Intelligent circular lifecycles of industrial robots, outdoor power products, and electric vehicles

Project Information

iCircular3

Grant agreement ID: 101073508

DOI

10.3030/101073508

EC signature date 2 June 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 August 2027

Funded under

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 2 228 500,80

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
Ireland

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (9)

Interim report on digital tool for assessing the remaining lifetime

This report will contain a comprehensive literature review of the related domain and will provide clear future research and development activities. It will also be used by other Researchers in the Network to inform their research and model development advancements.

Interim report on digital tool to measure circularity of EV

This report will contain a comprehensive literature review of the related domain and will provide clear future research and development activities. It will also be used by other Researchers in the Network to inform their research and model development advancements.

Interim report on digital transition framework for circular economy

This report will contain a comprehensive literature review of the related domain and will provide clear future research and development activities. It will also be used by other Researchers in the Network to inform their research and model development advancements.

Interim report on extension of industrial robot scope

This report will contain a comprehensive literature review of the related domain and will provide clear future research and development activities. It will also be used by other Researchers in the Network to inform their research and model development advancements.

Initial plan for the dissemination and exploitation of results, including communication activities

Plan for the dissemination and exploitation of results, including communication activities, submitted at mid-term (M13) and an update towards the end of the project (M48).

Interim report on design of circular systems

This report will contain a comprehensive literature review of the related domain and will provide clear future research and development activities. It will also be used by other Researchers in the Network to inform their research and model development advancements.

Interim report on intelligent circular SC design

This report will contain a comprehensive literature review of the related domain and will provide clear future research and development activities. It will also be used by other Researchers in the Network to inform their research and model development advancements.

Interim report on circular product development process

This report will contain a comprehensive literature review of the related domain and will provide clear future research and development activities. It will also be used by other Researchers in the Network to inform their research and model development advancements.

Interim report on reverse logistics network design system

This report will contain a comprehensive literature review of the related domain and will provide clear future research and development activities. It will also be used by other Researchers in the Network to inform their research and model development advancements.

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan for all Researchers

Data Management Plan submitted to the REA (updated towards the end of the project if needed)

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website

Development of the iCircular3 website will commence from M0 with the final updates published in M6.

Publications

Conference proceedings (6)

Blockchain Technology for Circular Economy: Review of Strategies with Focus on Product End-of-Life

Author(s): Masood Ahmad, Pezhman Ghadimi, Vincent Hargaden, Nikolaos Papakostas
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Issue 59, 2026, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.IFACOL.2025.09.469

Component-level circularity : A new approach to resource recovery and climate action

Author(s): Ahmed, Waqas; Siva, Vanajah; Bäckstrand, Jenny; Sundberg, Hans-Åke; Sarius, Niklas
Published in: Solutions for the Future, 2024
Publisher: International Conference on Sustainable Development

AI-Driven Computer-Aided Design for Assembly and Disassembly: A Conceptual Framework

Author(s): Masood Ahmad, Vincent Hargaden, Pezhman Ghadimi, Nikolaos Papakostas
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Issue 59, 2026, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.IFACOL.2025.11.595

A Continuous Improvement Framework for Transition to an Intelligent Circular Economy

Author(s): M.F. Rodriguez Romo, N. Papakostas, P. Ghadimi, V. Hargaden
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Issue 59, 2026, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.IFACOL.2025.09.467

Circular product: Real-world complexities and challenges of a circular economy transition

Author(s): Waqas Ahmed, Jenny Bäckstrand, Anna Fredriksson, Vanajah Siva
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Issue 59, 2026, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.IFACOL.2025.09.468

Integrating Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 within Circular Supply Chains: A Literature Review and Network Analysis Insights

Author(s): Mojdeh Morshedi, Vincent Hargaden, Nikolaos Papakostas, Pezhaman Ghadimi
Published in: Procedia CIRP, Issue 135, 2026, ISSN 2212-8271
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2024.12.073

Peer reviewed articles (7)

A Systematic Literature Review of Methodologies for Assessing the Circularity of Electric Vehicles

Author(s): Farzaneh Pouralireza Anari, Vincent Hargaden, Nikolaos Papakostas, Pezhman Ghadimi
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/APP151910622

Metiers de la Petite Enfance

Author(s): Waqas Ahmed; Jenny Bäckstrand; Vanajah Siva; Niklas Sarius; Hans-Åke Sundberg
Published in: MethodsX, 2025, ISSN 1258-780X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.MEX.2025.103423

Framework for monitoring electric vehicle battery second life health and estimating remaining useful life

Author(s): Mohammad Rajabzadeh, Vincent Hargaden, Pezhman Ghadimi, Christoph F. Strnadl, Nikolaos Papakostas
Published in: Procedia CIRP, Issue 132, 2025, ISSN 2212-8271
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2025.01.035

Circular economy: Extending end-of-life strategies

Author(s): Waqas Ahmed, Vanajah Siva, Jenny Bäckstrand, Niklas Sarius, Hans-Åke Sundberg
Published in: Sustainable Production and Consumption, Issue Vol 51, 2024, ISSN 2353-5509
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2024.09.003

Remanufacturing utilising robotics and digital technologies: review and outlook

Author(s): Aswin K Ramasubramanian, Aaron H. Rios-Villanueva, Vincent Hargaden, Pezhman Ghadimi, Nikolaos Papakostas
Published in: Procedia CIRP, Issue 136, 2025, ISSN 2212-8271
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2025.08.123

Circular economy and digital technologies: A research agenda for intelligent circular systems

Author(s): Maria Fernanda Rodriguez Romo; Vanajah Siva; Nikolaos Papakostas; Pezhman Ghadimi; Vincent Hargaden
Published in: Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 2025, ISSN 0922-3444
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.RCRADV.2025.200292

A Hybrid Exponential Smoothing and LSTM Approach With Double Lightning Search for Enhanced Prediction of Lithium‐Ion Battery Remaining Useful Life

Author(s): Mohammad Rajabzadeh, Pezhman Ghadimi, Vincent Hargaden, Nikolaos Papakostas
Published in: Battery Energy, Issue 5, 2026, ISSN 2768-1688
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/BTE2.20250052