Project description
Maritime robotics and technologies for sustainable blue economy
The growing impact of climate change has raised concerns about the maritime industry’s impact on ocean climates and ecosystems, which in turn threaten the industry’s future operations. Innovation and research in sustainable maritime robotics and technologies offer a pathway to fostering a sustainably growing blue economy. The EU-funded MARBLE project aims to establish a cutting-edge centre of excellence in maritime robotics and technologies for a sustainable blue economy. This centre will promote sustainable growth and innovation across Croatia’s research, innovation and maritime industry ecosystems, and put Croatia on the map of R&I excellence by becoming a European lighthouse in this field, focusing on advancing digital, robotic and autonomous technologies, alongside green endurance solutions, to drive sustainability in the sector.
Objective
The main goal of the project MARBLE is to create a new “Centre of Excellence in Maritime Robotics and Technologies for Sustainable Blue Economy” (CoE MARBLE) that will engage Croatia in a path of sustainable growth in blue economy in strategic partnership with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the National Research Council (CNR, Italy).
MARBLE will enhance Croatian R&I excellence in four key research areas: (i) Maritime robotics and autonomous systems, (ii) Maritime green endurance, (iii) Maritime Internet-of-Things, and (iv) Maritime digital twins applied to four blue economy sectors aligned with the Croatian Smart Specialization Strategy: a) Maritime security and protection, b) Aquaculture and fisheries, c) Coastal tourism and smart marinas, and d) Maritime transportation.
CoE MARBLE will support deep industrial transformation of Croatian regional economies and reduce regional developmental disproportion between the City of Zagreb, and the Adriatic part of Croatia by engaging relevant quadruple helix actors of the Croatian blue economy ecosystem from both regions: UNIZG-FER (the coordinator); RBI, a representative of science end-users; MARINN, a cluster of maritime industry stakeholders; AFC, a hub of aquaculture stakeholders and end-users; and the MZOM, a representative of policy makers.
Sustainability of CoE MARBLE is ensured through a set of strategic measures related to knowledge transfer, providing added value to the blue economy industry, ensuring access to competitive funding and successful positioning of research results in the market.
CoE MARBLE has already received strong support through commitment for complementary funding (15 MEUR for research infrastructure, 500 kEUR per year and building for office and lab space) and through 104 international letters of support from governmental organisations, industry (clusters, SMEs and large companies) and research organisations who have expressed their willingness to collaborate.
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- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries fisheries
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering robotics
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HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and spreading excellence
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-01
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10000 ZAGREB
Croatia
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