Objective Non-destructive testing of components is an important auxiliary process step, not only in post-production but also in regular maintenance. The detection of cracks is currently done by using magnetic particle inspection, which is a decades-old, inefficient and ecologically undesirable process. There is an urgent need in industry to replace this technology with more up-to-date methods that provide fully automatic testing. This project thus aims at the development of an autonomous robotic system for the inspection of metallic and composite parts using thermography. By combining automatic path planning for robots using a process model of thermographic image acquisition and knowledge-based image analysis methods, an inspection robot will be developed that can adapt to new parts within 15 minutes and achieves cycle times in the range of 20-30 seconds.Applications include inspection of metallic and composite parts in the automotive and aircraft industry as well as inspection during regular maintenance, mainly in the aircraft industry, where magnetic particle inspection is often a requirement. Market estimates show a potential of more than 1000 such inspection systems within 5-7 years after the end of the project. Despite a higher initial investment (compared to magnetic particle inspection) the robotic inspection system will save more than 400kEUR after 5 years of operation, thus contributing to a substantial increase in efficiency in these tasks. Furthermore, ecologically undesirable suspensions of magnetic particles that include corrosion-inhibitors can be avoided.The consortium consists of technology providers in robotics, industrial inspection and thermographic cameras and end-users that cover metallic and composite parts in the automotive and aircraft industry. SMEs play a leading role in the project and contribute 60% of the total effort. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robots Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) FoF.NMP.2011-3 - Robots for automation of post-production and other auxiliary processes Call for proposal FP7-2011-NMP-ICT-FoF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA EU contribution € 515 288,00 Address VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 35122 Padova Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Padova Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Camporese Antonio (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all IT+ROBOTICS SRL Italy EU contribution € 266 040,00 Address CONTRA VALMERLARA 21 CAP 36100 Vicenza See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Vicenza Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stefano Tonello (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO KG Austria EU contribution € 82 597,00 Address ROTAXSTRASSE 1 4623 Gunskirchen See on map Region Westösterreich Oberösterreich Linz-Wels Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Anton Stranzinger-Mayrhauser (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BENTELER SGL COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY GMBH Austria EU contribution € 112 440,00 Address FISCHERSTRASSE 8 4910 RIED IM INNKREIS See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Thomas Staffenberger (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TRIMEK SA Spain EU contribution € 450 915,00 Address CAMINO DE LA YESERA 2 POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL ISLARRA 01139 ZUYA ALAVA See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Araba/Álava Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Silvia De La Maza (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PROFACTOR GMBH Austria EU contribution € 645 454,00 Address IM STADTGUT D1 4407 STEYR GLEINK See on map Region Westösterreich Oberösterreich Steyr-Kirchdorf Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Andrea Möslinger (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG Germany EU contribution € 195 060,00 Address Unter den Eichen 87 12205 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Eva-Maria Müller (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INFRATEC GMBH INFRAROTSENSORIK UND MESSTECHNIK Germany EU contribution € 282 206,00 Address GOSTRITZER STRASSE 61-63 01217 DRESDEN See on map Region Sachsen Dresden Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Antje Krabel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data