Objectif The disasters of ERIKA on December 1999 and PRESTIGE last November have put once more in evidence the importance of periodic ship inspection and credibility of such assessment. To date, maritime vessel inspection is based on:(a) close-up visual inspection and(b) steel plate thickness measurements. Prior to inspection a ship must be made fully available at the harbour area, all access spaces must be made safe (de-gassed etc) and prepared accordingly, often in dry dock, thus resulting in a considerable ship idle time and, consequently, a significant cost. In the case of big, double hull tankers it can easily amount to multiples of $100,000.The introduction of double hull vessels is widely seen as the response to the need of preventing maritime catastrophes such as the one of the PRESTIGE oil tanker. However, to be effective, it must be coupled with measures towards more efficient and cost effective inspection procedures. Adequate tools must be provided to the surveyors, ship owners, as well as to state and port authorities providing them with the capacity to perform, through diagnostic or tale-operated equipment, rapid but safe and reliable inspections. The object of the present proposal is the follow-up of the successful ROTIS project (completed in June2002). Based on the experience and the sound basis of the first prototype, it aims at the specification, design and implementation of a new ROTIS II prototype that will meet all the requirements of the endures as well as the particular safety and operational specifications. More in particular, ROTIS II project will cover a significant research effort to:*) Correct / meet certain technical issues identified on the first ROTIS prototype (in particular its size and shape).*) Significantly enhance all ROTIS functionalities implementing advanced control techniques to automate certain tasks, incorporating advanced supervisory techniques that will integrate all available sensor# Champ scientifique engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringnaval engineeringsea vesselsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesacousticsultrasound Mots‑clés inspection maintenance teleoperations Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Thème(s) SUSTDEV-2002-3.2.2.2.5 - Strategies and processes for clean maintenance, dismantling and recycling of vehicles and vessels Appel à propositions FP6-2002-TRANSPORT-1 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinateur TECNOMARE SPA - SOCIETA PER LO SVILUPPO DELLE TECNOLOGIE MARINE Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse San Marco 3584 VENEZIA Italie Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (6) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire CYBERNETIX S.A. France Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Technopole de Chateau-Gombert, Avenue Albert Einstein 306 MARSEILLE Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Belgique Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Rue de la Loi 200 BRUXELLES Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée CS & ASSOCIATES LTD Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Fillelinon street 1-3 PIRAEUS Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée HELLENIC LLOYD'S SA Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Akti Miaoli Street 87 PIRAEUS Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée AVIN OIL TRADER MARITIME COMPANY Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Irodou Attikou 12A MAROUSSI Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée ALEXANDRA SHIPPING COMPANY Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse IRODOU ATTIKOU 12A Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée