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- Funded under: FP7-ICT
- Objective: ICT-2011.2.1 - Cognitive Systems and Robotics
- Total Cost: €8,094,689.00
- EC Contribution: €6,150,000.00
- Project Type: CP
- Call for proposals: 287617
- Execution: From: 11/2011 To: 11/2015
Aerial Robotics Cooperative Assembly System
Start date:2011-11-28
End date:2015-11-27
Project Acronym:ARCAS
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:FUNDACION ANDALUZA PARA EL DESARROLLO AEROESPACIAL | |
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Name:Silvia |
FADA-CATEC C/ Wilbur y Orville Wright 19 41309 LA RINCONADA - SEVILLE ESPAÑA Region:SUR ANDALUCIA Sevilla |
| Tel:+34-954179002 | |
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Description
Objective:
The ARCAS project proposes the development and experimental validation of the first cooperative free-flying robot system for assembly and structure construction. The project will pave the way for a large number of applications including the building of platforms for evacuation of people or landing aircrafts, the inspection and maintenance of facilities and the construction of structures in inaccessible sites and in the space.\nThe detailed scientific and technological objectives are:\n1)New methods for motion control of a free-flying robot with mounted manipulator in contact with a grasped object as well as for coordinated control of multiple cooperating flying robots with manipulators in contact with the same object (e.g. for precise placement or joint manipulation)\n2)New flying robot perception methods to model, identify and recognize the scenario and to be used for the guidance in the assembly operation, including fast generation of 3D models, aerial 3D SLAM, 3D tracking and cooperative perception\n3)New methods for the cooperative assembly planning and structure construction by means of multiple flying robots with application to inspection and maintenance activities\n4)Strategies for operator assistance, including visual and force feedback, in manipulation tasks involving multiple cooperating flying robots\nThe above methods and technologies will be integrated in the ARCAS cooperative flying robot system that will be validated in the following scenarios: a) Indoor testbed with quadrotors, b) Outdoor scenario with helicopters, c) free-flying simulation using multiple robot arms.\nThe project will be implemented by a high-quality consortium whose partners have already demonstrated the cooperative transportation by aerial robots as well as high performance cooperative ground manipulation. The team has the ability to produce for the first time challenging technological demonstrations with a high potential for generation of industrial products upon project completion.
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Project Details
Start date:2011-11-28
End date:2015-11-27
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:287617
Project cost:8094689 EURO
Project Funding:6150000 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-ICT
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Cognitive Systems and Robotics (a), (d)
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
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Other participants
| Organization name:DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV | |
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Name:Nicole |
PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND PROJECT CONTROLLING Linder Hoehe 51147 KOELN DEUTSCHLAND Region:NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN KÖLN Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA | |
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Name:Margarita |
VICERRECTORADO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CALLE S. FERNANDO 4 41004 SEVILLA ESPAÑA Region:SUR ANDALUCIA Sevilla |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II. | |
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Name:Cinzia |
DIPARTIMENTO DI INFORMATICA E SISTEMISTICA Corso Umberto I 80138 NAPOLI ITALIA Region:CAMPANIA Napoli |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA | |
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Name:Cristina |
TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER CENTER Jordi Girona 08034 BARCELONA ESPAÑA Region:ESTE CATALUÑA Barcelona |
| Tel:+34-934017126 | |
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| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
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Name:Armelle |
DÉLÉGATION RÉGIONALE MIDI-PYRÉNÉES DU CNRS Rue Michel -Ange 75794 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
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| Organization name:ALSTOM INSPECTION ROBOTICS AG | |
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Name:Ekkehard |
TECHNOPARKSTRASSE 8005 ZURICH SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA Region:ZÜRICH Zürich |
| Tel:+41-442752573 | |
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| Organization name:SPACETECH GMBH | |
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Name:Jost |
SEELBACHSTRASSE 88090 IMMENSTAAD AM BODENSEE DEUTSCHLAND Region:BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG TÜBINGEN Bodenseekreis |
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