in a seismic risk assessment framework
- Keywords: Climbing robot. Large surface inspection. Risk assessment.
- REALSIM
- Real-time Simulation for Design of Multi-physics Systems
- Keywords: Applied to robot design optimisation.
- TOURBOT
- Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
- Keywords: Remote-controlled. Interactive tour guide.
- REHAROB
- Supporting Rehabilitation of Disabled Using Industrial Robots for Upper Limb Motion Therapy Rehabilitation therapy robot arm.
- Keywords: Patient assistance. Motion exercise.
- CYBERCARS
- Cybernetic Cars for a New Transportation System in the Cities
- Keywords: Automated ground vehicle.
- MARVEL
- Micro Air Vehicles For Multi-purpose Remote Monitoring And Sensing
- Keywords: Unmanned air vehicles.
- SWARM-BOTS
- Swarms of self-assembling artefacts
- Keywords: Swarm-bot. Self organising robot networks. Simple artefacts.
- OROCOS
- Open Robot Control Software
- Keywords: Robot control. Robot platforms, architecture. Open source software.
- OTELO
- Mobile Tele-echography Using An Ultra-light Robot
- Keywords: Medical robot. Tele-operated diagnosis. Force feedback and AR..
- MICRON
- MIniature Co-operative RObots advancing towards the Nano-range
- Keywords: Clustered mobile micro bots. Assembly of micro parts.
- COMETS
- Real time coordination and control of multiple heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicles
- Keywords: Unmanned air vehicles (helicopters and airships). Environment monitoring. Fire-fighting.
- ADVOCATE II
- ADVanced On-board diagnosis and Control of Autonomous sysTEms
- Keywords: Autonomous Underwater and Ground Vehicles.
- GEOPLEX
- Geometric Network Modeling and Control of Complex Physical Systems
- Keywords: Network design and control. Applied to walking robots and a range of other systems and devices.
- LEURRE
- ARtificial Life contRol in mixEd-sociEties
- Keywords: Insect-like micro-robots (insbots). Insect social behaviour.
- CLEARFAST
- Concept for Low-risk Efficient Area Reduction based on the Fusion of Advanced Sensor Technologies
- Keywords: Sensors. Multi-sensor data fusion. Applied to de-mining.
- ARC - Factsheet
- Airborne Minefield Area Reduction
- Keywords: Helicopter UAV. Sensors. Multi-sensor data fusion. Applied to de-mining
- BIOSENS
- Vapour detection - Area reduction in de-mining
- Keywords: Biosensor system. "Artificial dog`s nose." Carried on trolley.
- DEMAND
- Enhancement of three existing technologies and data fusion algorithms for the test and Demonstration of Multi-sensor landmine detection techniques
- Keywords: Multi-Sensor Vehicle (trolley) Platforms.
- BULRUSH
- Humanitarian De-mining in Water
- Keywords: Remotely operated vehicle-based sensor system.
- EUDEM2
- The EU in humanitarian DEMining
- Keywords: Mobile Robots. De-mining.
- POETIC
- Reconfigurable POEtic Tissue
- Keywords: Bio-design of computing machines. Artificial cellular surface tissue.
- AMOUSE
- Artificial Mouse
- Keywords: Multi-sensory robot. Visual sensors. Artificial whiskers. Navigation and learning.
- MIRROR
- Mirror Neuron based Robot Recognition
- Keywords: Robot with humanoid features (head, torso and arm). Human-robot interface. Gesture imitation.
- SIGNAL
- Systemic Intelligence for GrowiNg up Artefacts that Live
- Keywords: Autonomous robotic vehicle. Evolution. Learning and linguistics.
- ARTESIMIT - Factsheet
- Artefact Structural Learning through Imitation
- Keywords: Living artificial hand. Computer model of imitational learning.
- HYDRA
- "Living" Building Blocks for Self-Designing Artefacts
- Keywords: Robot building kit. Co-operative block robots.
- AMOTH
- A Fleeet of artificial chemosensing moths for distributed environmental monitoring
- Keywords: Chemo-sensors. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Co-operative in fleets.
- PALOMA - Factsheet
- Progressive and adaptive learning for object manipulation: a biologically inspired multi-network architecture
- Keywords: Anthropomorphic robots (hand, tactile, visual sensors). Evolutionary robotic platforms.
- NEUROBIT
- A bioartificial brain with an artificial body: training a cultured neural tissue to support the purposive behavior of an artificial body
- Keywords: Bio-artficial neuronal device. Autonomous robot platform.
- BIOLOCH
- BIO-mimetic structures for LOComotion in the Human body
- Keywords: Bio-inspired mini- and micro machines. Autonomous robots. Undulatory locomotion.
- CIRCE- Factsheet
- Chiroptera-Inspired Robotic Cephaloid: a Novel Tool for Experiments in Synthetic Biology
- Keywords: Bionic head for active sensing. Bat-inspired echolocation functions.
- MIRRORBOT
- MirrorBot: Biomimetic multimodal learning in a mirror neuron-based robot
- Keywords: Bio-inspired neural robot. Learning. Object exploration and foraging.
- SENSEMAKER
- SenseMaker: A Multi-sensory, Task-specific, Adaptable perception System
- Keywords: Sensory information sampled through different modalities.
- SPIKEFORCE
- Real-time Spiking Networks for Robot Control
- Keywords: Simulated and real humanoid robot. real-time spiking control mechanisms.
- COGVIS
- Cognitive Vision Systems
- Keywords: Computer vision. Object recognition and categorisation.
- COGVISYS
- Cognitive Vision Systems
- Keywords: Traffic surveillance, sign language understanding etc
- ACTIPRET
- Interpreting and Understanding Activities of Expert Operators for Teaching and Education
- Keywords: Open robot research platform. Humanoid child-like robot.
- DETECT
- Real Time Detection of Motion Picture Content in Live Broadcasts
- Keywords: Video analysis and recognition platform.
- VAMPIRE
- Visual Active Memory Processes and Interactive REtrieval
- Keywords: Augmented reality. Object and event categorization.
- VISATEC
- Vision-based Integrated Systems Adaptive to Task and Environment with Cognitive abilities
- Keywords: Learning-based cognitive vision architecture. real-world application Skilful Robot Arm.
- LAVA
- Learning for Adaptable Visual Assistants
- Keywords: Categorisation and interpretation of large numbers of objects.
- CAVIAR
- Context Aware Vision Using Image-Based Active Recognition
- Keywords: Context-aware visual recognition.
- COGNIRON
- The Cognitive Robot Companion
- Keywords: Embodied cognitive robot.
- NEUROBOTICS
- The Fusion of Neuroscience and Robotics for Augmenting Human Capabilities
- Keywords: Hybrid Bionic Systems. Robot platforms.
- I-SWARM
- Intelligent Small World Autonomous Robots for Micro-Manipulation
- Keywords: Micro-robots. Robot groups.
- EURON II
- European Robotics Research Network
- Keywords: Wide range of robotics topics.
- PACE
- Programmable Artificial Cell Evolution (PACE)
- Keywords: Nano-scale robot ecologies.
- ECAGENTS
- Embodied and Communicating Agents
- Keywords: Embodied and situated agents. Robots and robot-like devices.
- COSY
- Cognitive Systems for Cognitive Assistants
- Keywords: Humanoid autonomous robot. Playmate. Navigator.
- ROBOT_CUB
- Robotic Open-architecture Technology for Cognition, Understanding and Behaviours
Keywords: Open robot research platform. Humanoid child-like robot. - MACS
- Multisensory Autonomous Cognitive Systems Interaction with Dynamic Environments for Perceiving and Using Affordances
- Keywords: Autonomous mobile robot. Explore affordances in environment.
- SPARK
- Spatial-temporal patterns for action-oriented perception in roving robots
- Keywords: Roving robot. Cognitive architecture. Sense and perception.
- GNOSYS
- An Abstraction Architecture for Cognitive Agents
- Keywords: Cognitive robot. Learning and Navigation. Outdoor environment.
- MINDRACES
- Mind RACES: from Reactive to Anticipatory Cognitive Embodied Systems
- Keywords: Cognitive robots and devices. Anticipation.
- JAST
- Joint action Science and Technology
- Keywords: Human-robot cooperation. Joint problem solving.
- COSPAL
- COgnitive Systems using Perception-Action Learning
- Keywords: Autonomous system for problem solving. Robot-based.
- CHIL
- Computers In the Human Interaction Loop
- Keywords: Multimodal Perceptual User Interfaces. Autonomic computing.
- RESCUER
- Improvement of the emergency risk management through secure mobile mechnatronic support to bomb disposal
- Keywords: Robot arms.
- ROB TANK INSPEC - Factsheet
- In service inspection robot for structural integrity of tanks
- Keywords: Amphibious autonomous vehicle.
- PASOC
- Paint Application System for use Outdoor Conditions
- Keywords: Paint application robot.
- AURORA - Factsheet
- AUxiliary climbing RObot for underwateR ship hull cleaning of the sea Adherence and surveying
- Keywords: Climbing underwater robot.
- FLEXPAINT
- Efficient low volume high variant robotized painting
- Keywords: Robotized paint sprayer.
- MACH21
- Multipurpose and cross-sectorial modernisation of manufacturing processes through parallel kinematics
- Keywords: (Robotic) machine tools.
- ARROV
- Augmented reality for remotely operated vehicles based on 3d acoustical and optical sensors for underwater inspection and survey
- Keywords: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
- ALIVE
- Autonomous light intervention vehicle
- Keywords: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
- ROBAIR
- Development of a robotic system for the inspection of aircraft wings and fuselage
- Keywords: Autonomous inspection robot
- NOMAD
- Autonomous manufacture of large steel fabrications
- Keywords: Autonomous mobile robots. Welding.
- AUTOFETT
- Affordable flexible system for off-line automated fettling and finishing
- Keywords: Robot for foundry applications
- DOCKWELDER - Factsheet
- Flexible welding automation of ship erection
- Keywords: Autonomous moveable robotic welding unit
- SMARTOOL
- Smart devices for machine tools
- Keywords: Mechatronics. Metal cutting machine tool systems
- QUALISTIR
- Development of novel non-destructive testing techniques and integrated on-line process control for robotic and flexible friction stir welding systems
- Keywords: Robotic and gantry welding systems.
- AHEAD
- New way of manufacturing large non-rigid structures through innovative production systems
- Keywords: Automation. Machining.
- FIBRESCOPE
- Flexible inspection of bores with a robotic endoscope
- Keywords: Surface inspection robot.
- ROBOSEM
- Development of a smart nano-robot for sensor-based handling in a scanning electron microscope
- Keywords: Nano-handling robot system
- ROBOCLIMBER
- Development of a tele-operated climbing robot for slope consolidation and landslide monitoring
- Keywords: Climbing robot
- CLAWAR
- Climbing and walking robots : mobile robotic demonstrators and applications
- Keywords: Climbing and walking robots
- ROBOT INSPECTOR - Factsheet
- Development of a robotic system for the inspection of large steel/aluminium plates in industrial plants.
- Keywords: Inspection robot.
- SENSELASBOT
- Sensor controlled laser-welding robot for 3-d seam welding
- Keywords: Welding robot
- AMCARO
- Automatic moulding, casting and cleaning line for manufacturing prototype castings and billets in an environmentally friendly robotic cell
- Keywords: Robotic cell for manufacturing.
- PRO-ROBOT - Factsheet
- Paving the way for humanoid robots
- Keywords: Socio-economic analysis. Humanoid robots.
- SMEROBOT
- The European Robot Initiative for Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in Manufacturing
- Keywords: Manufacturing robots.
- ISAMCO
- Ionic Polymer-metal composite as sensor and actuator: application in motion control
- Keywords: Artificial muscle and emotion sensor for robots etc.
- OCTOPUS
- Remote control maintenance of ship's hull and topside
- Keywords: Cleaning robot.
- CROCELLS - Factsheet
- Climbing robot for fast and flexible manufacture of large scale structures
- Keywords: Climbing robot.
- OROCOS
- Open Robot Control Software
- Keywords: Open source software for robot control.
- MAIA
- Non-Invasive Brain Interaction with Robots --Mental Augmentation through Determination of Intended Action
- Keywords: Automated wheelchair. Robot arm
- SAVETHEROBOTS
- Save the robots
- Keywords: Robots in general.
- BRAIN2ROBOT - Factsheet
- A Robotic-Arm Orthosis Controlled by Electroencephalography and Gaze for Locked-In Paralytics
- Keywords: Robot arm.
- SENSOPAC
- SENSOrimotor structuring of Perception and Action for emerging Cognition
- Keywords: Touch sensing and haptic cognitive system. Robot hand.
- Factsheet under constrution
- DIRAC
- Detection and Identification of Rare Audiovisual Cues
- Keywords: Cognitive control for robotics sensing.
- Factsheet under constrution
- SPARK
- Spatial-temporal Patterns for Action-oriented perception in Roving robots
- Keywords: Biological sensory system for robot guidance.
- Factsheet under constrution
- ICEA
- Integrating Cognition, Emotion and Autonomy
- Keywords: Bio mimetic robot. Self-fuelling robot. Surveillance robot.
- Factsheet under constrution
- BACS
- Bayesian Approach to Cognitive Systems
- Keywords: Bayesian models for controlling robotic platforms.
- Factsheet under constrution
- DECISIONS-IN-MOTION
- Neural Decision-Making in Motion
- Keywords: Cognitive system for robotic navigation
Factsheet under constrution - MATHESIS
- Observational Learning in Cognitive Agents
- Keywords: Robotic cognitive agents.
Factsheet under constrution - PACO-PLUS
- Perception, Action & Cognition through Learning of Object-Action Complexes
- Keywords: Cognitive humanoid robots
- Factsheet under constrution
- POP
- Perception On Purpose
- Keywords: Active audiovisual head. Mobile robot platform.
Factsheet under constrution - MOVEMENT
- Modular Versatile Mobility Enhancement
- Keywords: mobile robotic platform
- PACKAGE - Factsheet
- Provision for improved lifestyles via Access to Consumer pacKages
- Keywords: robot hand, "design for all", assistive technology
- MATS
- Flexible mechatronic assistive technology system to support persons with special needs in all their living and working environments
- Keywords:rehabilitation robotics, assistive technology, disabled and elderly