Descripción del proyecto
Más allá de lo audiovisual: formación de cara a un internet táctil
Tanto si se trata de realizar procedimientos médicos a distancia, como de hacer reparaciones a distancia o, incluso, de elegir un nuevo tejido para comprar, el hecho de permitir a las personas tocar y manipular objetos a través de internet puede conducir a una nueva era de intercambio de habilidades a nivel mundial. A fin de impulsar el desarrollo del internet táctil, el equipo del proyecto TOAST, financiado con fondos europeos, formará a los investigadores en temas como la háptica, la teleoperación, la comunicación háptica, la creación de redes, la computación en el borde, el aprendizaje automático y la percepción humana. Para ello, en el proyecto TOAST se creará un nuevo programa de formación para investigadores noveles en el que participarán personalidades del mundo universitario y de la industria, lo cual permitirá nuevas formaciones y experimentos a distancia. En el proyecto también se creará una red profesional para ayudar a los graduados a conseguir empleo. El objetivo es garantizar que Europa se convertirá en el líder del desarrollo de la tecnología del internet táctil.
Objetivo
The touch-enabled Tactile Internet (TI), also known as the Internet of Skills, is anticipated to bring an unprecedented economic and social impact to the digitized world. So far, it has attracted tremendous interest from industry, standardisation bodies and the research community, and is fully aligned with the goals of Horizon Europe. TOAST will train the next generation of early-stage researchers (ESRs) to tackle the critical challenges of TI through interdisciplinary research. Addressing these challenges requires the ESRs to gain a broad understanding of haptics, teleoperation, haptic communication, networking, edge computing, machine learning and human perception. By bringing together world-class researchers from academia and industry, TOAST will (a) contribute to structuring doctoral research training in EU and consolidating currently fragmented trainings into one DN on TI; (b) provide an innovative training program to the ESRs with a balance of fundamental research questions, pragmatic industrial research perspectives, interdisciplinary cooperation through the development of a joined testbed, which will not only benefit the ESRs by enabling remote training and experiments, demonstrations and public engagement, but also generate stronger synergies and extend TOAST’s impact beyond its conclusion; (c) develop E2E solutions for the TI by leveraging the complementary competences of the partners, which will be transferred into IPR, new products and services; and (d) contribute to the development of the ESRs’ skills and network, enhancing their career perspectives and employability. Importantly, the industrial partners will actively contribute to TOAST's training programme and bridge the gap between fundamental research and applied research to ensure effective exploitation of the research results. TOAST will empower the ESRs with unique competences, while paving the way for other researchers to work on TI, which will assure Europe’s leading position in TI worldwide.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinador
8000 Aarhus C
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