Project description DEENESFRITPL Testing the course for drones The sky’s the limit for drones, but Europe is setting the framework for the safe operations of these unmanned aircraft in order to reduce risks and increase safety. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency published guidance to help aviation operators and national authorities manage drone incidents near airports. In this context, the EU-funded FlightAI project will explore the AI technology generated by the FET Open GOAL-Robots project, allowing for solutions in highly non-linear search spaces. The aim is to formulate flight plans based on an interactive interface. By testing the acceptability and usability of the proposed technology, FlightAI will test the integrated system through the wide stakeholder network of the consortium. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Drones in Europe are a rapidly developing sector with enterprises increasingly using drones for their business and the EU Legislator giving EASA rulemaking responsibility for civil drones of any mass. The common rules have been developed and will be enforced from January 2021. The performance of flight operations requires the compilation of a safety risk assessment document, in particular, the SORA (Specific Operations Risk Assessment) established for drone operations and endorsed by EASA. Compiling this assessment is expertise intensive and time-consuming. Currently, EUSC supports this operation with a web service called SAMWISE that, however, still requires the manual gathering of a large amount of information and the satisfaction of several constraints. The project aims to integrate into the web-solution built by EUSC the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology generated by the FET-OPEN GOAL-Robots project, allowing the search of solutions in highly-nonlinear search spaces. The new technology from GOAL-Robots will support the semi-autonomous search of a solution to formulate flight plans based on an interactive interface, that meets the user’s requirements (flight start/arrival points, drone available, pilot licences, etc.), the SORA requirements, and the GIS characteristics of the involved overflown territory/airspace. The project will accomplish a systematic validation of the integrated system by testing the acceptability and usability of the proposed technology by selected stakeholders through the wide stakeholder network of the consortium. Moreover, business case refinement and focused dissemination activities will pave the way to the commercialisation of the produced service within the European drone market. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencenatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographycartographygeographic information systemsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdronessocial sciencessocial geographytransporttransport planningair traffic management Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.2. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Main Programme H2020-EU.1.2.1. - FET Open Topic(s) FETOPEN-03-2018-2019-2020 - FET Innovation Launchpad Call for proposal H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-4 Funding Scheme CSA-LSP - Coordination and support action Lump sum Coordinator CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Net EU contribution € 22 320,00 Address Piazzale aldo moro 7 00185 Roma Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all AI2LIFE SRL Italy Net EU contribution € 29 844,00 Address Via sebino 32 00199 Roma See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 QBT SAGL Switzerland Net EU contribution € 27 766,00 Address Via emilio bossi 4 6830 Chiasso See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Ticino Ticino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 EUROUSC ITALIA SRL Italy Net EU contribution € 20 070,00 Address Via daniele manin 53 00185 Roma See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
